GS 20 - Educational Assistant 4

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a full-time Educational Assistant (GS 20 - EA 4) to support Grades 1-6 at Good Shepherd Catholic School.

24–31 hours per week, ASAP start, closing date September 15, 2026. An Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required; training for safe interventions may be included.

The successful candidate will work with a teacher and multi-disciplinary team to support learning, manage behaviours, and assist with adaptive technologies.

Qualifications

• Must have Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma.
• Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams is a plus.
• SMG training for safe interventions may be required (similar to NVCI).

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development.
• Support and/or implement teacher directed programming.
• Work collaboratively under guidance of teacher, CST and multi-disciplinary team.
• Complete student or safety documentation as directed by supervisor.
• Implement strategies from specialists (OT, PT, SLP) to achieve goals.
• Apply behaviour management and educational strategies to facilitate learning.
• Communicate effectively with students using age-appropriate reinforcement and school strategies.
• Observe behaviour with focus on positive outcomes and mitigate negatives.
• Provide structure to help students complete learning outcomes.
• Assist students with adaptive/learning technologies and devices.

Skills

Cognition support

Communication support

Collaboration

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position: GS 20 - Educational Assistant - EA 4

Location: Good Shepherd Catholic School

Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 15th, 2026

Job Reference: GS20-09092026

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 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.

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.