EY - 4: Educational Assistant 4

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a part-time Educational Assistant to support elementary students in grades 1–6 at Elsie Yanik. The position offers 12.5–15.5 hours per week, with start date ASAP.

The successful candidate will hold an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma and may need to obtain NVCI Level A&B. They will work under teacher guidance, collaborate with CST and a multi-disciplinary team, and help implement adaptive learning strategies.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma required.
• May be required to obtain NVCI Level A&B.

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Support and/or implement teacher directed programming.
• Work collaboratively under guidance of the teacher, CST and multi-disciplinary team.
• Implement specialist strategies (OT, PT, SLP, etc.) to meet learning goals.
• Apply behaviour management and educational strategies to facilitate learning.
• Communicate effectively with students using age-appropriate positive reinforcement and school behaviour strategies.
• Observe student behaviour with focus on positive outcomes and mitigate negatives.
• Provide structure to facilitate completion of learning outcomes.
• Assist with use of adaptive and learning technologies.

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position: EY - 4: Educational Assistant - EA 4

Location: Elsie Yanik

Hours/Week: 12.5 - 15.5 hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: August 26th, 2026

Job Reference: EY4-08-172026

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

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• May be required to obtain NVCI Level A&B

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
• 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
• Successfully implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP), if required
• Medical Procedures – such as Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, or diabetic monitoring
• 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

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.