Education Assistant, Special Education

2 weeks ago

Calgary, Canada Calgary Board of Education Full time

**Mission**:
**Competition Info**:
Calendar: 10 Month Modified

**Salary**: SA Grade D, $23.62 - $30.96/Hour

FTE: 0.8571, 30 Hours/Week

**Additional Information**:
**Emily Follensbee School is a unique setting providing programming for students in Kindergarten through to grade 8 who have been diagnosed with moderate to severe cognitive developmental disabilities. Students at Emily Follensbee School have complex learning, medical, and emotional needs. Students may require medical support from Pediatric Home Care. The curriculum is modified to support the personalization of learning according to the unique strengths and needs of each student. Program emphasis is on Communication, Functional Academics, Self-Regulation, Social Interactions, Leisure Skills and Functional Living for Division III students. Learner supports and accommodations may include the use of assistive technology, augmentative communication systems, and, recreational therapy and sensory activities. Class size and staffing are carefully evaluated on an ongoing basis based on unique learner needs and class complexity**
- **Have a strong background supporting students with multiple and complex disabilities.**:

- **Be well versed in AAC communication systems including Eye Gaze.**:

- **Be passionate about students and learning.**:

- **Have strong interpersonal skills with a strong desire to work collaboratively with a variety of colleagues including teachers, educational assistants, SLP, OT, PT etc.**:

- **Have the physical ability to support safely lifting students.**:

- **Be expected to swim with students in the warm water therapy pool.**

**Students will**:

- **Require supervision and support with toileting routines**:

- **Require supervision and support when eating**:

- **Require supervision and support with dressing (putting on coat, boots, etc.)**

**Students may demonstrate challenging behaviours**:

- **Aggression toward others (hitting, biting)**:

- **Self-injurious behaviour (hitting and biting self)**:

- **Destructive behaviour (throwing, breaking)**:

- **Disruptive behaviour (crying, screaming)**:

- **Unsafe behaviour (running, limited awareness of surroundings and personal safety)**

**Students have complex needs in the severe to the profound range with moderate to severe cognitive physical and medical disabilities. Students often have severe severe to profound delays in expressive and/or receptive language and delays in fine and/or gross motor skills.**

**Students have complex needs in the severe to the profound range with moderate to severe cognitive, physical and medical disabilities.**
**Diagnosed with multiple disabilities and/or medical conditions.**
**Majority of students require specialized medical support and/or medication administration during the school day that requires support from pediatric home care.**
**Students have severe to profound delays in expressive and/or receptive language. Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems.**
**The majority of students have severe to profound delays in fine and/or gross motor skills.**
**Students require assistance and/or supervision in all areas of functioning including daily living skills (i.e., toileting, feeding).**

**Position Description**:
**Responsibilities**

Under the direction of the Teacher:

- Provides educational instruction for students.
- Supports students in accessing technology.
- Provides input into planning the student’s Individual Program Plan. Participates, as required, as a member of the student’s learning team in periodic meetings with the students, parents/guardians to review goals and develop revisions. Collects data to support student growth and the IPP development.
- Maintains an effective professional working relationship within the student’s learning team by providing suggestions to the Teacher based on experience and knowledge of the students, with respect to ways to help the students reach their goals, including recognition of the support a student needs to reach their unique goals.
- Communicates with parents and the student’s learning team members, to provide information of interest and receive information that may impact the child’s progress.
- Facilitates and encourages the development of the student’s self-esteem and independence through established programs and techniques deemed appropriate for the individual student.
- Encourages students to develop and maintain positive interaction.
- As required, provides personal care including toileting, diapering, feeding, dressing, grooming, etc. ensuring that student dignity is maintained. Attends to physical needs including lifting, positioning and range of motion programs as identified by appropriate personnel.
- Ensures the safety of students in the school and community, which includes maintaining close supervision of students, ensuring student equipment is sanitized and put away, retrieving students who attempt to leave their learning environment; calmin

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