Regular Educational Assistant– approx. 22 hours/week, International Border Region …

Job Title Regular Educational Assistant– approx. 22 hours/week

Hours of Work Monday– Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Start Date August 27, 2026

Responsibilities

Encourages students to develop and maintain positive interaction.

Maintains confidentiality and a patient, supportive and enthusiastic commitment to students.

Provides personal care including toileting, diapering, feeding, dressing, grooming, ensuring student dignity is maintained; attends to physical needs including lifting, positioning, and range of motion programs as identified by appropriate personnel.

Ensures the safety of students in the school and community, which includes maintaining close supervision of students, ensuring student equipment is sanitized and put away, retrieving students who attempt to leave their learning environment, calming and/or restraining students engaged in challenging behaviours; supervising and assisting students who utilize a variety of life skill tools (i.e., scissors, cooking utensils, etc.).

Maintains collegial relationships with the students' learning team.

Qualifications

Experience working with students of various ages and needs.

Training with communication, English as an additional language and supporting students with complex needs is considered an asset.

Understanding of inclusion and support for diverse learners.

Ability to work closely with students who have complex needs, physical adaptation and speech and/or language delays.

Benefits

A division-wide focus on individual, school and division-wide health and wellbeing.

Professional, caring work environments that encourage and support the growth and development of staff.

Knowledgeable, genuine, and approachable teammates who support one another to succeed.

Opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of children and youth.

Competitive compensation and retirement package including paid time off and flexible, employer-paid health benefits (for eligible employees).

Work schedules built upon school calendar– respectful of family time and work/life balance.

Opportunities for carpooling to reduce transportation costs.

Equal Opportunity Employer Horizon is an equal opportunity employer and values inclusion and respects diversity.

Applicants must be of legal age (18) to obtain a Criminal Records Check, to include the Vulnerable Sector Check.

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