Ea Braillist

**Educational Assistant - Braillist**
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**Pay Band 8 : $23.45 - $26.05**
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35 hrs/wk
- Rate as of September 1, 2021_

**START DATE**:As Determined

The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPR) offers a world-class education for approximately 34,000 students in 87 schools. Spanning over 7,000 square kilometers, across diverse rural and urban communities in southeastern Ontario, KPR serves the Municipality of Clarington, Northumberland and Peterborough Counties, and City of Quinte West/Murray Ward. **We offer eligible employees a comprehensive employee pension (OMERS) and benefit package upon start date, a commitment to ongoing learning, and an exceptional work environment.**

The Board is situated on the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg people, serving three vibrant First Nation communities which include Alderville First Nation, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation. Today, this gathering place is home to many First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and we acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of all Indigenous people across Turtle Island, current and through history.

All positions in the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board support the school’s priority of student achievement and the Boards mission to educate our students to excel in learning, to succeed in life and to enrich our communities. Employees demonstrate empathy and respect in all interactions, are committed to service excellence, and embrace change through innovation.

As part of our strategy to provide on-going support for our schools, the Board is now accepting resumes from qualified applicants for the full-time position EA Braillist.

The purpose of the Educational Assistant - Braillist position is to provide instructional support in academic, social, physical, emotional and behavioural programs for students in a variety of learning situations. As well the Educational Assistant - Braillist carries out personal care duties to meet the physical needs of students. As part of the student support team, the Educational Assistant - Braillist promotes and maintains a safe, caring and restorative school environment. The Educational Assistant - Braillist=s work is focused on supporting students who are blind or have visual impairments.

REPORTS TO: School Principal with duties assigned by the teacher

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Program Support
- provides program support by assisting teachers with the delivery of academic and social/life skills programs for both individual and groups of students by implementing effective learning support strategies and using a variety of instructional support methods, techniques and learning aids: includes scribing, correcting, prompting, reading, keeping student on task, adapting language for re-delivery, reinforcing concepts, lessons and skills, providing information to teachers to assist in creation of student IEP, support students in the use of assistive technology, delivery of appropriate life skills and routine activities of daily living and the promotion of independence, self-advocacy and self-reliance;
- employs Sighted Guide Techniques, transcribes print books and materials into Braille, duplicates lessons simultaneously in an accessible form for the student and assists student in accessing the appropriate learning materials;
- assists and encourages student to use compensatory strategies to enhance communication; reinforces orientation and mobility instruction skills as well as reinforces computer skills through daily use of speech synthesizer and/or other personal adaptive equipment used by the vision impaired/blind student;
- guides, prepares and assists students completing work (co-op) placements, as required;

Personal Care
- provides support and physical assistance to meet the established physical needs of students including toileting, diapering, changing clothes and/or teaching personal hygiene, toilet training, washroom routines, hand over hand feeding, food preparation, modified feeding tools, modeling and monitoring for choking as appropriate, physical transfer and positioning of student with or without equipment;
- implementing general maintenance exercises prescribed by a registered physiotherapist or occupational therapist;
- performs clean and intermittent catheterization, shallow and surface suctioning and provides assistance with Glucometer, Insulin Pump and other procedures related to diabetes, with training as required;

Behavioural Support
- supports and assists teachers in the effective management of student behaviour by promoting the development of appropriate social, communication and behavioural skills and expectations for students, including utilizing the strategies of Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI);

Student Safety
- assists teachers with supervision on class trips, in the classroom, washrooms and hallways, on the yard, at lunch, during examinations, receiving and delivering students to and from transportation, i