Educational Assistant (100%) - Westwind PS - TERM

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits are included

Job summary

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is seeking an Educational Assistant to provide essential support to students with exceptional needs. Working under the Principal, you will collaborate with teachers and staff to implement programs, assist with therapy-related activities, and support students in various settings including pool programs.

The successful candidate will have a related college diploma and 1–2 years of experience with school-aged children with special needs, with First Aid/CPR

Qualifications

• Minimum 1–2 years of related experience with school-aged special needs children.
• Valid First Aid certification/CPR Level C is an asset.
• Completion of Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, TCI, and/or Behaviour Management Systems (BMS) training is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support students with exceptional needs within the school in collaboration with staff.
• Assist with pool programs, academic support, and special programs.
• Support deaf/hard of hearing or visually impaired students; assist with physiotherapy exercises.
• Modify programs to support learning for students with learning disabilities and speech/language issues.
• Assist with toileting, lifting, and/or pool duties as required.

Skills

DSW/CYW or equivalent

Autism experience

Assistive Technology

Behaviour Modification

Behaviour Management Systems

Collaborative Problem Solving

Computer Skills

Crisis Intervention

Yard duty

Dependability, team player

Observe/record chart behaviour

Education

Developmental Services Worker / Child and Youth Care/Worker or equivalent

Job description

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking creative, dynamic, committed educational leaders

to join the following initiative:

Educational Assistant - 100 % Term, 35 hours/week

Under the direction of the Principal, the Educational Assistant is an integral member of the school team and is responsible for the provision of support to students with exceptional needs within the school. The position involves dealing with confidential information and requires ongoing flexibility and variability. Responsibilities are varied, in collaboration with teaching and other professional staff, and include: supporting students with Autism SpectrumDisorder and students with developmental disabilities;participation in pool programs, academic support, implementing special programs, support to deaf/hard of hearing or visually impaired students, physiotherapy exercises and stretches.

Educational Assistants may be required to modify programs and support learning for students with learning disabilities, and speech/language issues. Assignments may also include outside yard duties, lifting, toileting, and/or pool duties. Knowledge of Ontario Curriculum and educational communication software such as Dragon and Kurzweil are assets.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will possess a community college diploma in Developmental Services Worker, Child and Youth Care/Worker, or equivalent, and a minimum of 1-2 years of related experience with school aged special needs children. Equivalent programs must be assessed by Employee Services staff. Valid First Aid certification/CPR Level C is an asset. The successful candidate will have also completed Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, TCI, and/or Behaviour Management Systems (BMS)training. Please ensure that you include copies of your diploma(s) and/or certificates that are applicable to the qualifications of an Educational Assistant.

Assignment: Regular Classroom Support, General Population

Required Skills and Abilities

• DSW/CYW or equivalent
• Autism experience
• Assistive Technology
• Behaviour Modification
• Behaviour Management Systems
• Collaborative Problem Solving
• Computer Skills
• Crisis Intervention
• Yard duty
• Dependability, strong work ethic, a flexible team player
• Ability to observe, record and chart behaviour data

• Assistance with toileting
• Assistance with lifting

Who can apply

In accordance with the Student Support Personnel's Collective Agreement, O.S.S.T.F. District 25, and further to Articles 23.04 and 23:07 qualified regular part-time employees are eligible to increase their status and apply to part‑time term vacancies if it does not interfere with their regular assignment, subject to Article 13:03; (i.e. 30 minutes between assignments or travel time, whichever is greater, without impact on current part‑time hours of work). Regular full‑time employees are not eligible to apply for term vacancies

NOTE

As per the SSP Collective Agreement, EAs who have already accepted terms for the 2026/2027 school year that end June 25, 2027 are not eligible to apply unless to increase status.

Salary

$28.45 per hour + 4% Vacation Pay

This position does not come with paid vacation days. Percentage vacation pay is provided in lieu.

Benefits are included

Application Process

Applications will be considered in accordance with the terms of the Student Support Professionals’ Collective Agreement and in accordance with Policy P.146.HREquitable Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion.

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to [e-mail] at any time.

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