Education Assistant - Casual

The Mission Public School District is located on the traditional, ancestral, unsurrendered, and shared territories of Stó:lo people, of Leq'á:mel, Semá:th, Máthxwi, Sq'éwlets and Qwó:ltl'el First Nations, stewards of this land since time immemorial.

Halq'eméylem is the language of this land and of Stó:lo ancestors. The place from where Halqeméylem (Upriver dialect) originates is Leqá:mel. The language comes from the land, and it has been this way since time immemorial.

Career Opportunity
Casual Education Assistants
$31.93/hour

(Casual employees are not guaranteed hours as it’s an on-call / as-needed basis)

Why the Mission Public School?
We are a medium-sized district with rural and urban schools. We are large enough to provide a variety of programs and services, and small enough to build meaningful relationships with our students, parents, colleagues, and other stakeholders.

About Mission
Mission is nestled on a southern coastal mountain slope, overlooking the lush valley of the mighty Fraser River. Ideally situated, Mission is located an hour east of Vancouver and 20 minutes from Abbotsford. Mission was originally inhabited by the Sto:lo First Nations people, and today this rapidly growing and dynamic centre is home to a population of some 38,000 residents. Come see why Mission is "the Jewel in the Valley".

SUMMARY
This is work of a support nature, assisting classroom teachers, by supplementing and reinforcing teacher taught lessons and concepts.

Under the direction of the teacher, and with the general supervision of the school administrator, the Education Assistant (EA) works with students on an individual or small group basis and follows an established program to develop the students' skills and abilities. These include behavioral, social, academic or life skills. Positions may vary and may require the EA to provide personal care, lift and transfer or medication administration.

The work may be done in a meeting room and/or it may involve attending a regular classroom where students are integrated. Initially, the type and style of assistance and assignments are outlined in detail by the teacher in conjunction with the International Department, and supervised closely, but as the EA-I/SLS becomes familiar with the program, materials, and student(s), some independence of judgment is exercised, within established guidelines.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Work with special needs students to develop basic academic and social skills using prepared learning kits or teacher-prepared lesson plans and schedules

Assist children to complete prescribed programs covering concepts such as word recognition, language development, spelling, printing/writing, reading, arithmetic, etc.

Assist students with personal hygiene requirements, thus reinforcing the concepts of personal care

Provide general assistance to students: to organize their work, to keep on task, to locate resource material, and checks for understanding on a variety of subjects

attends classes where students are integrated to provide assistance to the student and/or teacher; may make notes for later review with student

Adjust the pace of a scheduled program, given the student's response and/or behavior, reporting adjustment to teacher

Provide written and verbal feedback to teacher regarding students' progress and behavior

marks worksheets and objective tests, using answer keys; and records drill results

monitors and modifies behavior as part of an established behavioral management program

assists the teacher to gather additional lesson material by searching for subject matter in books and magazines, making flash cards, charts, etc.

may interpret words, concepts and instructions to students to assist their learning

may act as an interpreter for…