HT 16 - Educational Assistant 3, Specialized Education Program

Position: HT 16 - Educational Assistant – EA 3, Specialized Education Program

Location: Holy Trinity

Ho urs/Week: 25 - 31 Hours per week

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: September 14 th , 2026

Job Reference: HT 16 - 0908 2026

The Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in High School Specialized Education Programs.

Qualifications:

• Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
• Able to understand/support Social, LA, Math and Scinces Grades 7-12 including 30-1 levels

Requirements:

• Able to understand and support students academically in Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts Support students' growth in the areas of cognition, communication, physical and social development
• Support students' growth in the areas of cognition, communication, physical and social development
• Support and/or implement teacher directed programming
• Work collaborative under guidance of teacher, CST and other member of the multi-disciplinary team
• Implement behaviour management and educational strategies that facilitate student learning
• Communicate effectively with students using age appropriate positive reinforcements and/or school specific behaviour strategies
• Observe student behaviour with focus on achieving positive behavioural/educational outcomes and mitigate/prevent negative ones
• Provide high level of structure to facilitate completion of required learning outcomes
• Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies using a variety of devices and associated programs
• Successful implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP), if required
• Manage student behaviour using strategies learned through NVCI certification (Specific requirement only)
• Able to work with students with Autism or complex medical needs
• Provide school directed indoor and outdoor student supervision

Employee is expected to work with behaviours related/associated with conduct, obsessive/compulsive, trauma and stress related, severe chronic depressive, feeding and/or eating disorders etc. Other behaviours related to ADHD, emotional/behavioural, learning and speech & language-related disabilities, etc may be encountered.

The successful candidate will be required to provide a Criminal Reference Check and a Vulnerable Sector Check. FMCSD will contact past and present employers for references. All FMCSD employees are expected to be computer literate; this includes fluency with e-mail, Internet and MS Office.