EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT

YOUR FUTURE

After completing this highly valued certificate, you can find work in a number of educational settings, supporting teachers to support students of all ages and abilities.

The Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) hosts detailed occupational profiles, salary survey data, trend reports and assessment tools to help you choose and plan a career that matches your skills and interests.

Duties/responsibilities

You may have the following duties and responsibilities when working in the field. Career postings for an educational assistant, for example, expect graduates with the some of the following qualifications:

• Assist with the preparation of daily progress reports and anecdotal records for the student as directed by the special needs facilitator or classroom teacher.
• Obtain and organize the student's materials and equipment in preparation for classroom activities.
• Reinforce learning concepts with the student under the direction of the special needs facilitator or classroom teacher.
• Assist and/or support the special needs facilitator or classroom teacher in off-site activities.
• Assist students at the ECS level with speech-language delay coupled with some occupational and physical therapy needs.
• Assist a grade nine student with severe medical, emotional, social and behavioural difficulties. Knowledge and/or experience of Tourette’s syndrome and PDD is an asset.
• Assist elementary student with Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiance Disorder.
• Assist student with fetal alcohol syndrome and multiple medical disabilities.
• Assist post-secondary adult learners with learning difficulties/disabilities, with support from instructors in the development of individualized plans.

Further study

Once you graduate, consider further study in your field with a MacEwan University degree. All courses in your program are credit courses and may help you finish a second credential in less time.

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