FB - 21: Educational Assistant 2

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a part-time Educational Assistant (EA 2) to support students with cognitive, communication, physical and social development in early childhood services (ECS).

The selected candidate will work collaboratively with teachers and the multi-disciplinary team, implement teacher-directed programming, and utilize specialist strategies to help students meet literacy and numeracy goals.

Qualifications

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Assist with teacher-directed programming.
• Collaborate with teachers and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Utilize specialist strategies (OT/PT/SLP) to achieve goals.
• Assist with literacy and numeracy; toilet routines if required.
• Provide indoor/outdoor supervision; lift and transfer students as needed.

Responsibilities

• Implement school-based behaviour strategies.
• Communicate with students using age-appropriate positive reinforcement.
• Work with students at their physical activity level.
• Assist with swim program if required.
• Provide supervision during school activities and transitions.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Literacy support

Numeracy support

Physical support

Behavior support

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position: FB - 21: Educational Assistant – EA 2

Location: Father Beauregard

Hours/Week: 12.5 - 15.5 hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: October 23rd, 2026

Job Reference: FB21-10192026

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.