Lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico and was a high school student and was seen by the head AT throughout high school

George Westbrook became a mentor to me

I became a biology premed student and then hit a dead end.

Certified in 1980

Have had a great 45-year career

Worked at D1, D2 and D3 levels

Worked in high school and with the Dallas Cowboys

One of the unique things about California is the diversity. So many different settings

Started working in a faculty clinic at New Mexico State and finished at Cal State Fullerton

4500 AT in CA

I only represent 3000 of those because they are the certified ones

We initiated our first licensure in 1986, but it got vetoed by the governor’s office

That has happened about 5 times since then.

We have our first title protection regulation on the books right now.

“You can not say you are an ATC without actually being one.”

Our next step is to have all ATs registered and have licensure.  

We currently have almost no enforcement other than working with the leadership and showing them the law. 

But there is no penalty at this point.

We field 4-5 “poser” emails per month to weed out the uncertified ATs in the secondary setting.

At about 55% of ATs in secondary school.

Diversity – 

The state is huge

Ureka at the tip of Cali vs the AT in LA are very different.

We are committed to DEI efforts

Public school and private school

Some schools have 3-5 ATs on staff, but down the road the public school has 1 per campus.

Many of our ATs work in industrial (Amazon…) and outreach to the high school.

There are a lot of opportunities.  The jobs being created are properly vetted and often include overtime.  The community of ATs here is amazing.

The weather is second to none.

Jeremy Jackson

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