EY - 22: Educational Assistant 4

Fort Madison Community School District; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking an Educational Assistant to support students in grades 1-6 with various needs. The position involves assisting in cognition, communication, physical and social development and working under teacher guidance in a collaborative setting.

The successful candidate will implement prescribed programs, document progress, and assist with behavioural and educational strategies while using adaptive technologies as needed. Crt/sector checks may be required.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required.
• SMG training may be required.

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Implement teacher directed programming with guidance from teacher, CST and multidisciplinary team.
• Complete student or safety documentation as directed by supervisor.
• Apply specialist strategies (OT, PT, SLP) to meet goals.
• Implement behaviour and educational strategies to enable learning.
• Use adaptive/learning technologies including speech and non-verbal communication.

Skills

SMG training

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Pos ition : EY - 22 : Educational Assistant – EA 4

Location: Elsie Yanik

Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 3 rd , 202 6

Job Reference: EY 22 - 0827 202 6

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in grades 1-6.

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.