GS - 1: Educational Assistant 4

Fort Madison Community School District; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a half-time Educational Assistant to support students in ECS at Good Shepherd. The role is 12.5–15.5 hours per week, with ASAP start and a closing date of October 1, 2026.

You will work under teacher guidance to support cognition, communication, physical and social development, and use adaptive technologies as needed. A Criminal Reference Check may be required for employment.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant certificate or diploma.
• SMG training for safe interventions.

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Assist and implement teacher-directed programming.
• Collaborate under guidance of teacher and multidisciplinary team.
• Complete student or safety documentation as directed.
• Implement strategies to achieve goals across therapies.
• Apply behaviour management and learning strategies.
• Communicate with students using age-appropriate reinforcement.

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

SMG training for safe interventions

Job description

Pos ition : GS - 1 : Educational Assistant – EA 4

Location: Good Shepherd

Hours/Week: 12.5 - 15.5 h ours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: October 1 st , 2026

Job Reference: GS1 - 09 25 202 6

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.