HT - Educational Assistant , Specialized Education Program

HT 19 - Educational Assistant 3, Specialized Education Program

Join Fort McMurray Catholic School Division as a full‑time Educational Assistant in High‑School Specialized Education Programs.

Position: HT 19 – Educational Assistant – EA 3, Specialized Education Program

Location: Holy Trinity

Hours/Week: 25–31.25 Hours

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: January 5, 2025

Job Reference: HT19‑

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Full‑time

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• Able to understand/support Social, LA, Math, and Sciences Grades 7–12 including 30‑1 levels

• Able to understand and support students academically in Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts
• 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 multidisciplinary team
• 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
• 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
• Manage student behaviour using strategies learned through NVCI certification (Specific requirement only)
• Able to work with students with Autism or complex medical needs
• 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 4:00 pm on the closing date will be considered for this position. We thank all applicants for their interest.

Please submit resumes to [email] with the job reference number in the subject line.