Guffey Community Charter School

Guffey Community Charter School is looking for a K-2 teacher to finish out the 2026-2027 school year with the possibility of continuing next school year.  Ideally we are looking for someone who has an education degree, or has the possibility of being able to get an alternative teaching license by next fall.  However, all are encouraged to apply.  We are looking for someone who has experience with the K-2 age group. Full job description and application.

Guffey School is a place of learning and service that nurtures the light of the individual spirit by treasuring our countryside, the classroom, and the community, both local and global, in an atmosphere of safety, kindness, and joy.

Welcome to Guffey Community Charter School, a tiny school focused on its students and community.

This is a school where teachers and parents and students are partners in developing educational strategies.

Guffey School is one of the oldest charter schools in Colorado, in operation since 1996. We formed because we are over an hour away from the offices of our authorizing school district, Park County RE-2, and the ability to have a degree of autonomy is well suited to our extremely rural and isolated location.

We operate under Policy Governance, which means that our Board concerns itself solely with ends, leaving the means of achieving them entirely up to the Administrator and the teachers.

We have a typical enrollment of about 30 students. In most years we have three multi-age classrooms, K-2, 3-5, and 6-8, so each teacher has a small class. It isn't uncommon for us to graduate 8th graders who have been at this school since Kindergarten.

See what student life is like at Guffey School, and take a short video tour, by visiting A Day at the School.

Guffey School has its own song, written by students working with former Guffey resident Lissa Hanner.