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The Athletic Edge Blog
The Atheletic Edge blog brings you useful resources and content that you can use in your school athletic departments.
Case Study: Adair County High School Sports Medicine
Functional Athletic Training Rooms, case study
After receiving a Work Ready Skills Grant, the Adair County High School's Sports Medicine Program launched in the Fall of 2020 with more than 30 high school students enrolled. The program was created to expand the career pathways for students interested in health sciences. The purpose of career pathways. is to build a highly trained workforce to meet the current and future needs of local employers.
The grant provided funding for materials and equipment, but not for the teacher/athletic trainer position needed to expand Adair's Health Science offerings. According to Rebecca Cravens, MA, LAT, ATC, "The Adair School system was actually the last of the four schools in the district to provide a Certified Athletic Trainer for their student-athletes. The administration recognized the need, and also had a desire to expand the on-campus opportunities for the growing number of students pursuing the Health Science career pathway."
Through the dedication and hard work of one of the school counselors, the Vice Principal, the school board, Superintendent, and numerous others, the district was able to receive and utilize the Work Ready Skills Initiative to secure funding for the development of a sports medicine facility on the high school campus. Paired with a $39,000 match from the district, the grant provided enough funding to cover the remodeling of an existing classroom/lab as well as the purchase of all furniture and equipment needed to establish the facility.
The district was in charge of covering the annual salary for the athletic trainer selected to oversee the sports medicine program. This is where T.J. Health Columbia came in. With a desire to build rapport and provide continued support to the community, T.J. Health offered to provide half of the annual salary of a Certified Athletic Trainer, as well as provide a supervising physician for the ATC to practice under. Once the funding was secured, the district began searching for an athletic trainer interested in taking the reins for the development of the program, design of the facility, and purchase of all necessary supplies and equipment.
To complete their new learning lab, Adair County High School in Columbia, KY recently chose The Athletic Edge to provide furniture and equipment. Rebecca Cravens, MA, LAT, ATC shares her experience working with The Athletic Edge.
