Educational Assistant - Gloucester, Canada - Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Description
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.
__Educational Assistant_
_100%, Term (10 month work year)_
_$23.45 to $__24.39 _
_per hour_
Under the direction of the Principal, the Educational Assistant is an integral member of the school team and is responsible for the provision of support to students with exceptional needs within the school.
Responsibilities are varied, in collaboration with teaching and other professional staff, and include:
supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and students with developmental disabilities; participation in pool programs, academic support, implementing special programs, support to deaf/hard of hearing or visually impaired students, physiotherapy exercises and stretches.
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.Required Skills and Abilities:
- DSW/CYW
- Autism experience required
- PIC Symbols
- Ability to be flexible is essential
- Ability to work as a team essential
- Assistive Technology
- Prepared to assist in toileting
- BMS First Aid/CPR
- Yard duty
Additional Comments:
Regular Classroom Support / General Population
Who can apply:
Salary:
- If a term assignment is less than the school year: $23.45 per hour + 4% vacation pay and eligibility for benefits
Application Process
Applications will be considered in accordance with the terms of the Student Support Professionals' Collective Agreement and in accordance with Policy P.146.HR Equitable Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion.
- 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.
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