FB17 - Educational Assistant 2

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Fort McMurray is seeking a full-time Educational Assistant to support students' cognitive and social development. The successful candidate will have an Educational Assistant Certificate and experience working effectively in a collaborative environment. Responsibilities include implementing teacher-directed programming and providing student supervision. Strong communication skills and proficiency with adaptive technologies are essential.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required.
• Experience working with students with special needs.

Responsibilities

• Support students in cognitive, communication, and physical development.
• Implement programming directed by teachers.
• Provide student supervision indoors and outdoors.

Skills

Support students’ growth

Implement teacher directed programming

Collaborative work with multidisciplinary teams

Effective communication with students

Use of adaptive technologies

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Overview

Position: FB- 17: Educational Assistant – EA 2

Location: Father Beauregard

Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: October 2nd, 2025

Job Reference: FB17-09252025

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

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• NVCI, if required

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
• Able to work with student to implement and support literacy/numeracy
• 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
• Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies using a variety of devices and associated programs
• Swim program, if required
• Toileting routines
• 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.