Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide athletic trainers with a comprehensive, yet brief and effective, document which can be used in addition to other NATA publications and brochures, to help convince coaches, administrators, parents, school board personnel and state legislators to work more aggressively to increase the number of certified athletic trainers in our nations secondary schools. Several hiring solutions are discussed briefly, including the full-time athletic trainer, the district athletic trainer, the permanent substitute teacher/athletic trainer, the assistant athletic director/athletic trainer, the part-time athletic trainer, the contracted athletic trainer, the graduate assistant athletic trainer, and the teacher/athletic trainer. Although the full-time teacher/athletic trainer is the ideal model, all of the alternatives are viable and should be considered. Verf.-Referat