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Creative Learning Academy

What the state has found

The state lists 4 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
August 27, 2026
On file
4 visits since December 2023
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 27, 2026. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.

Aug 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · August 27, 2026

2.223.A.2 · Correction due August 27, 2026

At the time of the inspection, observed in the toddler classroom, the Preschool 1 classroom, the infant classroom and the Two's classroom, that attendance had not been taken for the duration of the day.

Required correction: Immediately, ( 8/27/2026), staff must complete written attendance throughout the day. Submit a written statement of compliance by 9/3/2026. Correct by 08/27/2026

State records file

Sep 2025 Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Nov 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · November 4, 2024

2.223.A.2 · Correction due November 4, 2024

At the time of the visit, observed in Preschool 1 classroom that 15 children were in attendance but only 13 were recorded on the written attendance verification form.

Required correction: Immediately ( 11/4/2024) The time a child arrives and leaves the center must be recorded. Submit a written statement of compliance by 11/18/2024. Correct by 11/04/2024

2.120.C.1.a.1

Reviewed 7 staff files and observed M.B. to have an expired Trails abuse and neglect record from 4/12/2018.

2.121.D.4.a · Correction due November 4, 2024

At the time of the visit, reviewed 7 staff files and observed M.B. to be lacking updated criminal background check documentation. M.B.'s CBI was dated 3/28/2018 and FBI dated 4/3/2018.

Required correction: Immediately ( 11/4/2024) Review all staff files. All staff must have updated criminal background check requests, prior to working with children. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 11/18/2024. Correct by 11/04/2024

State records file

Dec 2023 Supervisory visit 10 findings

Supervisory visit · December 20, 2023

2.120.I · Correction due December 20, 2023

Reviewed 11 staff files and observed that G. I. and S.S. were missing documentation of a current TRAILS clearance letter.

Required correction: Immediately, review all staff files and all individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members G. I and S.S. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS for staff members G. I and S.S. with written response to Specialist by 1/3/2023. Correct by 12/20/2023

Reviewed 11 staff files and observed that S.S. was missing documentation of a current FBI clearance

2.213.B · Correction due December 20, 2023

Reviewed 11 staff files and observed that G. I, G.B., S.S., A.A., M.B., B.S., and B.R. were missing documentation of a current Standard Precautions training.

Required correction: Immediately, review all staff files and all staff must complete a department-approved standard precautions training prior to working with children and must be renewed annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 1/3/2023. Correct by 12/20/2023

2.213.C · Correction due December 20, 2023

Reviewed 11 staff files and observed that M.B. was missing documentation of a current Safe Sleep training and was identified to be working with infants.

Required correction: Immediately, review all staff files and staff working with infants less than 12 months old must complete the department approved safe sleep training prior to working with infants and must be renewed annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 1/3/2023. Correct by 12/20/2023

2.213.F · Correction due January 19, 2024

Reviewed 11 staff files and observed that B.S. was missing documentation of a current CPR and First Aid training.

Required correction: Within 30 days, review all staff files and within 30 calendar days of employment, all employees caring for children not required to be certified in First Aid and CPR must complete the department-approved module and be renewed every 2 years. Submit documentation and written statement of compliance by 1/19/2023. Correct by 01/19/2024

2.213.G · Correction due January 19, 2024

Reviewed 11 staff files and observed that H.S., B.R., B.S., M.B., A.S., S.S., G.B., and G. I were missing documentation of a current abuse prevention training.

Required correction: Within 30 days, review all staff files and all staff must complete a department-approved abuse prevention training and must be renewed annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 1/19/2023. Correct by 01/19/2024

2.213.H

Reviewed 11 staff files and observed that A.A. was missing documentation of an Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs training.

2.213.I · Correction due January 19, 2024

Reviewed 11 staff files and observed that A.A. was missing documentation of a Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals training.

Required correction: Within 30 days, review all staff files and all staff required to register with PDIS must complete the department-approved training Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals training. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 1/19/2023. Correct by 01/19/2024

2.222.A.1.b · Correction due December 20, 2023

In the toddler classroom, observed diapers and wipes in an unlocked cabinet accessible to children. In the Preschool 2 classroom, observed wipes on a low shelf accessible to children.

Required correction: Immediately, all diaper change supplies and disinfecting solutions must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the visit. The teacher's in the toddler room locked the cabinet with a baby lock. The teacher in the Preschool 2 room moved the wipes to higher cabinet. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 1/3/2023. Correct by 12/20/2023

In the Preschool 2 classroom, observed a magic eraser on a low shelf accessible to children.

State records file

Where this record comes from

The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.

The file this page is built from arrived on October 10, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 2027.

The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.

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Details

Address
2198 S Pagosa Way
License
1645706, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 4

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Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 402 children. Small is 10 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.