ESP 13 - Educational Assistant - EA 4
- Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Listed closing date
- Working hours
- 25-31 Hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Position: ESP 13 - Educational Assistant - EA 4
Location: Ecole St. Paul
Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: October 14th, 2026
Job Reference: ESP13-10072026
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a term full-time Educational Assistant in grades 1-6.
Qualifications
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 4:00pm on the closing date
will be considered for this position. We thank all applicants for their interest. Please submit resumes to with the job reference number in the subject line.
Location: Ecole St. Paul
Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: October 14th, 2026
Job Reference: ESP13-10072026
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a term full-time Educational Assistant in grades 1-6.
Qualifications
- Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
- May be required to take SMG training for safe interventions (similar to NVCI)
- 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
- Complete student or safety documentation, if directed by supervisor
- 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, including for speech and non-verbal communication
- Successfully implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP), if required
- Medical Procedures – including, but not limited to, Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, toileting routines 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
- Physically handle and transfer students when unsafe
- Physical ability to lift and move students
- Provide school directed indoor and outdoor student supervision
- Follow all relevant health and safety requirements as directed by supervisor
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 4:00pm on the closing date
will be considered for this position. We thank all applicants for their interest. Please submit resumes to with the job reference number in the subject line.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Support students in grades 1–6 with cognitive, communication, physical, and social development, and implement teacher-directed learning and behaviour strategies. Provide supervision and individualized support, including adaptive technology, medical procedures, student documentation, and safe physical assistance when required.
Requirements
An Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required, and training in safe interventions may be required. Candidates must be able to support students with autism, complex medical needs, modified curricula, and a range of behavioural and learning needs; a Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Sector Check are also required.
Skills
- Student Support
- Educational Programming
- Behaviour Management
- Positive Behaviour Plans
- Student Supervision
- Modified Curriculum Support
- Adaptive Technology
- Assistive Communication
- Medical Procedures
- Student Transfers and Lifting
- Team Collaboration
- Student Documentation
- Health and Safety
- Microsoft Office
- Email and Internet
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Education
- Healthcare
- Social Services
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Educational Assistant Certificate
- Educational Assistant Diploma
- Safe Interventions
- SMG Training
- NVCI
- Student Development
- Teacher-Directed Programming
- Multidisciplinary Team
- Student Documentation
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Behaviour Management
- Positive Behaviour Plan
- Modified Curriculum
- Autism
- Complex Medical Needs
- Catheterization
- Tube Feeding
- Feeding and Swallowing Support
- Diabetic Monitoring
- Adaptive Technology
- Nonverbal Communication
- Student Supervision
- Criminal Reference Check
- Vulnerable Sector Check
- Microsoft Office