The goal of the Rise Early Learning Center is to holistically and equitably support the developmental needs of young children from families of varying incomes, races, ethnicities, religions, and cultures to promote long-term social, emotional, and academic developmental success.

Rise Early is committed to bringing high-quality, culturally-specific services to our community members in order to ensure young children are school-ready, having achieved developmental milestones through individualized observations and assessments. Regular and ongoing parent engagement will encourage/support/ensure families to have a say in the direction of the programming for their children.

The Rise Early Learning Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, 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.

Rise Early is also committed to provide a living wage, supportive physical environment with ergonomic supplies, and continued training opportunities for our early childhood education professionals, ensuring increased resources for and knowledge about child development and growth.

Fingerprinting, Background Check, & COVID-19 Vaccination Required

In order to maintain a safe environment for Rise Early children, staff, and the community, Rise Early conducts criminal records screening on employees and volunteers who have the potential for direct, unsupervised contact with the children.

When reviewing criminal records, Rise Early considers the safety of the children, staff, and community, the nature of the offense, time since conviction or sentence, the nature of the employees or volunteers work, and the positive impact the individual may have had within the community since the conviction or sentence.

By their start date, all new staff must be able to show proof of being fully vaccinated (two weeks after a two-shot or one-shot regimen) and having received the booster (if available, depending on course of vaccination) unless a reasonable accommodation is provided to and approved by the Rise Early HR department.