SCHOOL ASSISTANT

Communicative Disorders Assistant
Temporary Position
The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) is committed to learning equity engagement and innovation. Proudly serving a community of approximately 50000 students in the City of Hamilton and surrounding area HWDSB operates across 80 elementary schools 13 secondary schools and 1 Adult Learning Centre in addition to providing support and service to approximately 8800 staff members.

We are continuously striving to support the needs of our diverse community and actively work to foster and maintain a culture of human rights.
Reporting to the Manager of Speech Language & Communication Services department the Communicative Disorders Assistant (CDA) will work under the supervision of a registered Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to implement communication goals with HWDSB student individually or in a group setting. Under the direction of the SLP the CDA will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including Teachers Educational Assistants Behaviour Analysts Child and Youth Care Practitioners and other school board professionals and will aid in the generalization of students goals to the classroom.
The CDA will work on an itinerant capacity providing services across multiple schools within the HWDSB. Some student may also experience receptive and/or expressive language difficulties with or without conconmitant developmental or learning challenges.
Education:
~ A post-graduate Communicative Disorders Assistant diploma is REQUIRED. Candidates without a diploma from a recognized program will not be considered.

Knowledge and experience supporting students in a variety of aspects of language therapy;
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office programs

AAC apps/devices (programming aided language modeling partner coaching);
Prepare and maintain resources as recommended/request by the SLP to support communication programs for schools classrooms and/or individual students;
Model communication strategies visuals home programs and/or communication devices to school staff and/or parents/caregivers as directed by SLPs;
Aid in training/support of communication technology training for school staff as it pertains to specific students or as directed by the supervising SLP;
Other duties as assigned by the Manager of Speech Language & Communication Services.

Employment Equity Statement
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) is committed to building inclusive learning and working environments where students see themselves reflected in the curriculum staff population physical surroundings and the broader community.

Guided by this mission HWDSB strives to build a workforce that embodies the values of human rights equity diversity and inclusion while reflecting and welcoming the diverse and distinct identities experiences and needs of our students and our communities.

HWDSB seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity and inclusion and who will contribute to the vision of creating inclusive and equitable outcomes. Indigenous Peoples (e.g. Members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race ancestry colour religion and/or spiritual beliefs or place of origin (e.g. Black and racialized communities immigrant communities etc.).
Persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities.
Persons who identify as women.
As part of HWDSBs commitment to employment equity and removing barriers to groups that have faced and continue to face barriers in employment we invite all applicants to complete a voluntaryquestionnaire that collects identity-based information. The voluntary questionnaire is on the Apply to Education application page for this position.

We respect the longstanding relationships with the local Indigenous communities the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Six Nations of the Grand River.

The information collected on this form is used to monitor HWDSBs progress toward our equity goals including our commitment to diversity in HWDSB recruitment and hiring practices. We are committed to the security and confidentiality of information under our control and to the protection of privacy with respect to personal and confidential information that is collected used disclosed and retained in the system (Policy 1.6 - Privacy). Information on this form is collected pursuant to Ontarios Education Equity Action Plan (Ministry of Education) and in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). The Research and Analytics Department will use aggregate data from all the forms (not individual data) for internal reporting. Their access and use of the data is governed by MFIPPA and ethical research practices.