SM - 34: Educational Assistant 2
- Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
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- Working hours
- 12.5-15.5 Hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Position: SM - 34: Educational Assistant – EA 2
Location: St. Martha
Hours/Week: 12.5-15.5 Hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: October 15th, 2026
Job Reference: SM34-10082026
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a half-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: St. Martha
Hours/Week: 12.5-15.5 Hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: October 15th, 2026
Job Reference: SM34-10082026
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a half-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
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’ cognitive, communication, physical, and social development by implementing teacher-directed programming and specialist strategies. Assist with literacy and numeracy, personal care and toileting routines, behaviour support, physical activities, swimming programs when required, and safe student handling.
Requirements
An Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required. Candidates must be able to collaborate with teachers and multidisciplinary team members, support students with diverse needs and behaviours, communicate effectively, and physically lift and move students; a Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Sector Check are required.
Skills
- Student Development Support
- Cognitive Development
- Communication Support
- Physical Development
- Social Development
- Teacher-Directed Programming
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration
- Occupational Therapy Strategies
- Physical Therapy Strategies
- Literacy Support
- Numeracy Support
- Positive Reinforcement
- Behaviour Support
- Student Lifting and Transfers
- Computer Literacy
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Categories
- Education
Keywords
- Educational Assistant
- Early Childhood Services
- Educational Assistant Certificate
- Educational Assistant Diploma
- Student Development
- Cognitive Development
- Communication Development
- Physical Development
- Social Development
- Teacher-Directed Programming
- Multidisciplinary Team
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Toileting Routines
- Positive Reinforcement
- Behaviour Strategies
- Swimming Program
- Student Lifting and Transfers
- Criminal Reference Check
- Vulnerable Sector Check
- Internet
- Microsoft Office