Elementary Itinerant Educational Assistant System Support (100%) - TERM

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is seeking an Elementary Itinerant Educational Assistant to provide proactive support across schools under a 10-month regular schedule. The role emphasizes coaching staff, modeling strategies, and capacity building in collaboration with school teams.

The Itinerant Educational Assistant supports social-emotional groups, develops resources, and leads professional learning initiatives while traveling between schools as needed.

Qualifications

• Coaching and modeling staff capacity building.
• Facilitates small group social-emotional skill activities.
• Works with the school multi-disciplinary team.
• Developing and presenting professional learning resources and workshops.
• Excellent report writing and collaborative communication.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate social-emotional skill groups across schools.
• Develop and deliver professional learning resources and workshops.
• Collaborate with school teams to support Tier 1–3 interventions.

Skills

Coaching

Group facilitation

Collaboration

PD resources

Report writing

Education

Child and Youth Worker diploma

DSW diploma

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:

Elementary Itinerant Educational Assistant System Support
100% Regular (10 month work year)
$29.54-$36.70

Under the direction of the Program Manager, Educational Assistants, the Itinerant Educational Assistant (IEA) provides collaborative, proactive support to schools. This role supports a tiered service delivery model, prioritizing Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions with some Tier 3 interventions as needed in consultation with the multi-disciplinary team. The IEA enhances student success by coaching staff, modeling strategies, and building capacity in collaboration with school teams.

Key responsibilities include facilitating social-emotional skill groups, resource development and professional learning initiatives. Experience in Autism/Developmental Disabilities, Early Learning, Mental Health and proficiency in behavior management systems (BMS) are essential assets. Staff are expected to travel between schools.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Child and Youth Worker diploma, DSW diploma, or equivalent combination of skills, education and experience required.

• Experience working with children with a variety of exceptionalities and settings, including autism is required.

• Experience (5 years) supporting student mental health and well-being, Autism/DD, Early Learning, Behaviour Management Systems certification, Applied Behaviour Analysis preferred, Collaborative Problem Solving preferred, First Aid, CPR (current), Suicide Prevention Training preferred, vehicle required

KNOWLEDGE OR SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Coaching and modeling skills to build staff capacity

• Facilitates/co facilitates small group social-emotional skill building activities

• Works in collaboration with the school Multi-Disciplinary team

• Developing and presenting professional learning resources and workshops

• Excellent report writing skills, ability to interact collaboratively with school staff, administrators, families and community agencies required

  
  Additional Comments : Access to a vehicle and a valid Driver’s License is required to cover a wide geographic area

Who can apply:

L23.08 Term opportunities filling behind a central team member who is on an approved leave of absence will be posted as a “temporary central team assignment”.

Regular staff shall have the right to apply to such vacancies.

a) Regular staff shall not have their status changed while working in such an assignment;

b) On completion of the temporary central team assignment, the employee will return to their previous position;

c) Should the employee’s former position become surplus, the employee will be given the opportunity to choose a position during the staffing process that they will go to on completion of the temporary central team assignment.

d) Any other term opportunities to be filled in this manner shall be mutually agreed upon by the Employer and Union.

NOTE: As per the SSP Collective Agreement, Casual EAs currently in terms for the 2025/2026 school year that ends June 26, 2026 are not eligible to apply unless to increase status.

Salary:

Effective September 1, 2025, new regular and full year term Educational Assistants who are hired with at least four (4) years of related experience, as determined by the Employer, shall be placed at Step 4 of the salary grid.

This provision has no retroactive effect.

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