Ea-sign - Courtice Secondary School- 32.5hrs (See Below for Details)

**Educational Assistant (Sign Language)** **Start Date: TBD** **10 months per year, 32.5 hours/week** **Pay Band 9 - $28.94 to $32.15 per hour** **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 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. The Board is situated on the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg people, serving three vibrant Indigenous communities which include Alderville First Nation, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation. Today, the Kawartha Pine Ridge school district 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 throughout 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 of Educational Assistant - Sign. The purpose of the Educational Assistant - Sign 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 - Sign carries out personal care duties to meet the physical needs of students. As part of the student support team, the Educational Assistant - Sign promotes and maintains a safe, caring and restorative school environment. The Educational Assistant - Sign’s work is focused on supporting students who are deaf or have hearing loss by signing and speaking English, translating and interpreting modified curriculum. **REPORTS TO**: School Principal with duties assigned by the teacher **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 behavioural 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,