NEW GRADUATE - Supply Educational Assistant; EA

Job Details

The Durham District School Board acknowledges that many Indigenous Nations have longstanding relationships, both historic and modern, with the territories upon which our school board and schools are located. Today, this area is home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that the Durham Region forms a part of the traditional and treaty territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, the Mississauga Peoples and the treaty territory of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation.

It is on these ancestral and treaty lands that we teach, live and learn.

This statement was co‑created in partnership with the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island.

The Durham District School Board (DDSB) is responsible for public education in the rural settings of Uxbridge, Brock and Scugog Townships and the urban settings of Ajax, Whitby, Pickering, and Oshawa.

Supply Educational Assistants accept assignments within our board that could last one day or several days in multiple schools. Our supply EAs are essential to ensure coverage and support when staff are absent.

The Supply EA list is a great way to get to know the school communities in DDSB.

This job may be of interest to you if you have education in one of the following areas:

• Educational Support/Educational Assistant
• Child and Youth Care (CYC) or Child and Youth Worker (CYW)
• Development Service worker (DSW)
• Intervenor
• Psychology background
• Autism and Behavioural Science

When applying please include the following in your apply to education profile:

• Resume and cover letter
• College placement/practicum reports, if applicable to your program- upload under the heading (additional documents).
• College diploma/University degree or transcripts

To assist the classroom teacher in the education of students with diverse learning needs. The deployment and assignment of duties within the school or a classroom setting, are the responsibility of the teacher involved, in consultation with the principal.

1. Assist teacher in the teaching and learning process

• Using teacher planned activities, help students individually or in small groups to consolidate previously taught skills in reading (listening to oral reading), in math, in writing (acting as a student scribe/recording on computer), in phonics and language exercises;
• Develop student's self esteem and positive self concept throughout;
• Observe and record student progress;
• Communicate to the teacher regarding student progress.

2. Prepare classroom material and equipment as directed

• Including teaching aids, display material, photocopied material, laminated material, arts and craft material, the setup and operation of the computer etc. to support individual student need of students

3. Maintain student records, charts and files as directed

• Updating and recording such matters as student progress, behavior and other general documentation for specific students.

4. Assist with student supervision as directed

• Supervise individual or small groups of students as directed
• Supervise on field trips, in classrooms, at school assemblies, on buses, during recesses, and lunch hours.
• General supervision as per educational assistant schedule.

5. Supervise, observe and guide students' behaviour as directed

• Including instructing and encouraging positive student behaviour
• Implementing behaviour management/modification programs

6. Instruct and assist students in basic life skills as directed

• Personal hygiene (such as toileting assistance including cleaning up accidents, lifting to and from wheelchairs, changing diapers, eating assistance, grooming assistance);
• Life skills (such as meal planning and preparation, shopping, cooking skills and use of cooking equipment such as stove, microwave);
• Community skills (such as recognizing common signs, banking)

7. Assist in the integration of students as directed

• Work in cooperation with the homeroom teacher, the subject teacher and the academic resource personnel to assess and plan the student's integration;
• Monitor student comprehension of instructions from their teacher, their work skills, their completed work and their progress;

8. Assist in the physical development of students as directed

• Fine motor skills (threading), gross motor skills (climbing, catching, running)
• Physical exercise programs for individual students prescribed by the Occupational Therapist and under the direction of the teacher to strengthen, stimulate and develop muscle tone (child over a ball or wedge)

9. Accompany and assist students in their job placements

• Assist in the job training, monitor progress, help in the acquisition of job skills (punctuality, etc.)

10. Provide physical and other assistance to students as required

• Provide assistance with dressing and undressing, scribing, getting on and off the bus/taxi, toilet ting…