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St. Clair Catholic District School Board

Working as a supply Educational Assistant has both rewarding and difficult aspects. The most fulfilling part of the role is supporting students and helping children succeed socially, emotionally, and academically. Building trust and connections with students can make a real difference in their day.

However, many people outside education do not realize that the role often involves extensive behavioural support and crisis management, not simply academic assistance. Staff are frequently placed in situations involving aggression, elopement, classroom disruptions, and safety concerns, all while trying to support the learning environment for every student involved.

The challenges are less about individual schools or administration and more reflective of the current state of the education system overall. Increasing classroom needs, limited staffing, and reduced supports can make the role physically and emotionally demanding. Supply staff also face inconsistent work, minimal connection with management, and lack of benefits or employee support programs.

Despite the challenges, the position provides valuable experience in communication, teamwork, adaptability, behaviour management, and supporting diverse student needs.

No chance of advancement and employees are treated very badly and used and tossed away when not required. No management ethics and they lack a management style, cut ,cut ,cut the hours expecting the same level of work to be done, not going to happen. The schools look dirty and staff are unhappy and demoralized.

Don't go here, unless you want to be bullied and harassed and not protected or treated properly, here you are used and then thrown away. It is all about the dollar here and how people who are doing this can make themselves better at the expense of their employees.

Only been employed for short time so far.. but I can say that I have been treated with the ut-most respect  and patience.  I have been helped to succeed in the role of Custodian by all levels of management and awesome current employees. 
The downside to this job is that you have to be patient in order to get a job that may be convenient as far as location and hours for your own home life... given time, may be possible. 
Seems to be a lot of opportunity to post for jobs at this point. 


As an Occassional Teacher for this board I have learned quite a lot on a daily basis.  I was welcomes by the majority of staff members at a variety of schools.  It is hard as a daily supply as you do not know where you will be on a day to day basis.  I have encountered a lot of amazing students with this school board and have enjoyed enriching the lives of these students on a daily basis.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I still do, n absolutely love it 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Demanding piers that don't help with work load

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Just a typical school n classrooms 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy, n have ti be in point n jnwo what ur doing.. very fast pace

Typically I attend meetings every other Tuesday. As a trustee we make decisions on how the School Board operates. The management here is great and my fellow trustees are an excellent set of people to work with. It's very hard making decisions on things like cutting programming and school closures. But we do it for the good of the kids.

I would recommend this position be moved to permanent full time. It’s definitely a position that is needed to fill in daily activities and duties that may other wise not be filled by regular staff due to time or shortage. Such a wonderful environment to work in. Friendly staff, encouraging.
Blessed to be a part of this school board. 

Full time custodians will always gang up on you and will be messaging the supervisor saying that you missed this or that although this won't be true, its very unfortunate how the work culture is there.
HR is Great, Supervisors are fair but the coworkers play lots of sneaky games which create an uncomfortable culture


every day a new adventure
I learned to be flexible
every school is different depending on the principal
most are friendly  and enjoyable
working with grade 8 who are sometimes unwilling to learn for a "supply" teacher
watching a child attain a new concept

I am backup for lunch monitors.  I don't get many hours, if any at all. (As I am only needed when another supervisor is ill.)  Overall, it is a wonderful environment, and I do enjoy it.  Not enough hours, per month.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Educational assistant 2 salaries reported	$25.81 per hour
School secretary 3 salaries reported	$29.18 per hour
Early childhood teacher 4 salaries reported	$26.76 per hour
Secretary 4 salaries reported	$26.25 per hour
Accounting technician 2 salaries reported	$28.58 per hour

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