Secondary Itinerant Educational Assistant System TERM

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community  schools are teaching communities where principals, vice‑principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well‑being and challenge students to achieve their best.

100% regular (10‑month work year). Salary range: $29.54–$36.70 per hour.

Under the direction of the Program Manager, Educational Assistants, the Itinerant Educational Assistant (IEA) provides collaborative, proactive support to schools. This role supports a tiered service delivery model, prioritizing Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions with some Tier 3 interventions as needed in consultation with the multi‑disciplinary team. The IEA enhances student success by coaching staff, modeling strategies, and building capacity in collaboration with school teams.

Key responsibilities include facilitating social‑emotional skill groups, resource development and professional learning initiatives. Staff are expected to travel between schools.

• Child and Youth Worker diploma, DSW diploma, or equivalent combination of skills, education and experience required.
• Experience working with children with a variety of exceptionalities and settings, including autism is required.
• Experience (5 years) supporting student mental health and well‑being, Autism/DD, Early Learning, Behaviour Management Systems certification, Applied Behaviour Analysis preferred, Collaborative Problem Solving preferred, First Aid, CPR (current), Suicide Prevention Training preferred, vehicle required.

• Coaching and modeling skills to build staff capacity.
• Facilitates/co‑facilitates small group social‑emotional skill building activities.
• Works in collaboration with the school multi‑disciplinary team.
• Developing and presenting professional learning resources and workshops.
• Excellent report writing skills, ability to interact collaboratively with school staff, administrators, families and community agencies required.

Access to a vehicle and a valid Driver’s License is required to cover a wide geographic area.

Effective September 1, 2025, new regular and full‑year term Educational Assistants who are hired with at least four (4) years of related experience, as determined by the Employer, shall be placed at Step 4 of the salary grid. This provision has no retroactive effect.

We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

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