This category will include: Education Assistants, Administrative Assistants, Receptionists, Family School Liaison, Librarian, and Cafeteria Assistants.

Substitute Education Assistant (EA)

Date Posted:  December 3, 2019

Closing Date: Open ended

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Observe student behaviour and provide information to teacher(s);
• Attend program-planning meetings upon teacher(s) request;
• Within the scope of EA professional qualifications, suggest courses of action for a teacher(s) to follow;
• Assist in preparing materials, creating displays and undertaking other supportive activities;
• Work within established structures, including classroom management structures, behavioural rules and IPP expectations;
• Clarify elements of the lesson for students who are having trouble;
• Supervise reinforcement activities;
• Implement specific techniques, strategies and language as directed by the teacher;
• Document, monitor and report to the teacher;
• Collect data for use in student evaluation;
• Mark objective tests for the teacher to review;
• Report to teachers on students’ strengths, achievements and needs;
• Report to teachers on observed student behaviours and outcomes;
• Keep up to date on school, district and provincial policies;
• Advise teachers about the degree to which the program structure promotes or inhibits the best use of the educational assistant’s skills.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma and related post-secondary education
• A satisfactory police information check which includes the Vulnerable Sector Check;
• A satisfactory Intervention Record Check;
• Knowledge of Blackfoot/Piikani Language & Culture an asset.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resume with cover letter, Police Information Check and Intervention Check to:

PEIGAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

Attn: Human Resources

P.O. Box 130 Brocket, Alberta T0K 0H0

Phone: 403.965.3910 / Fax: 403.965.3713

Email: lpard@piikani.ca

Applicants considered for our Substitute list will be available on an on-call/casual basis Monday through Friday.