Cumberland Valley School District

Athletic Training Student Program

Overview of the Program

The role of a Certified Athletic Trainer is to manage and provide care for injuries to the physically active population while under the direction of a licensed physician. This includes rendering emergency care, development of injury prevention programs, and providing appropriate preventative techniques and/or devices for the physically active population. This also includes assessment, management, treatment, rehabilitation and reconditioning of injuries sustained by the physically active population.

In becoming a student aide, you are becoming a member of a team. This team consists of the school administrators, the school physician, the certified athletic trainers (ATCs), other student aides, coaches, parents, and athletes. Becoming a member of this team means that you will contribute to the success of Cumberland Valley School District’s athletic programs. You must understand that each member of this team has a specific role, which must be carried out to the best of that individual’s ability in order to create a successful athletic program.

Knowledge, skills and dependability will be factors in determining the level of responsibility the student aide will be given. Your initial experience in the athletic training room will consist of learning the operations and procedures of the athletic training room. You will spend a majority of your time observing the certified athletic trainers and other student aides in order to learn proper skills in caring for Cumberland Valley School District’s athletic population. As you become more knowledgeable and comfortable with the basic principles of athletic training and more proficient in your skills, your responsibilities and duties will be increased accordingly.
      
The Athletic Training Internship is to help those that want to pursue the medial field in the future. Because of the number of applications we receive, we are only selective to those that are truly interested in a medical profession

The Athletic Training Internship applications are due no later than April 30th at 3:00pm. 

Please do one of the following when submitting your application:

• Hand deliver the application to Mrs. Sheila Mueller, Mr. Sonny Mills, or Mr. Robert Wolf in the high school athletic training room or DSF training room, NOT THE ATHLETIC OFFICE. 

• ​If someone is not in the athletic training room, please place your application in one of the empty envelopes outside our office, seal it and write your name on the outside of the envelope and slide it under the athletic training room door, NOT THE ATHLETIC OFFICE.

• Email the application with essay to Mrs. Sheila Mueller SMueller@cvschools.org

New students applying for the internship will need to select two teachers to turn in the recommendation form, this is not a requirement for returning student aides applying.  ONLY NEW STUDENTS. Please have your teacher either send it through CV mail or have them email it directly to me.
  

​2025-2026 New Student Application

Teacher Recommendation Letter
(This is for new students that have never been involved with the athletic training internship)

2025-2026 Returning Student Application
(This is for returning students that have been involved in the program before)

Once we review all the applicants, we might reach out to you personally via cell or email if we have additional questions.  We will post students with their assigned sport(s) above on May 5th.

If you are not selected for the internship, please do not hesitate to reach out to use directly with any questions.