ESP 13 - Educational Assistant - EA 4

Fort McMurray, AB
On-site
Posted Oct 9, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Entry, Junior · 0+ years
Minimum education: Professional degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 31 hours per week
Seniority: Entry level

Job summary

Support students in grades 1–6 with cognitive, communication, physical, and social development, and implement teacher-directed learning and behaviour strategies. Provide supervision and individualized support, including adaptive technology, medical procedures, student documentation, and safe physical assistance when required.

Job details

Position: ESP 13 - Educational Assistant - EA 4 Location: Ecole St. Paul Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week Start Date: ASAP Closing Date: October 14th, 2026 Job Reference: ESP13-10072026 Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a term full-time Educational Assistant in grades 1-6. Qualifications Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma May be required to take SMG training for safe interventions (similar to NVCI) Requirements 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 members of a multi-disciplinary team Complete student or safety documentation, if directed by supervisor Implement specialist (OT, PT, SLP, etc) strategies to achieve required goals 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 Work and play at student's physical level of their activities Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies using a variety of devices and associated programs, including for speech and non-verbal communication Successfully implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP), if required Medical Procedures – including, but not limited to, Catheter, Tube feeding, Feeding and swallowing support, toileting routines or diabetic monitoring may be required Able to understand, implement and support modified curriculum Able to work with and support students with Autism or complex medical needs Physically handle and transfer students when unsafe Physical ability to lift and move students Provide school directed indoor and outdoor student supervision Follow all relevant health and safety requirements as directed by supervisor 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. Only those applications submitted and received by 4:00pm on the closing date will be considered for this position. We thank all applicants for their interest. Please submit resumes to with the job reference number in the subject line.

What you’ll do

Requirements

An Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma is required, and training in safe interventions may be required. Candidates must be able to support students with autism, complex medical needs, modified curricula, and a range of behavioural and learning needs; a Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Sector Check are also required.