Inspiring Middle School Life Skills & ASD Teacher

Windsor Locks Public Schools; Windsor Locks (CT); On-site; USD 51,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Windsor Locks Middle School in Windsor Locks, CT seeks a Middle School Life Skills and ASD Teacher to develop and monitor IEP goals and deliver functional life skills instruction within a supportive classroom.

You will enhance communication using visual schedules, teach social skills and routines, and apply sensory/behavior management with PBSPs and ABA-based methods. Connecticut Certification Number 165 is required; salary is competitive with benefits.

Qualifications

• Connecticut Certification Number 165 is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and monitor IEP goals tailored to each student's cognitive, communication, and social needs.
• Teach functional life skills routines including personal hygiene, grooming, meal preparation, household chores, money management, and community safety.
• Support expressive and receptive language through visual schedules and assistive technology.
• Teach pragmatic social rules, conversation turns, peer interactions, and routines to lower anxiety and prevent behavioral crises.
• Create sensory-friendly environments, apply PBSP, and use structured teaching methods grounded in ABA or evidence-based autism practices.

Education

Connecticut Certification Number 165

Job description

Windsor Locks Middle School in Windsor Locks, CT seeks a Middle School Life Skills and ASD Teacher to develop and monitor IEP goals and deliver functional life skills instruction within a supportive classroom.

You will enhance communication using visual schedules, teach social skills and routines, and apply sensory/behavior management with PBSPs and ABA-based methods. Connecticut Certification Number 165 is required; salary is competitive with benefits.