Educational Assistant

Educational Assistant (Sign Language) - ROVER

Otonabee Valley and associated schools

**Start Date**: TBD

10 months per year, 32.5 hours/week

Pay Band 8 - $23.45 to $26.05/ 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 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 of Educational Assistant - Sign - Rover

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**:
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;
communicates using oral and total communication with student;
assists student in developing communication and language skills through questioning understanding, tracking for clarification, repeating and reinforcing ideas, encouraging expansion of vocabulary, spelling words into pictures, assisting in daily journal writing and talking to student on a one-to-one basis; 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, in academic groups and with individuals;
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