FB - 16: Educational Assistant 4

Fort Madison Community School District; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a full-time Educational Assistant to support students in grades 1-6. The role focuses on cognition, communication, physical and social development, under teacher guidance.

Responsibilities include implementing teacher-directed programs, collaborating with teachers and multidisciplinary teams, applying behavioral and educational strategies, and using learning technologies. A Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Sector Check are required.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant certificate or diploma required.
• May require NVCI Level A&B.
• Ability to support cognition, communication and physical development.

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Implement teacher-directed programming and collaborate with teachers.
• Work with CST and multi-disciplinary team to implement strategies.
• Apply Positive Behaviour Plan (PBP) and manage classroom behaviour.
• Provide supervision and adapt learning technologies for students.
• Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Sector Check required.

Skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Observation

Adaptability

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

NVCI Level A&B

Tools

MS Office

Email

Learning technologies

Job description

Pos ition : FB - 1 6 : Educational Assistant – EA 4

Location: Father Beauregard

Hours/Week: 25 - 31 h ours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 3 rd , 2026

Job Reference: FB 1 6 - 08 2 8 202 6

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in 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
• Swim Program

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.