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Educational Assistant
Permanent 27.5 hours per week
Fairview School
Competition #3079
The Chinook School Division is proud to serve nearly 6,000 students in 62 schools, with over 1,000 collegial and student centered teachers and support staff. We are a vibrant and progressive school division located within Saskatchewan's great Southwest. Our Division is committed to our guiding principals; Communication, Shared Responsibility, Positive Relationships and Ongoing Monitoring and Improvement. The Division affirms the right of all students and staff to be contributing members of a school community that is safe, caring and respectful of all people.
Chinook is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion in our schools and workplace as indicated in AP 176. Successful candidates are expected to:
• understand the importance of supporting a welcoming environment;
• present a positive attitude towards inclusion and diversity;
• identify opportunities to support inclusion and diversity and;
• take meaningful action.
Dates: January 16, 2022
Qualifications:
- Educational Assistant certification or early childhood training an asset
- Ability and experience in working with children
- Physical ability to work with active students
- Strong interpersonal and relationship skills, and an ability to work in a team environment
- A positive and flexible attitude to change
- Demonstrates a commitment to truth and reconciliation
- Demonstrates a commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion
- First Aid training is considered an asset
Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- Willingness to meet the health and hygiene needs of children as required
- Work one on one with students and within a classroom setting
- Willingness to accompany a student on the bus to and from school as required
- Based on needs of individual students, provide individual students with assistance in speech, motor, and language development and social and life skills
- Work as part of a team in development and implementation of Individual Improvement Plan
Benefits:
- Pay range: $18.42 - $ 24.61 per hour
- Employee benefit package
- Positive work environment
Successful applicants must agree to a criminal records check including a vulnerable sector search. Interested applicants are asked to Apply Online via the Chinook online employment page found at www.chinooksd.ca/Employment. Please upload a cover letter (indicating competition #3079) a résumé, complete with 3 references and any Supporting Documents to Ken Garinger, Superintendent of Human Resources by Dec 22, 2022. For further information, please contact Stephen Boss, Principal at (306) 778 9265 or Kathy Robson, Deputy Director at (306) 778 9200 ext 3237.
While all applications are appreciated, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.