FB - 1: Educational Assistant 4

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking an Educational Assistant (EA 4) to support students in ECS. The position is part-time (25–31 hours/week) with an ASAP start and a closing date of 2026-08-27. Candidate must have an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma and may need NVCI Level A&B.

Strong collaboration and ability to follow teacher-directed programs are essential. Responsibilities include aiding cognitive, communication, physical, and social development; implementing strategies

Qualifications

• 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.
• Implement specialist strategies to achieve goals.
• Implement behaviour management and educational strategies to facilitate learning.

Responsibilities

• Observe student behaviour with focus on positive outcomes.
• Provide structure to facilitate learning objectives.
• Work at student's physical level during activities.
• Support use of adaptive and learning technologies.

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position: FB - 1 : Educational Assistant – EA 4

Location: Father Beauregard

Hours/Week: 25 - 31 hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: August 27, 2026

Job Reference: FB1-08182026

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

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 unsafel>
• Physical ability to lift and move students
• Provide school directed indoor and outdoor student supervision
• Swim Program
• Access to vehicle & valid driver's license

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.