Educational Assistant - Champion School - Temporary Part-Time

The Palliser School Division; Village of Champion; On-site; CAD 9,000 - 12,000; Part time

Job summary

The Palliser School Division is seeking a Temporary Part-Time Educational Assistant to support students from Kindergarten to Grade 9 at Champion Community School in Champion, AB. The assignment includes preschool program support and a focus on fostering literacy and lifelong learning in a safe environment.

Starting August 21, 2026, the role requires collaboration with the learning team, parent communication, and a commitment to student wellbeing and independence.

Qualifications

• Completion of a recognized post-secondary certificate in child care/development or behaviour management with practicum experience working with students with special needs.
• Equivalent combinations of related education and experience may be considered.
• Current Standard First Aid and CPR certificates (Child CPR a strong asset).

Responsibilities

• Provides educational instruction for students and supports access to technology.
• Contributes to planning the student’s IPP and participates in learning team meetings with parents/guardians.
• Maintains professional relationships within the learning team and supports student goals with guidance from teachers.

Skills

Communication with guardians

Support for students with specialNeeds

Education

Post-secondary certificate in child care/development or behaviour management

Job description

Temporary Part-Time Educational Assistant

Inspire Minds, Ignite Potential, and Join Our Team Today

Location: Champion Community School

Anticipated Start Date: August 21, 2026

Anticipated End Date: June 30, 2027

Assignment: Educational Assistant (EA)

FTE: Temporary Part-Time (450 annual hours)

The Palliser School Division is committed to engendering and supporting the values of the broader society: empathy, integrity, respect, trust, and responsibility. If the children of this community are to realize these values, the division acknowledges its responsibility to provide an exemplary education.

Located in the village of Champion, AB, and supporting students from Kindergarten to Grade 9, Champion Community School invites enthusiastic individuals to apply for the Temporary, Part-Time Educational Assistant position now available. This assignment will support students in the preschool program. Champion Community School is renowned for excellence in academic and sports programs, and for programs such as Band and Marine Biology (which takes place every three years). Champion Community School provides a safe and caring environment where students are taught literacy skills and given the opportunities needed to inspire lifelong learning.

When you apply to the Palliser School Division, you can feel good about serving our future leaders and contributing to student success.

Qualifications

• Completion of a recognized post-secondary certificate or recognized vocational certificate in child care/development or behaviour management with demonstrated successful practicum experience working with students with special needs
• Other equivalent combinations of directly related education and directly related experience may also be considered
• Current Standard First Aid and CPR certificates (Child CPR Certificate is a strong asset)

Responsibilities

• Provides educational instruction for students and supports students with accessing technology.
• Provides input into planning the student’s Individual Program Plan. Participates, as required, as a member of the student’s learning team in periodic meetings with the students, parents/guardians to review goals and develop revisions. Collects data to support student growth and the IPP development.
• Maintains an effective professional working relationship within the student’s learning team by providing suggestions to the Teacher based on experience and knowledge of the students, with respect to ways to help the students reach their goals, including recognition of the support a student needs to reach their unique goals.
• Communicates with parents and the student’s learning team members, to provide information of interest and receive information that may impact the child’s progress.
• Facilitates and encourages the development of the student’s self-esteem and independence through established programs and techniques deemed appropriate for the individual student.
• Encourages students to develop and maintain positive interaction.
• As required, provides personal care including toileting, diapering, feeding, dressing, grooming, etc. ensuring that student dignity is maintained. Attends to physical needs including lifting, positioning and range of motion programs as identified by appropriate personnel.
• Ensures the safety of students in the school and community, which includes maintaining close supervision of students, ensuring student equipment is sanitized and put away, retrieving students who attempt to leave their learning environment; calming and/or restraining students engaged in challenging behaviours; supervising and assisting students who utilize a variety of life skills tools (i.e. scissors, cooking utensils, etc).
• Maintains confidentiality, and a patient, supportive and enthusiastic commitment to students.
• Maintains collegial relationships with the student’s learning team.
• Works with students in a variety of settings in the school and community, including assisting in the supervision of students at breaks or on field trips as required.
• Assists with and sanitizing educational tools and clean up in the classroom resulting from spills and other accidents.
• Performs other related duties as required.

In order to maintain a safe and secure working environment, applicants new to The Palliser School Division must provide:

• Criminal Record Check, including vulnerable sector check from Local Police Service or RCMP detachment;
• Social Insurance Number (SIN) card or document issued by Service Canada; SIN card/document must be in current legal name. Name on SIN card/document must match your Government Issued ID and Criminal Record Check;
• Government issued ID - valid driver's license, valid passport or Nexus card.

By virtue of the submission of an application, the applicant agrees that the superintendent or designate can contact previous employers for the purpose of conducting confidential reference checks whether or not the applicant has listed a reference for that employer.

We thank all those who apply, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Jackie Kark, Associate Superintendent, Learning Services

Palliser School Division