Description
Educational Assistant
50%, Regular (10 month work year)
$28.54 to $35.70 per hour
Ideal candidates will support the fulfillment of the
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s (OCDSB) Strategic Plan to enhance the
quality of education in the school, and the District, by creating a positive
and inclusive school climate, learning and workplace environment. Candidates
will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a demonstrated
ability to work collaboratively and respectfully, with a human rights and
equity perspective, to foster student success, achievement and well-being.
Qualifications
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. The position involves dealing with
confidential information and requires ongoing flexibility and variability.
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.
Candidate Profile:
The successful candidate
will possess a community college diploma in Developmental Services Worker,
Child and Youth Care/Worker, or equivalent, and a minimum of 1-2 years of
related experience with school aged special needs children. Equivalent programs
must be assessed by People, Culture and Leadership staff. Valid First Aid
certification/CPR Level C is required. The successful candidate will have also
completed Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, TCI, and/or Behaviour Management
Systems (BMS) training. Please ensure that you include copies of your
diploma(s) and/or certificates that are applicable to the qualifications of an
Educational Assistant.
Required
Skills and Abilities :
•
DSW/CYW
•
Autism experience
•
Assistive Technology
•
Behaviour Modification
•
Computer skills
• First
Aid/CPR
•
Behaviour Management Systems
•
Crisis Intervention
•
Dependability, strong work ethic, a flexible team player with good
communication skills
•
Knowledge, practical and experience training/working with students with ASD,
attachment and anxiety disorders
•
Ability to observe, record and chart behaviour data
•
Experience with behaviour management and social skills
•
Prepared to assist with toileting
•
Prepared to do pool duties
• Field
trips and excursions
Additional
Comments : Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Application Process
The Ottawa-Carleton
District School Board uses Applytoeducation (ATE) to manage applications for
job competitions. OCDSB employees can apply to this job posting using their
existing ATE account. Please ensure your resume is in the Board approved format
before submitting your application. A copy of the template can be found on
SSP conference on GEM. External applicants will submit via
applytoeducation.com by providing a cover letter and resume. Please clearly
indicate on your resume your full-time and/or part-time regular work experience
with school aged children.
Applications will be
considered in accordance with the terms of the Student Support Professionals’
Collective Agreement and in accordance with Policy P.146.HREquitable Recruitment,
Hiring and Promotion.
Personal information
gathered through the application process is collected under the authority of
the Municipal Act, RSO 1980, c302 (as amended), and will be used to determine
the qualification for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this
collection should be directed to the Manager, Employee Services, 133 Greenbank
Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3.
Personal information gathered through the application process is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, RSO 1980, c302 (as amended), and will be used to determine the qualification for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Manager, People, Culture and Leadership, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3.
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.
If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to casualssp@ocdsb.ca at any time.
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