School Name
East Cooper Center For Advanced Studies

Public or Private School?
Public

Tell us a little about you
My name is Katie Parker and I am a teacher at the East Cooper CAS and an athletic trainer, covering all after school athletic activates. This is my third year teaching sports medicine 1, sports medicine 2, interns that work (After school program with the Wando sports medicine staff) and medical terminology. My background is in psychology (BA from Clemson University), athletic training (Minor in athletic leadership at Clemson and Masters of Athletic training from Lenoir-Rhyne University).

Teaching was never part of my dream career path when I was growing up, and now it is my favorite part of every day. I love teaching students new things and seeing them light up when they understand something that is going on in their body every day. I truly understand what it means to love your job and what you do to the point where you never really have to work a day in your life.
My dream is expand the Sports Medicine program including classes like sports psychology and sports nutrition. I would also love to help start an EMS program here.

I run the ECCAS HOSA club (it is our first year) and have taken my kids to compete on the state level and will be taking them to internationals this summer (two of my students placed first at state and moved onto the next round - super excited). I hope to triple our membership next year and have a larger competing body next state conference.