Denver · Licensed center
Echinacea Montessori
- Small Montessori center, licensed for 22 children.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 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 21, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 15, 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 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · August 21, 2026
Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · January 15, 2026
2.213.G · Correction due January 15, 2026
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed 1 staff (SM1) lacking documentation of a current child abuse prevention training, last completed 2/20/24.
Required correction: Immediately (1/15/26) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of a current child abuse prevention training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 01/15/2026
2.121.D.5
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed 1 staff (SM 1) lacking documentation of a FBI backgroud check completed in the last 5 years
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · January 15, 2025
2.120.I · Correction due January 15, 2025
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed 1 staff (A. C.) lacking documentation of a current TRAILS background check.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member listed above have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff member listed above with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.121.D.5
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed 1 staff (A. C.) lacking documentation of a current FBI background check.
2.213.G · Correction due January 15, 2025
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed 1 staff (K. B.) lacking documentation of a current training in child abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Immediately (1/15/25) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the Mandated reporter (Child Abuse Preventions and reporting) training to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 01/15/2025
Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 8 findings
Supervisory visit · February 15, 2024
2.120.C.1.a · Correction due February 15, 2024
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed 2 staff (A. M. & K.B.) alone with children and lacking documentation of a completed TRAILS background check.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members listed above have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff members listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 02/15/2024
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due February 15, 2024
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed 1 staff (A. M.) lacking documentation of completed CBI and FBI background checks.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member listed above has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit CBI and FBI Clearance Letters for staff members listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 02/15/2024
2.213.D · Correction due February 15, 2024
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed 1 staff (A. C.) lacking documentation of a current Department-approved training Prevention of Shaken Baby/ Abusive Head Trauma.
Required correction: Immediately (2/15/24) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the Shaken Baby Abusive Head trauma training certificates for all staff who work with children less than 3 years of age to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 02/15/2024
2.213.G
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed 2 staff (A. C. and A.M.) lacking the Department-approved training regarding child abuse prevention.
2.213.N · Correction due February 15, 2024
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed the program lacking documentation of the current completed Department approved CDPHE immunization course for all staff who are responsible for the collection, review, and maintenance of children's immunization records.
Required correction: Immediately (2/15/24) ensure that the program obtains and maintains a current training certificate of the CDPHE immunization training for all staff who collect, review and maintain children's immunization documents. Provide a written statement of complaince within the overall response. Correct by 02/15/2024
2.216.A.1 · Correction due February 15, 2024
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed A.M. lacking documentation of qualifications for an early childhood teacher.
Required correction: Immediately (2/15/24) ensure that at all times there is an qualified early childhood teacher supervising children.Provide documentation of early childhood teacher qualifications for A.M. with written response to specialist. Correct by 02/15/2024
Program's CCHC lacking documentation of a current immunization training certificate for the appointed child care health consultant.
2.218.B.3 · Correction due February 15, 2024
Reviewed 1 heath care plan and observed the program lacking the applicable medications as prescribed in the child's health care plan.
Required correction: Immediately (2/15/24) ensure that the program obtains all applicable medications as prescribed in the child's health care plan prior to the child's first day of care. Provide a statement of complaince within the overall response. Correct by 02/15/2024
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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How they teach
Montessori
“we are proud to be a bilingual Montessori school, teaching in Spanish and English”
What it costs
$1,650 to $1,925 a month
Denver-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
Details
- Website
- echinaceamontessori.org
- Address
- 300 Elati Street
- License
- 1739737, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
- Ages they serve
- ages 2.5-6
- Established
- 2019
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 echinaceamontessori.org
What it costs
- Monthly tuition — Checked July 2026 echinaceamontessori.org
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 echinaceamontessori.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve, Established — Checked July 2026 echinaceamontessori.org
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 10 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 402.