OLR - 1: Educational Assistant 4, half time

Fort Madison Community School District; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a half-time Educational Assistant to support students in ECS. The role involves aiding cognition, communication, physical and social development, and implementing teacher-directed programs with a multidisciplinary team.

Candidate should have an Educational Assistant certificate or diploma and may need NVCI Level A&B. Applicants must provide criminal checks and references; vehicle access is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• May be required to obtain NVCI Level A&B

Responsibilities

• Support students' growth in cognition, communication, physical and social development
• Support and implement teacher-directed programming
• Work collaboratively under guidance of teacher, CST and a multi-disciplinary team
• Implement strategies from specialists (OT, PT, SLP, etc) to reach goals
• Implement behaviour management and educational strategies to facilitate learning
• Communicate effectively with students using age-appropriate positive reinforcement
• Observe student behaviour to promote positive educational outcomes
• Provide structure to help complete learning outcomes
• Assist with adaptive learning technologies and devices

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Behaviour management

Adaptive technology

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Pos ition : OLR - 1 : Educational Assistant – EA 4 , half time

Location: Our Lady of the Rivers

Hours/Week: 12.5 – 15.5 h hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 2 nd, 2026

Job Reference: OLR 1 - 08 24 202 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 obtain NVCI Level A&B

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
• 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
• Successfully implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP), if required
• Medical Procedures – such as Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, or diabetic monitoring
• 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
• Swim Program
• Access to vehicle & valid driver's license

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.