Student Trainer Assistants

Expectations of Student Trainer Assistants:

1. Be on time and communicate with head Athletic Trainer about tardiness and absenteeism.

2. Be respectful to the athletes, coaches, administrators, parents, and head A.T.,C.

3. Make it into the training room, work at least an hour 3 times a week or 4 times (depending on the day of the game) to be eligible to work a football game.

4. Be diligent on helping the athletes and sports teams on helping them to be as successful and healthy and safe as possible.

5. Do not record or take pictures in the training while athletes are present (HIppa Regulations)

6. Follow school policies and maintain at least a 2.5 GPA out of 4 possible.

7. Be as enthusiastic and energized as possible, without being a distraction to the games or process of treating athletes in the training room.

8. If for any reason that a student trainer assistant can not follow the above expectations and if proper warnings and interventions were put in place, then dismissal may be warranted.

Benefits of Being a Student Trainer Assistant:

1. Work with the athletes first hand and develop relationships with sports teams, coaches and administration that could not be created without this type of experience.

2. Get front row seats to most sporting events.  See 1st hand how athletes and coaches react to adversity and learn from some of the best local facilitators and motivators of their chosen crafts.

3. Develop a better understanding of anatomy and physiology of the human body, as well as mechanisms and causes of injury.

4. Develop an understanding of rehabilitation methods and the healing process the body goes through after injury.

5. Understand emergency procedures and the importance of planning in advance in case an emergency takes place.

6. Develop a sense of responsibility, a sense of importance, and identity.

7. Develop an understanding the profession of Athletic Training and professions similar (physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, etc...)

8. The possibility of being awarded with a scholarship from the annual Burlington County Athletic Trainer's Scholarship award at the end of their senior year.