Educational Assistant 4 - Temporary

St. Clement's School; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in education is seeking a dedicated Educational Assistant to support students in their growth and development. This temporary role involves working collaboratively with teachers and multidisciplinary teams to implement educational strategies and manage student behaviors. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supporting diverse learning needs, including those with Autism and complex medical conditions. Join a passionate team committed to fostering a positive learning environment where every student can thrive. If you are ready to make a meaningful impact in the lives of students, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Must have an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma.
• May need to obtain NVCI Level A&B certification.

Responsibilities

• Support students' cognitive, communication, and social development.
• Implement educational strategies and collaborate with teachers.

Skills

Communication Skills

Behaviour Management

Collaboration

Adaptability

Problem Solving

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate

Diploma in Educational Assistance

Tools

MS Office

Adaptive Learning Technologies

Job description

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a temporary Educational Assistant for various schools.

Qualifications:

1. Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
2. May be required to obtain NVCI Level A&B

Requirements:

1. Support students’ growth in the areas of cognition, communication, physical and social development
2. Support and/or implement teacher directed programming
3. Work collaboratively under guidance of teacher, CST and members of a multi-disciplinary team
4. Implement specialist (OT, PT, SLP, etc) strategies to achieve required goals
5. Implement behaviour management and educational strategies that facilitate student learning
6. Communicate effectively with students using age appropriate positive reinforcements and/or school specific behaviour strategies
7. Observe student behaviour with focus on achieving positive behavioural/educational outcomes and mitigate/prevent negative ones
8. Provide high level of structure to facilitate completion of required learning outcomes
9. Work and play at student’s physical level of their activities
10. Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies using a variety of devices and associated programs
11. Successfully implement the Positive Behaviour Plan (PBP), if required
12. Medical Procedures – such as Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, toileting, or diabetic monitoring may be required
13. Able to understand, implement and support modified curriculum
14. Able to work with and support students with Autism or complex medical needs
15. Able to work with students with emotional, behavioural or other disabilities
16. Physically handle and transfer students when unsafe
17. Physical ability to lift and move students
18. 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.

Only those applications submitted and received by 4:00pm on the closing date will be considered for this position. We thank all applicants for their interest.

Please submit resumes to [e-mail] with the job reference number in the subject line.