Education Assistant

Job Details

Parkland School Division (PSD) has a unique Education Assistant opportunity that allows you to join our division and get to work, live and play in the close-knit rural community of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta , at the Athabasca Delta Community School (K-10).

This is a unique opportunity to belong to this northern community while being a part of an urban / rural school division in the greater Edmonton area.

PSD operates Athabasca Delta Community School and is seeking Education Assistants who will be part of the team and will support students and well-being.

This unique opportunity offers the best of both worlds. You become a part of Parkland School Division, a dynamic and progressive school authority dedicated to pursuing excellence in education for all students, while enjoying the surroundings and incredible work-life balance of living in a close-knit community that fully embraces land-based learning.

You will receive all of the advantages of working for PSD, including a top-quality benefits package and staff wellness programs and supports.

Additional benefits to living in Fort Chipewyan include :

• higher pay
• northern living allowance

Parkland School Division, centered in Treaty 6 Territory, is highly respected within the provincial education community and continues to strengthen that distinct reputation by focusing on the needs of staff, students and families.

It is an organization where all are welcome and will find support and encouragement as they become a part of our children’s learning.

About Fort Chipewyan

Sitting at the northwest tip of Lake Athabasca, Fort Chipewyan is one of the most northern communities in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, one that strives for a balance between urban and natural settings in Treaty 8 Territory.

There are about 980 residents living in the hamlet, making it the second-largest community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

Many of the residents of Fort Chipewyan are Mikisew Cree First Nation, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, and Fort Chipewyan Métis.

Surrounded by nature, Fort Chipewyan is a fly in community.

We are invite you to apply to be an Education Assistant in Pa rkland School Division serving Athabasca Delta Community School (K-10) located in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta (multiple positions available).

This position will remain open until a qualified applicant is hired therefore if interested in the position please apply as soon as possible.

Behaviour

• Under direction of the teacher, observe, chart and monitor individual student progress and behavior.
• Assist the teacher in maintaining a safe and secure environment for both students and staff through the application of de-escalation strategies and non- violent physical intervention techniques.
• Provide behavioural management assistance for students with behavioural disorders (implementing predetermined non-aversive disciplinary methods and nonviolent crisis intervention techniques to diffuse escalating negative behaviour patterns).
• Deal with student behaviour and assist with classroom discipline.

Student Assistance and Personal Care

• Assist student with walking (e.g. holding their hand, stabilizing them, guiding on stairs).
• Assist student with personal care and hygiene, which may include food preparation, dressing, grooming, and toileting.
• Feeding assistance (can include spoon or tube feeding), lifting and handling of medically fragile students.
• Ability to manipulate assistive devices (e.g. insulin pumps, braces, dressing fasteners, fasten seat belts, etc.).
• Catheterization.
• Respiratory therapy interventions, physiotherapy interventions and other medically related tasks.
• Administer medication as required.
• Toileting and diapering for students who are physically dependent.
• Assist and or participate in exercising, implementing adaptive physical education, range of motion programs, fine and gross motor skills development, individualized or group communication techniques and life skills management.
• Monitor feeding, tube feeding and breathing apparatuses, seizure management (e.g. monitor and assess severity of seizure through the use of medical equipment and administer oxygen if required), and catheterization.
• Operate specialized equipment to support instruction for students with physical care needs (e.g. wheelchairs, mechanical lifts, walkers, transfer belt, FM and / or communications systems and hearing aid equipment).
• Lifting and carrying students into and out of specialized equipment (i.e., gym equipment, sensory equipment, walkers, wheelchairs, toilets, commodes) to carry out program requirements as well as personal hygiene care.

Communication and Reporting

• As requested by the teacher, communicate observations regarding health and behaviours to the teacher (as gathered in logs, charts, and data sheets).
• Maintain accurate medication data sheets, record medical situations.
• Participate in student team conferences when requested by the teacher.
• Under the direction of the classroom teacher, maintain a home-school communication book (teacher to initial before book sent home).

Supervise Students

• Supervise and assist students in preparing for special activities (preparation for swimming lessons, skating, etc.).
• Ability to work in a variety of environments and conditions (e.g. swimming, playground equipment, community facilities).
• Ability to provide active supervision and support with students in typical school related physical activities for full work hours (including gym, playground equipment, track and field, classroom and hallways.
• Supervise small groups on field trips.
• Assist students boarding and disembarking from buses.
• Administer first aid as required.

Other Duties

Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience is an asset.

Equivalencies will be considered.