Career Opportunities
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We are a private, nonprofit childcare center with six classrooms serving 70 children ages six weeks to five years. We invite positive, energetic, and career-minded individuals to explore the opportunity of joining the Riverhouse team in providing quality early childcare to the Durango community.
Join our team of amazing caregivers and love what you do!
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At Riverhouse, we’ve created a supportive, team environment with a healthy work/life balance. Most importantly, each caregiver has an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a child’s life each day.
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Benefits, dependent upon position:​
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Competitive pay
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Paid personal time off & sick leave
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Health care benefits
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Dental Insurance
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Retirement plan (Simple IRA with up to 3% match)
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End-of-year bonuses
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Flexible schedules
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Professional development assistance
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Tuition reimbursement
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Wellness Program
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Childcare Discount
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Employee assistance program
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Career advancement and promotions
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No Nights or weekends and predictable schedules
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Program Director​​
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We are accepting inquiries for an experienced, compassionate, and collaborative Program Director who is deeply passionate about early childhood education. This role is ideal for a relationship-driven leader who enjoys working alongside teachers, supporting professional growth, and ensuring high-quality, developmentally appropriate learning experiences for young children.
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The Program Director plays a key leadership role in guiding our education program through hands-on coaching, curriculum oversight, and daily classroom support. In this role, you will partner closely with teaching staff to implement Creative Curriculum and Teaching Strategies with fidelity, provide meaningful training and mentorship, and promote consistent, high-quality instructional practices across all classrooms. You’ll also collaborate with the Executive Director and Assistant Director to support staff development, maintain compliance, and continuously strengthen program quality.
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Our Program Directors experience the joy of building trusting relationships with teachers, children, and families while fostering a positive, reflective, and supportive workplace culture. This position includes classroom presence, substitute coverage as needed, staff scheduling, and oversight of documentation and regulatory compliance — all with the goal of helping educators feel confident, valued, and inspired.​
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Schedule is Monday–Friday; 40 hours weekly
Occasional evening events or meetings required
Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay: $24.00–$26.00 per hour
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Complete your Cover Letter and Resume and send to sbishop@riverhousecci.org
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Lead Teachers
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We are looking for energetic, highly-motivated, qualified lead teachers that have a passion for early childhood education.
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If you have an excellent understanding of child development and educational methods, the ability to communicate, instruct, and mediate effectively, and love and patience for all children you might be a great fit!
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A lead teaching position is an exciting opportunity to be the focal point of our education services. In this role, you will have the opportunity to create all your classroom’s activities and lesson plans. Our lead teachers experience the joy of seeing their class retain knowledge and grow in the classroom. Lead teachers build strong relationships with the families of our community by communicating with parents about how their kids are developing in our classrooms. Riverhouse’s lead teachers manage a teacher’s aide who supports implementing the lead teacher’s lesson plan.
Our staff are encouraged to participate in additional training programs to further their professional career and grow at Riverhouse.
Schedule is Monday - Friday; 30-35 hours weekly
Must be able to lift 50lb.
Job Types: Full-Time
Pay: $17.50 - $23.50 per hour
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Complete an Application and send it with your Cover Letter and Resume to cweybright@riverhousecci.org
Assistant Teachers
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We are looking for energetic, highly-motivated assistant teachers that have a passion for early childhood education.
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If you have the ability to problem solve quickly and communicate effectively, are a fantastic team player, and have an abundance of creativity, enthusiasm, patience, and love for all children you might be a great fit!
Schedule is Monday - Friday; 30-35 hours weekly
Must be able to lift 50lb.
Job Types: Full-Time & Part-Time
Pay: $16.00 - $21.50 per hour
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Complete an Application and send it with your Cover Letter and Resume to cweybright@riverhousecci.org
All employees are required by State licensing regulations to successfully pass 2 criminal background checks as well as complete 7 hours of training within the first two weeks of being placed into a classroom.
All employees in contact with children are required to complete the following training annually: Standard Precautions, Mandatory Reporter, Shaken Baby, Sleep Safe, Safety School, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Medication Administration, as well as 1st Aid/CPR. Staff are required to complete a minimum of 15 continued education hours annually.
Riverhouse strives to train its employees above and beyond the minimum training required by the state.
“Any applicant who knowingly or willfully makes a false statement of any material fact or thing in the application is guilty of perjury in the second degree as defined in Section 18-8-503, C.R.S., and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly."
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Riverhouse Children's Center is an equal-opportunity employer and provider of opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national and ethnic origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Riverhouse extends these protections to staff, vendors, beneficiaries, and clients and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on these characteristics, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.