We are Rocky Mountain Prep, a movement comprised of incredible educators, families, scholars, and advocates who are changing the face of public education in Colorado by democratizing college access and preparation for historically marginalized students and families. On paper, we are a network of twelve college preparatory charter schools in the Denver metro area serving students as young as twelve weeks through twelfth grade. But we are so much more than this.
The RMP community is filled with staff, students, and stakeholders who are motivated by our pillars of rigor and love, live daily by our PEAK values, and believe deeply in the power and potential of every student we serve. We aspire to be the highest-performing school system in Colorado. We will grow to serve students in many communities who need more seats in schools that provide rigorous and loving college preparatory options.
Who We Are
What We Do
How We Do It
Peak Values
We are Rocky Mountain Prep, a movement comprised of incredible educators, families, scholars, and advocates who are changing the face of public education in Colorado by democratizing college access and preparation for historically marginalized students and families. On paper, we are a network of twelve college preparatory charter schools in the Denver metro area serving students as young as twelve weeks through twelfth grade. But we are so much more than this.
The RMP community is filled with staff, students, and stakeholders who are motivated by our pillars of rigor and love, live daily by our PEAK values, and believe deeply in the power and potential of every student we serve. We aspire to be the highest-performing school system in Colorado. We will grow to serve students in many communities who need more seats in schools that provide rigorous and loving college preparatory options.
Everything we do, every decision we make, from the curriculum we choose to the colors on the wall, is for our students. We are a college preparatory network and proudly orient everything we do towards our north star:
preparing every single student who walks through our doors for a four-year college or university.
We know that college is one of the most effective anti-poverty strategies at our students' disposal. We work relentlessly to ensure every aspect of our educational experience creates a college-ready culture.
Through our pillars of rigor and love, we provide daily world-class instruction in every class and school. Our schools are not just academically excellent- they are loving, bright, and colorful environments that energize our students, motivate them to be creative, think differently, and aspire to greatness. We believe that humor and joy aren't just "nice to have" but are essential to how we teach and learn at RMP. Love is not a word we shy away from because we consider it an honor to serve our students and families, and only through love can we see them in their full humanity and ensure they reach their full potential.
We believe our families are our partners and co-conspirators. An RMP family has the same data access and visibility as anyone in our network, and we embrace working with our parents to help them understand in great detail how their child is doing and how they can help them on the road to college. Because we embrace loving our families, we treat them with the utmost dignity and respect, honoring their role as their child's first and most important teacher. We also take on the responsibility of ensuring our parents have power and can advocate for their children and their community, embracing training and developing opportunities for our families that give them a seat at the table and bring resources to our community. RMP families are a powerful guiding coalition for the community and are a force to be reckoned with.
When you join the team at RMP, you are not getting a job- you're joining a movement. Our team is drawn to work here because of their deep alignment with our vision and mission. Rocky Mountain Prep is a world-class growth and learning organization, and our staff are driven to join us not just for our mission and vision but because they are eager to develop as professionals, people, and leaders.
Opportunities abound for every single employee to receive world-class coaching and development aligned to their desired career pathway and passions. We believe think differently about what roles will make the most difference for our vision and mission and how to cultivate internal pathways to grow our talent. We treat our staff with both rigor and love, ensuring that we hold ourselves to the highest expectations while demonstrating love, care, and genuine interest in every employee at RMP. Our employees value only the best work at RMP.
Our staff thrives on a culture of open feedback, humor, joy, and a relentless desire to be the best we can be for our students and families. Every employee at RMP feels responsibility and ownership for the success of every single student, but that responsibility doesn't mean that the work isn't fun. Working at RMP means you believe that every child is capable of greatness and that what often holds our students back is not potential but opportunities.
Familiar rhetoric in education says these two pillars of rigor and love cannot co-exist for our students - that a school must be either great for the whole child or strong academically. We challenge that every day at RMP and believe that love is the foundation to inspire our students to embrace and seek rigor in their everyday lives. Our schools are full of adults who love our students deeply, see them for who they are, and believe in their greatness. Therefore, we can demand the best from our students because it is a supportive environment.
Every student is on a college preparatory curriculum track, and we teach the most rigorous, engaging curricula. Our students know their goals, are excited by them, and track their progress regularly. It is not uncommon for our students to excitedly point to wall trackers to brag about their progress. We want all our students to experience what it means to win and be celebrated by their families, peers, and teachers. This sets the conditions for incredible academic achievement, but not at the expense of their humanity. Our schools are full of windows and mirrors so that students can see themselves and people like them in their daily school experiences, but they also have windows to peer into life in different cultures, societies, and places. Our students have access to social-emotional development, mental health support, and trusting adult relationships that are meaningful and therapeutic.
