Description
Continuing Education Elementary 2024 Summer School Program
Educational Assistant
Overview
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board operates a Summer School Program for students who are in grades 6, 7 & 8 during the 2023-2024 school year. The goal of this program is to review and reinforce language arts, math , language and English language communication skills (MLL and ELD program). Anyone offered and accepting work within the program is afforded with protection through district policies and procedures pertaining to all aspects of their work, including Health & Safety.
The 2024 Elementary Summer School program will be offered in person and virtually.
** All EAs are expected to work from a designated summer school site regardless of whether teaching in person or virtually unless they have accommodations organized through Employee Wellness.
Session Dates:
Elementary Grade 6-8 (In-Person and Virtual) program: July 3 to July 25, 2024
Start date: Staff Orientation July 2 - 3 hours
Rate of Pay: $23.45 per hour + 4% in lieu of vacation
Locations: Broadview Public School, Jack Donohue Public School, Steve MacLean Public School,
Summerside Public School, and Virtual School
Hours of work: 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. Monday to Friday
Note: Hours of work may be adjusted at the discretion of the Site Principal
Elementary Summer Program: Grades 6, 7 & 8 Summer program website
Continuing Education Website Information: Continuing Education
Under the direction of the Program 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 requires ongoing flexibility and variability. Responsibilities are varied, in collaboration with teaching and other professional staff, and include: supporting students with their learning. Educational Assistants may be required to modify programs and support learning for students with learning disabilities, and speech/language issues. Other related duties may be assigned by the classroom teacher and/or Site Principal. Assignments may also include outside yard duties.
Application Process
There is only one posting for the Educational Assistant posting for the Grades 6, 7 & 8 Elementary 2024 Summer Program. All Education Assistants can apply to this posting.
Qualifications and required Knowledge and Education: Secondary School Graduation Diploma along with training and experience with children with special needs. The ability to work as a team member under the direction of a teacher and a high degree of patience and understanding are required. Knowledge and understanding of specific social/emotional and physical needs of students with learning disabilities, behavioural challenges, developmental disabilities or physical challenges as well as Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, First Aid and CPR will be considered an asset.
Educational Assistants may be offered a position based on their applicable qualifications and in accordance with Policy P.146.HR Equitable Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion.
Staffing Timelines
As classes are confirmed, applicants will be contacted by email by the Continuing Education Supervising Principal in early June.
Offers will be sent to the email you provided in Apply to Education (ATE) by the Principal of Continuing Education. Please make sure that your preferred email address is up-to-date in ATE. Offers of work will include specific response parameters, including timelines to accept/decline the offer. These timelines may be short (24 hours) and may be sent over the weekend.
PLEASE NOTE: As a condition of employment, all new employees will be required to submit a recent Police Record Check for the vulnerable sector prior to their start date with the OCDSB.
If you require an accommodation at any point in the selection process, please send an email to ginette.thibeault@ocdsb.ca or denise.abrantes.leite@ocdsb.ca.
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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