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FB - 20 : Educational Assistant 2
- Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Closing date
- Working hours
- 25-31 Hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
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Position: FB -20 : Educational Assistant – EA 2
Location: Father Beauregard
Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: September 25th, 2026
Job Reference: FB20-09212026
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in ECS.
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: Father Beauregard
Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: September 25th, 2026
Job Reference: FB20-09212026
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in ECS.
Qualifications
- Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
- 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 other member of the multi-disciplinary team
- Implement specialist (OT, PT, SLP, etc) strategies to achieve required goals
- Able to work with student to implement and support literacy/numeracy
- Toileting routines if required
- Communicate effectively with students using age appropriate positive reinforcements and/or school specific behaviour strategies
- Work and play at student's physical level of their activities
- Swim program, if required
- Physically handle and transfer students when unsafe
- Physical ability to lift and move students
- Provide school directed indoor and outdoor student supervision
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.
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Responsibilities
The Educational Assistant will support student growth in cognition, communication, and physical development while implementing teacher-directed programming. They are also responsible for providing student supervision and assisting with physical needs such as toileting and mobility.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma and possess the physical ability to lift and move students. A Criminal Reference Check and a Vulnerable Sector Check are mandatory for the successful applicant.
Skills
- Literacy support
- Numeracy support
- Student supervision
- Behavior management
- Physical assistance
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Computer literacy
- MS Office
- Specialist strategy implementation
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Categories
- Education
- Social Services
Keywords
- Educational Assistant
- ECS
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Student supervision
- Behavioral strategies
- ADHD
- Special education
- Criminal Reference Check
- Vulnerable Sector Check
- MS Office
- Computer literacy
- Multi-disciplinary team
- Cognitive development
- Physical development