SM28 - Educational Assistant 2

Fort McMurray Catholic School Division; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Fort McMurray is seeking a part-time Educational Assistant to support student growth and implement teacher-directed programming. The successful candidate will hold an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma and possess good communication skills. Responsibilities include collaborating with the teaching staff and providing effective support for students in various educational activities.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma required.
• Experience in special education settings preferred.
• Fluency in e-mail, Internet, and MS Office needed.

Responsibilities

• Support and implement teacher-directed programming.
• Provide supervision and support during various activities.
• Communicate effectively with students using positive reinforcements.

Skills

Support students' growth in cognition

Collaboration with teachers

Communication skills

Ability to lift and move students

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Overview

Position: SM- 28: Educational Assistant – EA 2
Location: St. Martha
Hours/Week: 12.5 – 15.5 hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: October 2nd, 2025
Job Reference: SM28-09252025
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a half-time Educational Assistant in ECS.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• NVCI, if required

Responsibilities

• Support students’ growth in the areas of 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
• Able to work with student to implement and support literacy/numeracy
• Communicate effectively with students using age appropriate positive reinforcements and/or school specific behaviour strategies
• 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
• Swim program, if required
• Toileting routines
• 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.

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.