Nederland · Licensed center
New Explorers Learning Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 66 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
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
- September 23, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since February 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 16, 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, where it publishes one, 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.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · December 16, 2025
2.212.G · Correction due January 16, 2026
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed SM3's file to be missing a current health statement.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a annual self health appraisal for all staff. Correct within 30 days and respond with verification of compliance by 1/16/26 Correct by 01/16/2026
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed sm4's file to be missing a current out of state clearance letter.
2.230.B · Correction due December 16, 2025
On the playground, observed an unraveled hose to be accessible to children posing a potential tripping hazard.
Required correction: Indoor and outdoor equipment and materials must by sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 1/16/26 Correct by 12/16/2025
2.138.A · Correction due January 16, 2026
Missing January-March Fire drills and March Tornado drill.
Required correction: Fire drills must be conducted monthly and tornado drills must be conducted monthly from March to October. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 1/16/26. Correct by 01/16/2026
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 November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 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
- 444 N Griffith St, Nederland, 80466
- License
- 1736329
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Details
- Address — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
- License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 data.colorado.gov
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 8 to 40; large is 115 to 320.