SA - 12: Educational Assistant 4

Fort Madison Community School District; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools seeks a full-time Educational Assistant to support elementary students (grades 1–6). The position is based in St. Anne and requires 25–31 hours per week with ASAP start.

Candidates should have an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma; may need NVCI Level A&B and must be able to swim. The role involves collaboration with teachers, CST, and multiple specialists to support learning and safety.

Qualifications

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

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.
• 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 students' 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.

Skills

Educational Assistant Certificate or 0

Ability to swim

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position : SA - 12 : Educational Assistant – EA 4

Location : St. Anne

Hours/Week : 25-31 hours per week

Start Date : ASAP

Closing Date : September 14th, 2026

Job Reference : SA 12 - 0908 2026

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

Qualifications:

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

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 students' 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

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.