Description
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.
We are seeking a creative, dynamic and committed educators to submitan Expression of Interest for Continuing Education:
Continuing Education - Cooperative Education 2025 Summer School Program
Educational AssistantOVERVIEW
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board operates a Cooperative Education Summer School Program for students to have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience directly in the workforce through in person placements. This year, we will be offering the opportunity to students with developmental disabilities/autism.
Anyone offered and accepting work within the program is afforded protection through district policies and procedures pertaining to all aspects of their work, including Health & Safety.
The 2025 Summer School Cooperative Education program will be offered in person.
** All EAs are expected to work from a designated Summer School site and travel (via OC Transpo) with the student to their Co-op work placement site.
Session Dates:
Cooperative Education program : Wednesday, July 2 - Thursday, July 24, 2025 (17 days)
Pre Placement dates: July 2, 3 and 4 at Brookfield High School
Rate of Pay: $27.45 per hour + 4% in lieu of vacation or the Educational Assistant’s current pay during the school year
Locations: Continuing Education building at 440 Albert St and students’ placements
Hours of work: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, Monday to Friday
Note: Hours of work may be adjusted at the discretion of the Program Principal
Cooperative Education 2025 Summer Program:
Continuing Education Website Information:
Under the direction of the Program Principal, the Educational Assistant is an integral member of the program and is responsible for the provision of 1 on 1 support to students with exceptional needs. 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 both inside the classroom and within the community. Educational Assistants may be required to modify programs and support learning for students with developmental disabilities/autism, and speech/language issues. Other related duties may be assigned by the teacher and/or Program Principal. Assignments will include travelling to the student’s work placement, supporting the student during their day at the work placement and communicating their experiences and observations with the program staff. Important Note: ASL level 3+ would be an asset.
APPLICATION PROCESS
There is only one posting for the Educational Assistant posting for the Cooperative Education 2025 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 BMS and Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, First Aid and CPR will be considered an asset. Experience in job coaching, travel training and strong observational skills and communication, both written and oral, are assets.
Educational Assistants may be offered a position based on their applicable qualifications and in accordance with Policy Equitable Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion.STAFFING TIMELINES
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 or .
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.
EDUCATING FOR SUCCESS - BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES TOGETHER
"Personal information is collected pursuant to the Education Act and will be used to determine the eligibility for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3."
