Teacher-Elementary Structured Learning Services (26-27 School Year)

Adams 12 Five Star Schools

� PERMANENT/REGULAR Preschool, Elementary, Middle, Secondary, and Special Education Teachers
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Location
Thornton, Colorado, United States
Posted
July 07, 2026

Job Description

SUMMARY

Elementary Structured Learning Services (SLS) Teachers facilitate specially designed instruction for students with Autism and/or related disabilities that require similar programming. Student programming needs include high levels of structure, visual supports, communication instruction, behavior modification, and social skills/social emotional instruction. The SLS teacher manages paraprofessionals and instructs in a center-based classroom where students receive these supports in addition to specialized academic instruction and/or instruction on grade-level standards. Students in the SLS classroom join general education classes per their IEPs, and SLS teachers are responsible for teaching general education access skills, monitoring student progress, and adjusting IEPs to increase/decrease student participation in general education as appropriate. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Advocacy
  • Advocate for students with disabilities to...