Durango Early Learning Center

During the 2022.2023 school year, Durango Early Learning Center provided $30,680 in tuition assistance with 38% of families receiving a 10-20% monthly scholarship and became an approved universal preschool provider. Durango Early Learning Center raised an all time record high amount of $23,000 during the Colorado gives day campaign for tuition assistance and teacher retention. Durango Early Learning Center implemented a monthly cell phone reimbursement stipend for staff. Two parenting trainings, "circle of security" were offered with free child care as well as weekly movement classes provided to all children on site. Durango Early Learning Center also purchased a child care app, brightwheel, to streamline check in and out processes, billing, and communication with families. Durango Early Learning Center also continued to implement our Early childhood paid internship, which provides new teachers to the field with direct classroom experience supervised by a mentor teacher while taking college credit courses to become Early childhood teacher qualified.