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OLR - 14: Educational Assistant – EA 4
- Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
- Closing date
- Working hours
- 25-31 Hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
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Position: OLR - 14: Educational Assistant – EA 4
Location: Our Lady of the Rivers
Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: October 1st, 2026
Job Reference: OLR14-09252026
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a 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: Our Lady of the Rivers
Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: October 1st, 2026
Job Reference: OLR14-09252026
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in grades 1-6.
Qualifications
- Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
- SMG (Safe Management Group) training may be required
- 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
- Swim program, able to swim in 50 meters, level 1 and 2
- 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.
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Responsibilities
Support students in grades 1–6 with cognitive, communication, physical, and social development by implementing teacher-directed programming, specialist strategies, and behavior and educational plans. Provide structured learning support, supervision, adaptive technology assistance, and medical or physical care as required, while collaborating with teachers and multidisciplinary teams.
Requirements
An Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required, and Safe Management Group training may be required. Candidates must be able to support students with autism, complex medical needs, and varied behavioral or learning needs; physical lifting and transfers, swimming ability, and medical procedures may also be required.
Skills
- Student Support
- Behavior Management
- Educational Programming
- Positive Behavior Plans
- Modified Curriculum Support
- Communication
- Team Collaboration
- Student Supervision
- Adaptive Technology
- Assistive Communication Technology
- Medical Procedures
- Student Transfers and Lifting
- Swimming
- Health and Safety
- Microsoft Office
- Documentation
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Categories
- Education
Keywords
- Educational Assistant
- Educational Assistant Certificate
- Educational Assistant Diploma
- Safe Management Group Training
- Student Support
- Grades 1–6
- Cognitive Development
- Communication Development
- Physical Development
- Social Development
- Teacher-Directed Programming
- Multidisciplinary Team
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Behavior Management
- Positive Behavior Plan
- Modified Curriculum
- Autism
- Complex Medical Needs
- Adaptive Technology
- Nonverbal Communication
- Catheter Care
- Tube Feeding
- Feeding and Swallowing Support
- Diabetic Monitoring
- Student Supervision
- Health and Safety
- Microsoft Office
- Criminal Reference Check