SM - 34: Educational Assistant 2

Fort McMurray, AB
On-site
Posted Oct 10, 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: 16 hours per week
Seniority: Entry level

Job summary

Support students’ cognitive, communication, physical, and social development by implementing teacher-directed programming and specialist strategies. Assist with literacy and numeracy, personal care and toileting routines, behaviour support, physical activities, swimming programs when required, and safe student handling.

Job details

Position: SM - 34: Educational Assistant – EA 2 Location: St. Martha Hours/Week: 12.5-15.5 Hours per week Start Date: ASAP Closing Date: October 15th, 2026 Job Reference: SM34-10082026 Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a half-time Educational Assistant in ECS. Qualifications Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma 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 other member of the multi-disciplinary team Implement specialist (OT, PT, SLP, etc) strategies to achieve required goals Able to work with student to implement and support literacy/numeracy Toileting routines if required Communicate effectively with students using age appropriate positive reinforcements and/or school specific behaviour strategies Work and play at student's physical level of their activities Swim program, if required Physically handle and transfer students when unsafe Physical ability to lift and move students 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. Candidates must be able to collaborate with teachers and multidisciplinary team members, support students with diverse needs and behaviours, communicate effectively, and physically lift and move students; a Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Sector Check are required.