EY - 2: Educational Assistant 4

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division is seeking a full-time Educational Assistant for the ECS program. The position requires an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma and may include SMG training.

The EA will support students across cognitive, communication, physical, and social development, and assist with teacher-directed programming. Work is performed under the guidance of teachers and a multidisciplinary team, with emphasis on documenting progress and facilitating learning through

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required.
• SMG (Safe Management Group) training may be required.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Support and/or implement teacher directed programming.
• Collaborate under guidance of teacher, CST and multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

SMG training

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Safe Management Group training

Job description

Position: EY - 2: Educational Assistant EA 4

Location: Elsie Yanik

Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 15th, 2026

Job Reference: EY2-09092026

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in ECS.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• SMG (Safe Management Group) training may be required

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
• Complete student or safety documentation, if directed by supervisor
• 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 student's physical level of their activities
• Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies using a variety of devices and associated programs, including for speech and non-verbal communication
• Medical Procedures including, but not limited to, Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, toileting routines 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
• Physically handle and transfer students when unsafe
• Physical ability to lift and move students
• Provide school directed indoor and outdoor student supervision
• Follow all relevant health and safety requirements as directed by supervisor

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.

We thank all applicants for their interest