SA 13 - Educational Assistant 4

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fort McMurray Catholic School Division invites applications for a full-time Educational Assistant position focused on supporting students in grades 1-6. The ideal candidate will have an Educational Assistant Certificate and be adept at implementing educational strategies and managing classroom behaviors. This role requires collaboration with teachers and specialists to foster positive learning outcomes and support students with various needs, including autism and emotional or behavioral challenges.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma required.
• May need to obtain NVCI Level A&B certification.
• Expected to support students with special needs.

Responsibilities

• Support students in cognitive, communication, and social development.
• Implement teacher-directed programming.
• Communicate effectively and observe student behavior.

Skills

Support students’ growth

Communicate effectively

Implement behaviour management strategies

Work collaboratively

Adapt curriculum

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Position: SA - 13 - Educational Assistant – EA 4

Location: Saint Anne

Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week

Start Date: August 29, 2025

Closing Date: July 23, 2025

Job Reference: SA13-07142025

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
  
  

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, toileting, 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
• Able to work with students with emotional, behavioural or other disabilities
• Physically handle and transfer students when unsafe
• Physical ability to lift and move students
• Provide school directed indoor and outdoor student supervision
  
  

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.

All FMCSD employees must have on file a clear Criminal Reference and a Vulnerable Sector Check. 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.

Please submit resumes to with the job reference number in the subject line.