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Position: ES P 3 - Educational Assistant EA 3- Literacy
Location: Ecole Saint Paul Elementary School
Hours/Week: 25-31.25 Hours per week
Start Date: August 29 2025
Closing Date: July 9 2025
Job Reference: ESP4-
The Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in Elementary grades 1-6 for French Literacy. This position is assisting students who demonstrate significant academic delays and who require additional academic focus in literacy and numeracy interventions.
Qualifications:
Must be fluently bilingual in French and English
Educational Assistant Certificate AND/OR Bachelors Degree in Education English Linguistics or smilar is required
Division Literacy Certification and the 2023/2024 refresher training preferred; if no applicants with both then candidates with the 2023/2024 refresher training will be considered; if no applicants with the refresher training then candidates with working experience in a Literacy position from 2024/2025 will be considred; if no candidates identified then must possess the required educational background for the 2025/2026 school year
o Successful candidate will be required to participate in ongoing literacy and numeracy training
Requirements:
Work on literacy numeracy and/or ELL approaches with individual students or small groups
Work collaboratively under guidance from the CST the teacher(s) and any other member of the multidisciplinary team to support children with literacy and numeracy needs
Plan daily reading writing or numeracy activities under the direction of teacher or CST
Adhere to the guidelines set out within reading programs (Fountas and Pinnell Jolly Phonics etc) and evaluate effectiveness of strategies being used
Follow any IPP/ISP strategies as directed by the teacher and CST
Able to communicate the reading level of students and give strategies for reading writing and word decoding to students and parents
Able to work with technology and implement iPads Chromebooks and SmartBoards etc into daily intervention
Understanding of vocabulary topics within a unit to assist with pre-teaching concepts from the curriculum
Implement ELL approaches that may include vocabulary development speaking english reading and writing development
Implement daily record keeping for student literacy numeracy or ELL portfolio
Complete term progress checklists with teacher
Provides support to the general operation of the school
Communicate effectively with students using age appropriate positive reinforcements and/or school specific behaviour strategies
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
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 students physical level of their activities
Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies using a variety of devices and associated programs
Successfully implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP) if 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
Employee is expected to work with a variety of children who may exhibit 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.
Full-Time