Company Profile
Poudre School District
Company Overview
Poudre School District serves 30,000 students in 50 schools and five charter schools. PSD, the ninth largest school district in Colorado, encompasses Fort Collins and several communities and cities in northern Colorado.
Nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and alongside the banks of the Cache La Poudre River, Fort Collins is located 5,000 feet above sea level and has a moderate climate with an average of 300 days of sunshine per year. The city is ranked the best place to live & work for young professionals and the #1 place in Colorado to raise a family.
PSD is a top-performing school district, recognized nationally and at the state level for excellence.
Company History
PSD's history began in 1866, when a young widow moved to Fort Collins and began teaching her son and another student in a log cabin on the military post. Learn about the early history of education in northern Colorado here https://youtu.be/3Y2LXw0rUng
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
While more than 70% of PSD families choose to send their children to their neighborhood school, the district does support school choice and offers a wide spectrum of educational programs to fit any child's needs. Program options include International Baccalaureate, Core Knowledge, Bilingual/Dual Language Immersion, Hybrid/Online, Expeditionary Learning, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) along with extra-curricular activities and athletics.
Fort Collins has been recognized as a choice city by many organizations:
• 5th Best Performing City - Milken Institute (2018)
• 4th on Bloomberg Brain Index (2017)
• 16th Best Place to Live - Livability (2017)
• Top 3 Digital City Winner - Digital Communities (2015)
• Ranked best place to live/work for young professionals by Next Generation Consulting (June 2009)
• Named #1 place in Colorado to raise a family by Business Week (2008)
• Over 40 Energy Star awards
Benefits
Poudre School District is committed to providing employees every opportunity to work well and live well. We support our employees in health and wellness efforts with our continually growing employee health and wellness program, and we recognize how important it is for our employees to be healthy.
We're also committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, and life insurance as well as flexible spending accounts (including medical reimbursement and dependent care) and tax-deferred plans (including 401(k), 403(b), and 457 plans).
Our Employee Health Clinic provides free walk-in visits for many minor symptoms and is open extended evening and weekend hours. Our Lifestyle Health Program is available to help employees and dependents who have chronic health issues, providing support and tools to improve nutrition, fitness, and overall health. We offer free wellness classes and open gym times, discounts on fitness center memberships and massage therapy, a maternity management program, and many other wellness benefits.
We also offer Employee Assistance Services (EAS) to help cope with the demands and stresses of life, such as balancing work and life or marriage and family issues, to help employees solve personal issues and move forward in a positive, healthy manner.