Roaring Fork Schools

Welcome to Roaring Fork Schools! Nestled in the Elk Mountains, 30 minutes from Aspen and 2.5 hours from Denver (just south of I-70 past Vail) we are Colorado's premier mountain district (~5,000 students and ~500 teachers). Well-funded, community integrated, teacher driven and student-focused, our district is a great place to work, live, and thrive! Glenwood Springs is a top-10-rated place to live in America according to Outdoor Magazine, USA Today-Rand McNally, and AARP and more. If you like to work hard and play hard, you won't find a better career destination than RFS and the world-famous Roaring Fork Valley.

We offer a very progressive salary schedule that is highly competitive regionally, and that rewards experience and education. Our starting salary for first-year teachers is $50,000 a year, and thanks to a healthy financial profile district-wide (and a positive, empowered teacher culture) regular raises for Certified salary can be expected.

We reward PD-based salary advancement twice a year (many districts only do once per year) and our MA pay-band stretches from MA all the way to MA+70. Experienced teachers can expect initial placement as high as the high $70s.

We provide solid health benefits; our lowest premium PPO comes at no cost to the employee. No copays whatsoever. We also offer entry into Colorado State Pension, PERA (Defined Benefit Plan). Our district also offers heavily subsidized housing (rent and deed-restricted purchase) to combat high housing prices in our area (more than 60 units under district management).

We are always excited to have student teachers in our district! Enquiries should begin at the building level. We certainly promote teaching to our own graduates.

If you’re interested in working for Roaring Fork Schools, check out our job postings at the link below or email email.