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Title posted on indeed.com - Educational Assistant - EA 4

Posted on December 04, 2024 by Employer details Fort McMurray Catholic School Division

Job details

Position: Educational Assistant ? EA 4 Location: Elsie Yanik Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week Start Date: ASAP Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in Elementary grades 1-6. Qualifications: * Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma * May be required to obtain NVCI Level A&B Requirements: * Support students? growth in the areas of cognition, communication, physical and social development * Support and/or implement teacher directed programming * Work collaborative under guidance of teacher, CST and members of a multi-disciplinary team * Implement specialist (OT, PT, SLP, etc) strategies to achieve required goals * 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 * Work and play at student?s physical level of their activities * 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 * Medical Procedures ? such as Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, toileting, or diabetic monitoring may be required * Able to understand, implement and support modified curriculum * Able to work with and support students with Autism or complex medical needs * Able to work with students with emotional, behavioural or other disabilities * 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. Job Type: Full-time Pay: $21.43-$27.69 per hour Expected hours: 25 ? 31 per week Additional pay: * Bonus pay Benefits: * Employee assistance program * On-site parking * Wellness program Flexible language requirement: * French not required Schedule: * Monday to Friday Education: * AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate (preferred) Language: * English (required) Licence/Certification: * Educational Assistant Certification/Diploma (required) Work Location: In person