The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking creative, dynamic, committed educational leaders

To Join The Following Initiative Elementary Itinerant Educational Assistant System Support 100% Regular (10 month work year) $29.54-$36.70 Under the direction of the Manager of Learning Support Services, the Educational Assistant, as an integral member of the Early Learning team, is responsible for the provision of support to students and classroom teams. The position involves dealing with confidential information and requires ongoing flexibility and variability. The responsibilities are many and varied in support of teaching and other professional staff including instructing individual or groups of students in academic and/or integrated classes, implementing special programs, behaviour management programs, dealing with behaviour problems, life skills, academic support, work experience where required.

Educational Assistants may be required to modify programs and support learning for students with learning disabilities, and speech/language issues. Assignments may also include outside yard duties, lifting, toileting, and/or pool duties. Knowledge of Ontario Curriculum and educational communication software such as Dragon and Kurzweil are assets.

Qualifications And Experience Required

• Child and Youth Worker diploma, DSW diploma, or equivalent combination of skills, education and experience required.
• Experience working with children with a variety of exceptionalities and settings, including autism is required.
• Experience (3 to 5 years) supporting student mental health and well-being, Behaviour Management Systems certification, Applied Behaviour Analysis preferred, Collaborative Problem Solving preferred, First Aid, CPR (current), Suicide Prevention Training preferred, vehicle required

Knowledge Or Skills Required

• Coaching and modeling skills to build staff capacity
• Facilitates/co facilitates small group social-emotional skill building activities
• Works in collaboration with the school Multi-Disciplinary team
• Developing and presenting professional learning resources and workshops
• Excellent report writing skills, ability to interact collaboratively with school staff, administrators, families and community agencies required

Additional Comments: A vehicle is required to cover a wide geographic area

Who Can Apply In accordance with the Student Support Personnel's Collective Agreement, O.S.S.T.F. District 25, and further to Articles 23.04 and 23:07 qualified regular part-time employees are eligible to increase their status and apply to part-time term vacancies if it does not interfere with their regular assignment, subject to Article 13:03; (i.e. 30 minutes between assignments or travel time, whichever is greater, without impact on current part-time hours of work). Regular full-time employees are not eligible to apply for term vacancies

NOTE: As per the SSP Collective Agreement, Casual EAs currently in terms for the 2025/2026 school year that ends June 26, 2026 are not eligible to apply unless to increase status.

Salary Effective September 1, 2025, new regular and full year term Educational Assistants who are hired with at least four (4) years of related experience, as determined by the Employer, shall be placed at Step 4 of the salary grid.

This provision has no retroactive effect.

Application Process The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board uses Applytoeducation (ATE) to manage applications for job competitions. OCDSB employees can apply to this job posting using their existing ATE account. Please ensure your resume is in the Board approved format before submitting your application. A copy of the template can be found on SSP conference on GEM. External applicants will submit via applytoeducation.com by providing a cover letter and resume. Please clearly indicate on your resume your full-time and/or part-time regular work experience with school aged children.

Applications will be considered in accordance with the terms of the Student Support Professionals’ Collective Agreement and in accordance with Policy Equitable Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion.

Personal information gathered through the application process is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, RSO 1980, c302 (as amended), and will be used to determine the qualification for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Manager, Employee Services, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3.

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to at any time.

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