Scottsboro Excessive Faculty college students who enroll within the Kathy Potter Well being Sciences Program can earn many certifications earlier than graduating. This permits these college students to get a head begin in post-secondary well being profession applications. A lot of her former college students now work as licensed professionals.
In the present day we’re highlighting this program as a part of Alabama Profession Tech Consciousness Month. Potter is a registered nurse with 28 years of expertise in training within the Scottsboro Metropolis Faculty system.
Potter was drawn to the CTE area due to her expertise as a nursing assistant as a young person. “I respect the funding my mentors made in my future profession,” Ella Potter says. “This impressed me to 'give again' and assist teenagers make sensible selections about future well being careers. I really like serving to them get a head begin on reaching their desires.”
College students within the Well being Sciences Program are uncovered to many choices in healthcare and drugs. College students can make the most of twin enrollment programs and earn state and nationwide healthcare credentials akin to AHA BLS, CNA, EKG Technician, Affected person Care Technician, Lifeguard, and BLS CPR Teacher. A Licensed Pharmacy Technician course is being deliberate for the following faculty yr.
“I’m particularly proud when I’m in a scientific setting with present college students and see many former college students who at the moment are in licensed professions and the way they’ve a particular curiosity in mentoring immediately's future healthcare professionals,” Potter says.
Many of those college students can really get hold of part-time jobs within the healthcare area whereas nonetheless in highschool as soon as they earn certifications. This permits for an much more actual life expertise within the area.
Potter is grateful for the well being professionals who function neighborhood companions. They play an vital position within the success of the Well being Sciences Program at Scottsboro Excessive Faculty.
These neighborhood companions embody Children First Pediatrics, HH-Highlands Medical Middle, Highlands Pediatrics, Highlands Well being & Rehab, Northeast Alabama Neighborhood School, Full Care, Superior Bodily Remedy, TOC Bodily & Sports activities Remedy in Scottsboro, Scottsboro Pressing Care/Occupational Drugs , Mud Creek Veterinary Providers, Scottsboro Pet Care, Bradford Household Drugs, Highpointe Major Care, Scottsboro Pediatics, Children First Pediatrics, Meler Chiropractic Clinic, Dr. Thomas Higginbotham, Scottsboro Household & Basic Dentistry, Exact Household Dental, Scottsboro Household Pharmacy and Holland Household Dentistry.
You possibly can see by means of neighborhood companions the wide selection of alternatives obtainable to college students within the Well being Sciences Program. It goes past the world of hospital healthcare and contains alternatives to discover alternatives in dentistry, chiropractic and pharmacy. If a pupil is desirous about veterinary drugs, there are native veterinarians who’re keen to work with these college students. Moreover, there are alternatives to work with sufferers of all ages, from the youngest to the aged.