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Position Title:
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Athletic Trainer
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Athletic Director |
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Job Objectives
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Provide proper care for athletes and ensure all injuries are handled appropriately.
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Minimum Qualifications
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- Certified as an Athletic Trainer
- Experience preferred but not required
- Dedicated to the safety and educating our youth to practice a lifelong healthy lifestyle
- Dedicated to athletic and academic excellence
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Responsibilities and Essential Functions: The following duties are representative of performance expectations. A reasonable qualification can be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform essential functions.
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- Provide proper care for injured athletes
- Attend meetings and in-service as required
- Collaborate with colleagues
- Establish cooperative relationships with local hospitals, rehabilitation centers, etc.
- Ensure safety of students
- Evaluate each student’s growth in physical skills, flexibility, power, strength, and speed development
- Maintain accurate and complete records as required
- Maintain control of storage and use of school-owened property
- Mantain respect at all times for confidential information
- Monitor locker room for safety and security
- Provide guidance to students to promote their healthy development
- Take necessary and reasonable precautions to protect equipment, materials, and facilities
- Respond to routine questions and requests in a timely, appropriate manner
- Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships
- Follow all athletic and Board policies
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Other Duties and Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
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- Upholds board policies and follows administrative procedures.
- Promotes a favorable image of the school district.
- Respects personal privacy. Maintains the confidentiality of privileged information.
- Reports evidence of suspected child abuse as required by law.
- Takes precautions to ensure student safety. Does not leave students unsupervised. Reports unauthorized persons or suspicious circumstances immediately.
- Participates in after-school programs (e.g., open houses, etc.) as directed.
- Complete required training by appropriate deadlines (Vector, Gifted, Science of Reading, etc.)
- Accepts responsibility for personal decisions and conduct. Strives to develop rapport and serve as a positive role model for others.
- Performs other specific job-related duties as directed.
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Abilities Required: The following aptitudes and physical skills are essential for the successful performance of assigned duties.
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- Demonstrates professionalism and maintains a positive work attitude.
- Carries out prescribed activities efficiently with limited supervision.
- Works cooperatively to support a successful team effort.
- Communicates effectively using verbal, nonverbal, and writing skills.
- Reacts productively to interruptions and changing conditions.
- Averts problem situations and intervenes to resolve conflicts.
- Lifts, carries, and/or moves supplies and equipment. Performs repetitive tasks quickly.
- Performs activities that may require reaching, crouching, kneeling, and/or crawling.
- Maintains an acceptable attendance record and is punctual.
- Travels to meetings and work assignments.
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(Additional) Working Conditions: Exposure to the following situations may range from remote to frequent, depending on circumstances and factors that are not predictable.
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- Potential for exposure to blood borne pathogens and communicable diseases.
- Potential for interaction with disruptive and/or unruly individuals.
- Exposure to adverse weather conditions and seasonal temperature extremes.
- Duties may require operating and/or riding in a vehicle.
- Duties may require detailed paperwork.
- Duties may require working under time constraints to meet deadlines.
- Duties may require working during the evening and/or weekend.
- Frequent repetitive hand motion, e.g., computer keyboard, calculator, writing
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Supervisory Responsibilities
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Under the direction of the Athletic Director: provides instructions and communicates expectations to assigned
staff, temporary employees, and trainees. Monitors and helps assigned staff successfully accomplish delegated duties.
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Performance Evaluations
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Job performance is evaluated according to the policy provisions adopted by the Fostoria City School District Board of
Education.
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