Educational Assistant

1 week ago

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Full time

Job Title: Educational Assistant - Sign Language Support

Job Summary:

The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Educational Assistant - Sign Language Support to join our team. As an Educational Assistant - Sign Language Support, you will provide instructional support in academic, social, physical, emotional, and behavioral programs for students who are deaf or have hearing loss.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Provide identified students with support as per strategies recommended by occupational, physical, and communication therapists.
  • Transfer and lift students, using appropriate and safe techniques and devices.
  • Provide toileting, changing, repositioning, and dressing.
  • Assist students with mobility as required.
  • Assist in the operation of specialized equipment.
  • Assist in the implementation of Student Safety Plans under the direction of the classroom Teacher and/or School Principal/Vice-Principal.
  • Perform clean and intermittent catheterization.
  • Perform shallow and surface suctioning.
  • Provide assistance with Glucometer, Insulin Pump, and other procedures related to diabetes, with training as required.
  • Provide hand over hand feeding, food preparation, deploys modified feeding tools, modeling, and monitoring for choking.
  • Administer routine medication needs as permitted under the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA).
  • Monitor and track the health needs of the student.
  • Support students by promoting the development of appropriate social, communication, and behavioral skills, utilizing the strategies of Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI).
  • Assist in supervision needs as required, on class trips, in the classroom, washrooms, and hallways, on the yard, at lunch, during examinations, receiving and delivering students to and from transportation, in academic groups, and with individuals, and on student transportation.
  • Assist with student safety issues, including emergency evacuation, medical emergencies.
  • Participate as a member of the school collaborative team, acting as a resource to other staff members and take part in the discussion of students' progress and needs while maintaining confidentiality.

Program Support:

  • Provide program support by assisting teachers with the delivery of academic and social/life skills programs for both individual and groups of students, implementing effective learning support strategies, including:
  • Using a variety of instructional support methods, techniques, and learning aids such as 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.
  • Supporting students in the use of assistive technology.
  • Delivering appropriate life skills and routine activities of daily living and the promotion of independence, self-advocacy, and self-reliance.
  • Guiding, preparing, and assisting students completing work (co-op) placements, and other experiential learning, as required.
  • Teaching personal hygiene, toilet training, washroom routines.
  • Collecting and recording data on assigned students as directed by the principal, documenting and correlating statistical observations.

Requirements:

  • Two (2) year college diploma in Educational Assistant Program or equivalent.
  • Six (6) months to one (1) year related experience.
  • Level 2 Signing (Completed to a minimum of course 203).
  • Current Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certification (Full Program).

Working Conditions:

  • School environment.
  • Moderate exposure to bodily wastes and fluids, foul language, and verbal abuse and infectious diseases.
  • Moderate amounts of dealing with difficult people, rational detachment, exposure to noise, attention to detail, and interruptions.
  • Moderate amounts of lifting or positioning physically disabled students and lifting materials under 5 Kg.
  • Moderate amounts of bending and kneeling.

Competencies:

  • Works on projects as part of a team, exchanging ideas and contributing skills that complement those of the other team members.
  • Fulfills commitments to team member.
  • Works independently to solve problems.
  • Looks for opportunities to take on more responsibility.
  • Meets standards of productivity as defined for the level and position.
  • Demonstrates concern for the accuracy and quality of work and takes steps to correct mistakes and improve the overall product.
  • Possesses the technical skills and knowledge needed to perform tasks efficiently.
  • Able to take on a variety of different tasks and roles within the organization.
  • Can be relied upon to handle a fair workload, meet deadlines, and commitments, and accept responsibility for actions.
  • Demonstrates an ability to work independently.
  • Accepts changes and responds to setbacks with minimal disruption.
  • Demonstrates a sense of responsibility and commitment to the public perception of the organization.
  • Follows through on commitments and admits to mistakes.
  • Maintains organized records and makes efficient use of resources.
  • Always submits accurate reports, on time.
  • Manages time and prioritizes tasks to ensure that deadlines are met.

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