Educational Assistant Temporary Full-Time

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Location: Palliser Beyond Borders

Anticipated Start Date: October 26, 2026

Anticipated End Date: June 30, 2027

Assignment: Educational Assistant

FTE: Temporary Full-Time

The Palliser School Division is committed to engendering and supporting the values of the broader society: empathy, integrity, respect, trust, and responsibility. If the children of this community are to realize these values, the division acknowledges its responsibility to provide an exemplary education. Students come first. Learning is our central purpose. Public education serves the common good. The Palliser School Division encourages an inclusive and equitable workplace, which supports our diverse student and employee community. We encourage all applicants to join our dynamic, diverse, and collaborative culture and welcome applications from all qualified individuals.

Palliser Beyond Borders, or PBB, spans a wide area of southern Alberta serving students in the large urban centers of Calgary as well as in small, agricultural communities as far south as Coaldale. By combining innovative teaching methods with today’s technology, we offer students and families a unique multicultural education experience that includes and extends the model of traditional K‑12 classroom learning in local communities to education without borders in countries across the globe.

Invites enthusiastic individuals to apply for the position of Temporary, Full time Educational Assistant to join our team starting October 26, 2026 (or date mutually agreed upon). This role is designed to eliminate learning bottlenecks, build students’ executive functioning skills, facilitate emotional regulation,



and support credit attainment toward high school graduation. Desirable Assets – Experience in an outreach or flexible learning environment; Confidence in facilitating small‑group pro‑social activities or games; High degree of patience, humor, adaptability, and personal boundary management when working with complex teens.

Benefits

- Comprehensive paid benefit package through Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan (ASEBP)

Qualifications

- Completion of a recognized post‑secondary certificate or recognized vocational certificate in child care/development or healthcare with demonstrated successful practicum experience working with students and children with complex medical needs
- Other equivalent combinations of directly related education and directly related experience may also be considered
- Current Standard First Aid and CPR certificates (Child CPR Certificate is a strong asset)

Responsibilities

- Ensures client safety, personal safety and safety of others
- Works with a multidisciplinary team to provide input into planning the student’s Individual Program Plan. Participates, as required, as a member of the student’s learning team in periodic meetings with the students, parents/guardians to review goals and develop revisions. Collects data to support student growth and the IPP development.




- Provides educational instruction for students and supports students with accessing technology.
- Maintains an effective professional working relationship within the student’s learning team by providing suggestions to the Teacher based on experience and knowledge of the students, with respect to ways to help the students reach their goals, including recognition of the support a student needs to reach their unique goals.
- Communicates with parents and the student’s learning team members, to provide information of interest and receive information that may impact the child’s progress.
- Facilitates and encourages the development of the student’s self‑esteem and independence through established programs and techniques deemed appropriate for the individual student.
- Encourages students to develop and maintain positive interaction.
- As required, provides personal care including toileting, diapering, feeding, dressing, grooming, etc. ensuring that student dignity is maintained. Attends to physical needs including lifting, positioning and range of motion programs as identified by appropriate personnel.
- Ensures the safety of students in the school and community, which includes maintaining close supervision of students, ensuring student equipment is sanitized and put away, retrieving students who attempt to leave their learning environment; calming and/or restraining students engaged in challenging behaviours; supervising and assisting students who utilize a variety of life skills tools (i.e. scissors, cooking utensils, etc).
- Maintains confidentiality, and a patient, supportive and enthusiastic commitment to students.
- Maintains co

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