Secondary Schools Committee
The Secondary Schools Committee promotes athletic training in the secondary school setting, strives to improve the working environment of the secondary school athletic trainer, and maintains relationships with other stakeholders in the secondary school setting (IHSA, parents, coaches, and others).
Resources
Visit the Illinois High School Association's Sports Medicine Advisory Committee's page to find policy resources to help guide your practice in Illinois.
The NATA has numerous resources to promote the practice of secondary school athletic training, as well. Check out their page for position proposal and improvement guides, best practices for student aide clubs, and more. Click here for the answer to the question, "What is an athletic trainer, anyway?"
The NATA has also posted a White Page on Secondary School Athletic Trainers: A Data-Centric Overview of Job Satisfaction and Strategies for Risk Reduction, Recruitment and Retention. This is a great resource for all Secondary School Athletic Trainers!
The Louisville Courier Journal's Stephanie Kuzydym has created several materials for the Safer Sidelines Campaign. Please check out this one-page infographic regarding preventable student-athlete deaths, as well as these attention-grabbing Safer Sidelines advertisements, in English and Spanish.
Are you a high school student interested in becoming an athletic trainer? Check out the NATA's resources for prospective students, here.