FM 19 - Educational Assistant 3, Specialized Education Program

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

Job summary

A local educational institution in Fort McMurray seeks a full-time Educational Assistant for its Specialized Education Programs. The candidate will support students in achieving their learning goals across various subjects and work collaboratively with teachers and specialists. Key qualifications include an Educational Assistant Certificate and experience with students having diverse educational needs. This role requires strong communication skills and effective behavior management techniques, ensuring a positive learning environment.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma required.
• Ability to understand and support students academically in various subjects.
• Experience working with students with Autism or complex medical needs.

Responsibilities

• Support students’ academic growth in multiple subjects.
• Implement educational strategies to facilitate learning.
• Provide supervision and support during school activities.

Skills

Ability to support students in Math

Understanding of diverse learning needs

Effective communication with students

Behavior management techniques

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position

FM 19 - Educational Assistant – EA 3, Specialized Education Program

Location

Father Mercredi

Hours/Week

25-31.25 Hours per week

Start Date

ASAP

Closing Date

January 5th, 2025

Job Reference

FM19-12152025

The Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in High School Specialized Education Programs.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• Able to understand/support Social, LA, Math and Sciences Grades 7-12 including 30-1 levels

Requirements

• Able to understand and support students academically in Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts, support students’ growth in the areas of cognition, communication, physical and social development
• 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 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
• 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
• Manage student behaviour using strategies learned through NVCI certification (Specific requirement only)
• Able to work with students with Autism or complex medical needs
• 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.

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