SA - 4: Educational Assistant 3/4

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division is seeking a full-time Educational Assistant for elementary grades 1-6. The position involves supporting students across cognition, communication, physical and social development while working with teachers and a multi-disciplinary team.

The candidate will implement teacher-directed programs, manage behaviours and support learning with assistive technologies. Training may include NVCI Level A&B; medical support may be required as part of student care.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certification 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.
• Collaborate under guidance of teacher, CST and multi-disciplinary team.
• Implement specialist strategies (OT, PT, SLP, etc) to achieve goals.
• Apply behaviour management and educational strategies to facilitate learning.
• Communicate effectively with students using age-appropriate positive reinforcements.
• Observe student behaviour to promote positive outcomes and mitigate issues.
• Provide structure to help complete learning outcomes.
• Support students with adaptive and learning technologies across devices.
• Implement the Positive Behaviour Plan when required.
• Assist with medical procedures and complex needs as required.
• Understand and support modified curriculum for Autism or other needs.
• Physically assist and transfer students when necessary.
• Provide supervision during indoor and outdoor activities.

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position: SA - 4: Educational Assistant – EA 3/4

Location: St. Anne

Hours/Week: 25-31 hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: August 26, 2026

Job Reference: SA4-08172026

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, 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.