SMP - 15: Educational Assistant 2

St. Clement's School; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Fort McMurray is searching for a part-time Educational Assistant. The successful candidate will support students' cognitive and social development through implemented strategies while collaborating with teachers. Applicants should possess an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma and be able to communicate effectively with students. This role entails supervising students and handling physical demands. Interested candidates must submit their applications before January 5th, 2026.

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required.
• Ability to support students with various developmental needs.
• Effective communication with students using positive reinforcement.

Responsibilities

• Support students in cognitive and social development.
• Work collaboratively under teacher guidance.
• Supervise students both indoors and outdoors.

Skills

Communication

Support development

Collaboration

Behavior management

Literacy support

Education

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Position: SMP - 15: Educational Assistant – EA 2

Location: Sister Mary Philips

Hours/Week: 12.5 - 15.5 hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: January 5th, 2026

Job Reference: SMP15-12152025

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

Qualifications

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

Requirements

• 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 other member of the 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
• Toileting routines if required
• 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
• 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 [e-mail] with the job reference number in the subject line.