FB - 6: Educational Assistant – EA 3/4

Fort Madison Community School District; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools in Alberta is seeking a full-time Educational Assistant to support students in Grades 1–6 and assist classroom programming. The role requires an Educational Assistant certificate or diploma, and may require NVCI Level A&B.

You will collaborate with a teacher and a multidisciplinary team to implement specialist strategies and manage behaviour to foster learning. On-site duties include supervising students, supporting adaptive technologies, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• May be required to obtain NVCI Level A&B

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in the areas of cognition, communication, physical and social development
• Support and/or implement teacher directed programming
• Work collaboratively 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
• Provide high level of structure to facilitate completion of learning outcomes
• Work with students at their physical level of activity
• Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies
• 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 supervision
• Swim Program

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Pos ition : FB - 6 : Educational Assistant – EA 3/ 4

Location: Father Beauregard

Hours/Week: 25 - 31 h ours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 3 rd , 2026

Job Reference: FB 6 - 08 25 202 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.