FB- 18: Educational Assistant 3

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Alberta is seeking an Educational Assistant to support and implement educational programs. The role involves assisting students' growth in cognitive, communication, and physical areas and implementing specialized strategies for students with disabilities. Candidates should possess an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma and be prepared to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. Application submission is required by the closing date to be considered.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is essential.
• Experience with special needs students is preferred.
• Ability to implement specialist strategies effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support and implement teacher directed programming.
• Observe and manage student behavior with positive outcomes.
• Provide adaptive technology support.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Support students’ growth in cognitive, communication, physical and social development

Communicate effectively with students

Implement behaviour management strategies

Collaborative team working under guidance

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position: FB- 18: Educational Assistant – EA 3

Location: Father Beauregard

Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: January 5th, 2025

Job Reference: FB18-12152025

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• Non Violent Crisis Intervention preferred

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
• 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
• Successful implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP), if required
• Able to work with students with emotional, behavioural or other disabilities
• 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. Please submit resumes to 

with the job reference number in the subject line.