Athletic Trainer

Position Details

• Position Type: Professional / Athletic Trainer
• Date Posted: 11/7/2025
• Location: Waco High
• Job Title: Athletic Trainer – High School
• Wage/Hour Status: Exempt/At-Will
• Reports To: Athletic Director
• Pay Grade/Days: 103 / 202 Days
• Dept./School: Athletics
• Date Revised: July 2020

Plan, coordinate, and supervise all components of the athletic training program for student athletes. Also work under the direction of the team physician to carry out activities in the following areas: prevention, evaluation, emergency treatment, physical reconditioning, and rehabilitation of injuries.

• Education/Certification: Bachelor’s degree. Valid license from Texas Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers.
• Special Knowledge/
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to provide injury prevention and rehabilitation services; ability to provide emergency care; knowledge of therapeutic modalities and ability to apply appropriate treatment to treat student athletic injuries; ability to instruct and supervise student athletes and assistants; excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience: Two years’ experience as an athletic trainer preferred.

• Plan and implement a comprehensive athletic injury and illness prevention program for student athletics.
• Attend practice sessions and athletic contests as assigned by the athletic director.
• Evaluate athletic injuries and determine treatment and rehabilitation for student athletes.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with students, parents, medical and paramedical personnel, coaches, and other staff.
• Provide physical conditioning training to student athletes.
• Maintain training room and therapeutic equipment.
• Fit injured athletes with specialized equipment and oversee its use.
• Monitor, provide training, and set daily activities for student trainers.
• Maintain file of Athletic Participation Permits which parents use to give approval for participation in athletics, for physical examinations, for emergency medical treatment, and for specific information on student health as required.
• Maintain records on athletic injuries, referrals to physicians, and treatments given.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Maintain emotional control under stress. Work with frequent interruptions.
• Continual walking and standing; moderate to heavy lifting and carrying; stooping, bending, kneeling, and reaching.
• Work outside (exposure to sun, heat, cold, and inclement weather) and inside.
• Exposure to biological hazards, bacteria, and communicable diseases.
• Frequent district wide and statewide travel; frequent prolonged and irregular hours.
• Use of Dell and Macintosh computers and related equipment, copier, fax machine, and cellular phone.

This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.

The Waco Independent School District is an equal opportunity educational provider and employer who does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information or non‑proficiency in English language skills in educational programs or activities that it operates or in employment matters. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended;
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended;
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans with Disabilities Act; and school board policy not to discriminate in such a manner.

For information about your rights or complaints regarding compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title IX, please email titleixcoordinator or contact Waco ISD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at  or Assistant Superintendent for Student Services and Support at . For information or complaints regarding compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title VI and Title VII, as amended, contact the Waco ISD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at .

For information or complaints regarding compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, contact Waco ISD Special Education Executive Director at  or write to P.O. Box 27, Waco, TX, 76703.