Position: HT I 28 - Educational Assistant – EA 4, Independent Living Program
Location: Holy Trinity

Hours per week: 25 - 31 Hours per week

Start Date: August 28, 2026 or ASAP

Closing Date: August 30, 2026

Job Reference: HT I28 - 0 8 212026

The Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in the Independent Living Program

Qualifications:

Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma

SMG (Secure Management Group) training

First Aid and CPR Certification level C

Able to swim on a regular and consistent basis

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 learningCommunicate 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

Swim program, able to swim in 50 meters, level 1 and 2

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.

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📌 HTI 28 - Educational Assistant 4, Independent Living Program (Alberta)
🏢 Fort Madison Community School District
📍 Alberta