Educational Assistant - Casual

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools seeks Casual Educational Assistants to support students with exceptionalities. The role involves implementing educational strategies, collaborating with teachers, and providing support in various educational settings. Candidates must possess relevant certifications and demonstrate strong communication and behaviour management skills.

Benefits

Employee assistance program

On-site parking

Wellness program

Qualifications

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Implement behaviour management strategies and educational programming.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively under the guidance of teachers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide support in the use of adaptive and learning technologies.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Behaviour Management

Support for Students with Disabilities

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate

Job description

Position: Casual Educational Assistant

Location: Various

Hours/Week: Varies based on demand

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for casual educational assistants to join our team.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• May be required to obtain NVCI Level A&B
• Previous experience working with children who have exceptionalities
  
  

Requirements

• Support students growth in the areas of cognition, communication, physical and social development
• Support and/or implement teacher directed programming
• Work collaborative under guidance of teacher, CST and members of a multi-disciplinary team
• Implement specialist (OT, PT, SLP, etc) strategies to achieve required goals
• Implement behaviour management and educational strategies that facilitate student learning
• Communicate effectively with students using age appropriate positive reinforcements and/or school specific behaviour strategies
• Observe student behaviour with focus on achieving positive behavioural/educational outcomes and mitigate/prevent negative ones
• Provide high level of structure to facilitate completion of required learning outcomes
• Work and play at students physical level of their activities
• Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies using a variety of devices and associated programs
• Successfully implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP), if required
• Medical Procedures such as Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, toileting, or diabetic monitoring may be required
• Able to understand, implement and support modified curriculum
• Able to work with and support students with Autism or complex medical needs
• Able to work with students with emotional, behavioural or other disabilities
• Physically handle and transfer students when unsafe
• Physical ability to lift and move students
• Provide school directed indoor and outdoor student supervision
  
  

Employee is expected to work with behaviours related/associated with conduct, obsessive/compulsive, trauma and stress related, severe chronic depressive, feeding and/or eating disorders etc. Other behaviours related to ADHD, emotional/behavioural, learning and speech & language-related disabilities, etc may be encountered.

The successful candidate will be required to provide a Criminal Reference Check and a Vulnerable Sector Check. FMCSD will contact past and present employers for references. All FMCSD employees are expected to be computer literate; this includes fluency with e-mail, Internet and MS Office.

Job Types: Casual

Pay: $22.72-$23.53 per hour

Expected hours: 12.5 31.25 per week

Benefits

• Employee assistance program
• On-site parking
• Wellness program
  
  

Schedule

• Monday to Friday
  
  

Education

• AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate (preferred)
  
  

Licence/Certification

• Educational Assistant Certification/Diploma (preferred)
  
  

Work Location: In person