GS - 1: Educational Assistant 4

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a half-time Educational Assistant (EA) to support students in ECS at Good Shepherd. You will work under guidance of teachers to assist learning, behaviour support, and adapt curriculum to individual needs.

The role emphasizes collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team, involvement in safety and documentation, and the use of assistive technologies to foster growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.

Qualifications

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Implement teacher directed programming.
• Work collaboratively under guidance of teacher, CST and members of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Complete student or safety documentation, if directed by supervisor.
• Implement strategies from specialists (OT, PT, SLP, etc) 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, including for speech and non-verbal communication.
• Successfully implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP), if required.
• Swim program, able to swim in 50 meters, level 1 and 2.
• Medical Procedures – including, but not limited to, Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, toileting routines or diabetic monitoring may be required.
• 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.
• Follow all relevant health and safety requirements as directed by supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in 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.
• Complete student or safety documentation, if directed by supervisor.
• 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.

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

GS - 1: Educational Assistant – EA 4

Location: Good Shepherd

Hours/Week: 12.5 - 15.5 hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: October 1st, 2026

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

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• May be required to take SMG training for safe interventions (similar to NVCI)

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
• Complete student or safety documentation, if directed by supervisor
• 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, including for speech and non-verbal communication
• Successfully implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP), if required
• Swim program, able to swim in 50 meters, level 1 and 2
• Medical Procedures – including, but not limited to, Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, toileting routines or diabetic monitoring may be required
• 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
• Follow all relevant health and safety requirements as directed by supervisor

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.

We thank all applicants for their interest.