Education Assistant (Part-Time)

Interested in a career working with children? Education Assistants who support students with diverse abilities are in demand!

What You'll Learn

• Balanced mix of theory and practical experience about best ways to support children and youth with special needs in the school setting.
• Get ready to excel in inclusive classrooms.
  Opportunity to become a competent and employable paraprofessional.
• Receive hands-on experience alongside teachers and teams supporting students with disabilities.

Part-time Program Information

You can complete our part-time evening and weekend program in 6 semesters or more, approximately 24 months. Intakes for the part-time program happen in January, May and September.

Courses take place online. We offer two courses in the Spring and Fall Semester in the evenings. The times are usually 4:30 pm until 7:30/8:30 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. The summer courses are offered in May and June and run two evenings a week at the same times as above. We also offer a Summer course on Saturday during the day.

Hours of homework for courses vary between one to three hours per course per week.

The two practicums take place in-person five days a week for four weeks. Please note that the practicums can start as early as 8 am and end as late as 3:30 pm.

Some of our part time students have been hired half-way through their EA program with us and are working as EAs as they complete their coursework.

Practicum

There are two four-week practicums - one is in elementary and one is in middle school or secondary.

Practicums are arranged by Langara EDAS supervisors.

Practicums are five days a week and can start as early as 8 am and end as late as 3:30 pm. Depending on the district, practicum hours differ. The minimum is 120 hours of practicum time. The majority of practicums are approximately 140 hours. For 2 practicums, this is between 240 and 280.