SK 28 - Educational Assistant 4

Fort Madison Community School District; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is seeking a term half-time Educational Assistant to support students at Saint Kateri Catholic School. The role is ECS-focused and requires collaboration with teachers and a multidisciplinary team to implement individualized student programs.

The successful candidate will assist with cognition, communication, and physical development, follow safety procedures, and maintain documentation. Must be able to work under guidance and adapt to student needs.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required.
• SMG training may be required for safe interventions (similar to NVCI).

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 a multi-disciplinary team.
• Complete student or safety documentation as directed by supervisor.
• Implement strategies to achieve goals and support behavior management and learning.
• Provide supervision and assist with activities appropriate to students' level.

Skills

SMG training

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position: S K 28 - Educational Assistant - EA 4

Location: Saint Kateri Catholic School

Hours/Week: 12.5 - 15.5 h ours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 30 th , 2026

Job Reference: S K 28 - 09 2 4 2026

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a term half-time Educational Assistant in ECS.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• May be required to take SMG training for safe interventions (similar to NVCI)

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.