Signing up your child to attend an RMP school guarantees that your child will be on the path to college. It also means that you're signing up to support that journey in any way possible. We love our families by providing them our best every day, regardless of the circumstances. Because our relationships with families are not transactional, but built on mutual trust and respect, we can make asks and know that they'll be honored. In return our families can expect the same from us. We hold rigorous expectations for our families by holding them accountable for bringing their child to school daily, doing whatever is within their power and ability to support their child's education, and committing to the RMP way.
We also believe that our schools serve as essential community centers, and we look for ways to proactively bring families in through events like celebrations, academic nights, performances, spelling bees, art shows, and other fun events. Our families and staff share a common language around our PEAK values and goals and reinforce one another's efforts.
Love for every employee at RMP means that they can expect to see the PEAK values lived day in and day out by leadership, and they can expect to hear clearly when leaders have fallen short of those values and how they plan to improve. In turn, our staff at RMP show love to our students, families, and colleagues by seeking excellence in everything they do. We are unashamedly goal- driven and data-obsessed. Because employee relationships at RMP aren't transactional and are based on mutual respect, we know we can insist on excellence from everyone.
Our staff deeply believes that every single student and family at RMP deserves the most excellent college preparatory education and school experience, and they seek to model the PEAK values inside and outside work. Our staff is excited to share their progress and development with students' families. It's not uncommon for our staff to serve as leaders in other community areas, including on boards, in houses of worship, in social justice organizations, and as volunteers with various non-profits. At RMP, we don't just want to fill our schools with great employees- we seek to hire good people with rich lives inside and outside work. Staff at RMP receive direct coaching and feedback to help them improve in their current roles and prepare them for the next stop of their career trajectory.
Every staff member in our network knows and profoundly believes that what happens in a school is the most critical work in the world. Our teachers know that teaching is the best job they could ever have. Finding people to join our movement who share our passion and beliefs is critical. While we want to coach every staff member to improve and grow, making decisions to exit staff not aligned with our values, mission, and ultimate purpose is sometimes necessary. Our community values that we make those decisions quickly when warranted. Anyone in our network who serves as a manager and/or a coach believes that their role is to ensure our staff gets better at something every day. School-based managers and coaches operate with the mantra: "We leave every room better than we found it."
Keep going, especially when it gets tough. Don't give up on yourself or your teammates. If you get feedback, incorporate it and do it again.
Encourage your child to keep going on the path to college, even when it gets tough. Be open to hearing feedback about your child and working with them to improve.
Be open to incorporating feedback, and don't give up when the challenges get tough. Believe in yourself, our students, and the RMP community. If you didn't do your best, work to make it right.
Every minute of every school day matters for every student- make the most of your time and complete your work excellently. Have pride in the organization and seek to represent it well.
Take positive risks! Look at challenges as an opportunity to grow. Try it a different way and be open-minded.
Encourage your child to take positive risks and be open to new challenges.
Be open to trying it a different way and take positive risks. See failure as a lesson and seek to lead from above the line.
Speak positive words about yourself and others. Always try to be a good teammate and friend. Look for ways to give back to your community.
Speak positive words about yourself, your child, and the RMP community. Look for ways to give back to your school.
Speak positive words about yourself and the RMP community. Look for ways to give back to our students, families, and teammates.
Elementary
“The Fox Family Foundation supports Rocky Mountain Prep because of its effectiveness in meeting the academic needs of all of its students and its focus on a strong school culture (values, high expectations, rigor and consistency). We are particularly pleased with the addition of an Aurora school, RMP Fletcher, in the Rocky Mountain portfolio of schools.”
“ RMP has helped me grow as a leader because of the constant support and coaching I've received to become the educator I am today. Learning and being coached by strong educators themselves, only influenced me to do the same. ”
“ What is special about working at RMP is the opportunity for growth. Even though I have taught for three years, I am still learning and improving my teaching craft. It has also given me the chance to step more into leadership roles to develop me, not just in teaching, but in coaching, and in curriculum. ”
“ Teaching at RMP is special to me because my children attend the school. I get to see the values I teach at the school and how my daughters learn from them every day. RMP feels like a big family that is always there to support me. ”
“The Fox Family Foundation supports Rocky Mountain Prep because of its effectiveness in meeting the academic needs of all of its students and its focus on a strong school culture (values, high expectations, rigor and consistency). We are particularly pleased with the addition of an Aurora school, RMP Fletcher, in the Rocky Mountain portfolio of schools.”
At Rocky Mountain Prep, we believe that supporting our incredible team starts with a Total Rewards package that’s more than just a
paycheck. We’ve crafted a comprehensive and thoughtful set of benefits designed to reward your hard work, celebrate your
individuality, and support your personal and professional growth. Here’s what you can expect when you join the RMP family.
When you join Rocky Mountain Prep, you’re not just signing up for a job – you’re joining a movement. Our Total Rewards package is just one way we show our commitment to you, so you can focus on what you do best: inspiring and educating the next generation.
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