Educational Assistant - Advanced Standing

 

Graduate in just ten months with this new accelerated program.

 

Program Highlights

If you have an existing college diploma or university degree, you are eligible for this accelerated program. During this program, you will explore the roles of teacher and educational assistant. Learn how to manage behaviour, modify educational programming, support exceptional children, and assist with curriculum planning. Of course, a lot of this training is experiential, in various educational settings in the classroom in an area school. The final part of the program is an intensive, semester-long, practical learning experience in an educational setting or agency.

 

Why Choose Fleming?

Our Educational Assistant graduates are in demand by many area school boards, because our program has a 20-year plus reputation for producing well-rounded, highly adaptable graduates with a broad-skill set.

 

Work Experience

You will refine your skills as a competent, caring educational assistant during the 95 days of placement * which take place during semester three. You may choose to do your final practice in any community in Ontario that you wish. You will be required to submit a current police records check, which is available from your local police department upon payment of a fee.

*(In addition to paying tuition and fees for semesters one and two, students pay tuition and fees for the third semester field placement.)

 

What it Takes to Succeed

• a love of children
• concern for their healthy physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
• the ability to work as part of a team
• strong interpersonal and problem solving skills
• empathy
• creativity
• experience working with children or youth an asset

 

Career Opportunities

While many graduates find satisfying and rewarding employment within the school system, there are also opportunities in other institutional settings offering education as part of the programming. Placement in the final semester can lead to employment for graduates--some may even be offered a job before graduating! When starting out, Educational Assistants might begin their careers working on a supply list replacing EAs who are absent. A number of Educational Assistants like the flexibility and variety that this provides, and continue with this type of employment even when offered more long-term work.

 

Minimum Admission Requirements

• An Ontario College Diploma or University degree in a relevant field or the equivalent.

 

Selection Process

 

Health Requirements

Being an educational assistant is a physically demanding job. You will be required to demonstrate the ability to meet physical demands of the job before a school board will make you an offer of employment.

 

Additional Costs

Plan to spend approximately $700 for books and supplies.

Course	Hours
Semester 2
Behaviour Management Part II	45.00
Communicating at Work	45.00
Educational Programming for Children with Special Needs	45.00
Field Practice	196.00
Field Preparation II	30.00
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention	15.00
Physical Exceptionalities	45.00
Semester 3
Behaviour Management Part I	45.00
Introduction to Exceptionalities	45.00
Language Arts Curriculum	45.00
Math Curriculum for the Elementary School	45.00
Portfolio Development	15.00
Role of the Assistant	45.00
Social Psychology	45.00
Semester 4
Field Practice & Evaluation - Part A	245.00

Semester 2

Behaviour Management Part II

Course Number: COUN051

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Communicating at Work

Course Number: COMM002

This course will enable you to continue to improve your general communication skills to meet the learning outcomes demanded by the assignments in this course, as well as the expectations of other subjects and eventual career employment. This course emphasizes concepts of critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they apply to processes fundamental to effective communication. You will continue to reinforce speaking, writing, reading, and listening techniques common to the expectations demanded by the work place of your career choice by applying, at a more sophisticated level, principles of style, structure, mechanics and techniques (for orals).

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Educational Programming for Children with Special Needs

Course Number: EDUC041

This course will provide the opportunity for the student to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to effectively meet the needs of children and adults who are intellectually different, including the developmentally and learning disabled.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Field Practice

Course Number: FLPL047

This course is a two-day-a-week, 15-week field practical experience.

Units: 196.00
Hours: 196.00

Field Preparation II

Course Number: FLPL067

This course is the in-class portion of the student's first field placement.

Units: 30.00
Hours: 30.00

Non-Violent Crisis Intervention

Course Number: COUN030

Crisis intervention is a small segment of time in which staff members must intervene with another person to address behaviour that may escalate into disruptive or even violent incidents. This course is designed to give educational assistants the skills needed to best provide for the care, welfare, safety and security of all people involved in these situations.

Units: 15.00
Hours: 15.00

Physical Exceptionalities

Course Number: EDUC019

This course studies the educational implications that may accompany physical disabilities resulting from a variety of disorders such as neurological defects, orthopaedic conditions, birth defects, infection or disease. The student will acquire knowledge of methods, materials and equipment that will assist in meeting the pupils' special needs at school.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Semester 3

Behaviour Management Part I

Course Number: COUN050

In this course, students will gain an understanding of behaviour analysis as a methodology to effectively identify challenging and problem behaviour in children and implement strategies to assist in changing the identified behaviour, in a variety of settings. Topics include data collection techniques, functional behaviour assessment, positive and negative reinforcement and cognitive behaviour modifications.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Introduction to Exceptionalities

Course Number: EDUC014

This course will introduce students to the major areas of exceptionality as they are found in children and adults. Knowledge and skills related to individual program planning will also be included.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Language Arts Curriculum

Course Number: EDUC016

This course provides the opportunity for students to study the process by which children acquire language in all its forms.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Math Curriculum for the Elementary School

Course Number: MATH010

This course will introduce students to the Ontario Elementary School Curriculum for mathematics. A brief refresher will be given to create competency in the five strands of mathematics as followed by schools in the province and become fluent with the necessary vocabulary. Students will understand the use of manipulatives and learn to integrate their use into the mathematics program. Students will develop and share instructional materials and learn how to modify programming in a classroom to accommodate the needs of the exceptional child. Students will also develop competency in using a variety of assessment tools.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Portfolio Development

Course Number: BUSN076

The chief purpose of this course is to create a professional portfolio that will include a collection of important documents outlining each student's education, practical experience, and personal beliefs and accomplishments.

Units: 15.00
Hours: 15.00

Role of the Assistant

Course Number: EDUC020

In this course, students will gain an understanding of the role distinction between teachers and educational assistants. Topics include the philosophy and structure of education, child abuse policies, classification of tasks, responsibilities, courtesies, and confidentiality. Students will develop practical skills in record keeping and the use of audiovisual materials and resources.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Social Psychology

Course Number: SOCI059

This course is designed to assist students' personal development and understanding of social relationships in a culturally diverse world. The emphasis is on the development of social and interpersonal skills to foster effective work teams and personal relationships.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Semester 4

Field Practice & Evaluation - Part A

Course Number: FLPL049

Students will be in an educational setting for a period of seven weeks. They will put into practice the theories and practical applications of their course studies.

Units: 245.00
Hours: 245.00