SA - 16: Educational Assistant 2/4

Fort Madison Community School District; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a full-time Educational Assistant to support ECS students in a collaborative school setting. Hours range from 25 to 31 per week, with start ASAP and a closing date of Sept 22, 2026.

The role requires an Educational Assistant certificate or diploma and may require NVCI Level A&B. The successful candidate will assist with cognition, communication, physical and social development, implement teacher-directed programming, and work under a multi-disciplinary

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma required.
• 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 multi-disciplinary team.
• Implement specialist strategies (OT, PT, SLP) to reach goals.
• Implement behaviour management and educational strategies to facilitate learning.
• Communicate effectively with students using age-appropriate reinforcements.
• Observe student behaviour to achieve positive outcomes and mitigate negatives.
• Provide structure to facilitate completion of learning outcomes.
• Work and play at the student’s physical level of activity.
• Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies.
• Follow and implement the Positive Behaviour Plan if required.
• Medical procedures support such as catheter, tube feeding, diabetic monitoring.
• Understand and support modified curriculum.
• Support students with Autism or complex medical needs.
• Physically lift and transfer students when needed.
• Provide school-directed indoor and outdoor supervision.

Skills

Student communication

Team collaboration

Behaviour observation

Behaviour management

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

NVCI Level A&B (may be required)

Tools

MS Office

Email

Internet

Job description

Pos ition : SA - 16 : Educational Assistant – EA 2/ 4

Location: St. Anne

Hours/Week: 25-31 h ours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 22 nd , 202 6

Job Reference: SA 1 6 - 09 15 2026

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-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

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.

We thank all applicants for their interest.