EY - 25: Educational Assistant 2/4

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking an Educational Assistant to support students in Early Childhood Services. The role focuses on cognition, communication, physical and social development, with teacher-directed programming and collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.

The position requires an Educational Assistant certificate or diploma, SMG training may be required, and the ability to work at the student's level using adaptive technologies.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required.
• SMG training may be required.
• Ability to support students with cognition, communication, physical and social development.

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Support and/or implement teacher directed programming.
• Work collaboratively under guidance of teacher, CST and multi-disciplinary team.
• Complete student or safety documentation as directed by supervisor.
• Implement specialist strategies (OT, PT, SLP, etc) to achieve goals.
• Implement behaviour management and educational strategies to facilitate learning.
• Communicate effectively with students using age-appropriate positive reinforcements.

Skills

Educational support

Communication

Collaboration

Behaviour management

Education

Educational Assistant certificate or diploma

SMG training

Tools

Assistive technology familiarity

Job description

Position: EY - 25: Educational Assistant – EA 2/4

Location: Elsie Yanik

Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 23rd, 2026

Job Reference: EY25-09162026

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.