FB - 18: Educational Assistant 2

Fort Madison Community School District; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a part-time Educational Assistant (EA 2) to support students in ECS. This role focuses on cognition, communication, physical and social development, under teacher guidance. 12.5–15.5 hours per week, start ASAP, with a closing date of September 22, 2026.

Qualifications include an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma. The successful candidate will work with the classroom team to implement programs, provide supervision, and support literacy and

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma.
• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Implement teacher directed programming.
• Work collaboratively under guidance of teacher, CST and other MDT members.
• Implement specialist strategies (OT, PT, SLP) to achieve goals.
• Able to support literacy and numeracy.
• Provide indoor/outdoor supervision as directed.

Responsibilities

• Work with students at their physical level of activities.
• Provide supervision and safety during school hours.
• Communicate effectively with students using age-appropriate reinforcement.
• Assist with implementing and adapting activities as directed by the teacher.
• Assist with classroom routines and transitions.
• Adhere to required checks and references as part of employment.

Job description

Pos ition : FB - 1 8 : Educational Assistant – EA 2

Location: Father Beauregard

Hours/Week: 12.5 - 15.5 hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 22 nd , 2026

Job Reference: FB18 - 09 15 202 6

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

Qualifications:

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

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 other member of the multi-disciplinary team
• Implement specialist (OT, PT, SLP, etc) strategies to achieve required goals
• Able to work with student to implement and support literacy/numeracy
• Toileting routines if required
• Communicate effectively with students using age appropriate positive reinforcements and/or school specific behaviour strategies
• Work and play at student's physical level of their activities
• Swim program, if required
• 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.

Only those applications submitted and received by 4:00pm on the closing date

will be considered for this position. We thank all applicants for their interest.