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In-School-Training
1. Working Safely: Standard First Aid
2. Working Safely: Safe Care of Self and Others
3. Introductory Psychology
4. Educational Foundations: The Educational Milieu
5. Educational Foundations: Roles, Responsibilities, and Teamwork
6. Educational Foundations: How Children Develop and Learn
7. Orientation to Schools and the Assistant Role: Orientation Practicum I
8. Orientation to Schools and the Assistant Role: Orientation Practicum II
9. Personal and Interpersonal Skills: Positive Personal Dynamics
10. Personal and Interpersonal Skills: Analyses and Solutions
11. Personal and Interpersonal Skills: Behaviour Management
12. Developmental Psychology
13. Computers in the Classroom
14. Classroom Skills: Language Arts
15. Classroom Skills: Mathematics and Other Curriculum
16. Classroom Skills: Concrete Materials and Technology
17. Exceptionalities I: Introduction to Exceptionalities
18. Exceptionalities I: Behaviourally and Emotionally Challenged
19. Exceptionalities II: Communications
20. The Educational Assistant Role: Practicum
21. Exceptionalities III: Intellectually Challenged
22. Exceptionalities III: Physically Challenged
23. Exceptionalities III: Multiply Challenged
Working Safely: Standard First Aid
Recognize and analyze emergency situations and apply required first aid, within the apprentice’s capabilities and training, until more qualified personnel take over.
Working Safely: Safe Care of Self and Others
Work safely and assist in providing a safe work environment for staff and students in educational settings.
Introductory Psychology
Describe the basic principles and concepts of psychology, abnormal human behaviour and contributions of key psychologist, as well as demonstrate a greater understanding of himself/herself and others.
Educational Foundations: The Educational Milieu
Describe the general learning techniques and training standard for para-educators, ethical practices, the historical development of education, including special education, current educational legislation, structures and processes, related legislation (child protection and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy) and the implications (e.g. confidentiality) for EA training and work in Ontario.
Educational Foundations: Roles, Responsibilities, and Teamwork
Set up connections to supports and resources, describe the roles of Assistants, explain differentiated staffing and discuss how to make the educational team effective.
Educational Foundations: How Children Develop and Learn
Describe child and youth development and its assessment, evaluation and implications, as well as the importance and components of learning and educating styles related to learning channels, potential and structures, interests and personal dynamics, and their implications for teachers, EAs and students.
Orientation to Schools and the Assistant Role: Orientation Practicum I
Discuss the roles, goals and functioning of a school and the roles of the staff members. The apprentice will also be able to provide effective support to the teaching and administrative staff and informal, general support to students.
Orientation to Schools and the Assistant Role: Orientation Practicum II
Discuss the roles, goals and functioning of a school, the relative roles of the staff members, with particular reference to Assistants, and expectations of students. The apprentice will also be able to provide effective support to the teachers and general support to students.
Personal and Interpersonal Skills: Positive Personal Dynamics
Discuss why positive personal dynamics and choices are important, analyze the apprentice’s personal dynamics, state the factors involved and describe many approaches and techniques for developing a positive lifestyle.
Personal and Interpersonal Skills: Analyses and Solutions
Organize information, analyze tasks and situations at various levels of complexity and select and implement the best solutions.
Personal and Interpersonal Skills: Behaviour Management
Discuss various viewpoints about behaviour, what our philosophy and major approaches should be, how to use specific techniques in its management and how to apply these approaches to behaviour management in educational settings.
Developmental Psychology
Describe human development, factors affecting it, the approach of psychology to its study, and the implications in educational settings.
Computers in the Classroom
Demonstrate microcomputer skills for the apprentice’s own use as an EA and effectively assist students with their own computer literacy and use of computers to access and learn other curriculum.
Classroom Skills: Language Arts
Use Language Arts skills accurately, describe the related Ontario curriculum and curriculum change and discuss the EA’s role in Language Arts (elementary and secondary), what the Language Arts are, what factors affect their development and what approaches can be used to develop these skills.
Classroom Skills: Mathematics and Other Curriculum
Use Mathematics and other subject area skills accurately, describe the Ontario Curriculum: Mathematics, and discuss the EA role in Mathematics and other subjects, the components, factors affecting their development and approaches which can be used to develop these skills under teacher direction.
Classroom Skills: Concrete Materials and Technology
State why concrete materials, equipment and technology are important and outline the EA’s role in developing, setting up and using them to support student learning.
Exceptionalities I: Introduction to exceptionalities
Discuss the special education field and factors affecting, the rights of and general approaches to students with exceptionalities, their parents, professionals and support staff.
Exceptionalities I: Behaviourally and Emotionally Challenged
Describe the characteristics of students with serious behavioural and/or emotional challenges and appropriate approaches to their education and behaviour management.
Exceptionalities II: Communications
Discuss the types of communications exceptionalities and implications of these for students with communications challenges in an educational setting, and across reference related, previously-learned material (e.g. behaviour management) and other aspects of communications in this Reportable Subject.
The Educational Assistant Role: Practicum
Apply appropriate attitudes, knowledge and skills to work successfully as an Educational Assistant, under the direction of a teacher, in an educational setting. This includes, but is not limited to, demonstrated capability in assisting students with behavioural and/or communications exceptionalities, intellectual/developmentally delayed, physical and /or multiple exceptionalities.
Exceptionalities III: Intellectually Challenged
Describe intellectual challenges, team roles, expectations, skills, and supports for these individuals.
Exceptionalities III: Physically Challenged
Describe various types of physical challenges and how to effectively assist students with physical challenges.
Exceptionalities III: Multiply Challenged
Describe multiple challenges, roles, expectations, skills and supports for individuals with multiple challenges.
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