OLR - 14: Educational Assistant – EA 4

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking an Educational Assistant (EA 4) to join our Our Lady of the Rivers team. This full-time position supports students in grades 1-6, with 25–31 hours per week, starting ASAP and closing Oct 1, 2026.

The successful candidate will assist with cognitive, communication, physical and social development and implement teacher-directed programming. Responsibilities include collaborating with teachers and multi-disciplinary teams, maintaining documentation, applying

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• SMG training may be required

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 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

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

SMG training (Safe Management Group)

Job description

Position: OLR - 14: Educational Assistant – EA 4

Location: Our Lady of the Rivers

Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: October 1st, 2026

Job Reference: OLR14-09252026

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in grades 1-6.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• SMG (Safe Management Group) training may be required

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.