For Athletic Directors, NJCAA compliance is about more than completing required training or checking boxes. It’s also about creating an environment that supports student-athlete health and safety.
That’s how Gillette College Athletic Director Janie Rayback approaches the job.
As her program prepared for evolving health, safety, and compliance expectations, she wanted technology that could help her institution securely manage athlete health information while giving administrators, Athletic Trainers, and coaches the visibility they need.
What does NJCAA compliance mean for Athletic Directors?
NJCAA compliance includes meeting association and institutional requirements while supporting policies and processes designed to protect student-athlete health and safety. For Athletic Directors, that can also mean ensuring the right people have access to training, athlete health information, documentation, and sports medicine resources.
Gillette College already uses the Healthy Roster EMR and Sway Concussion as part of its approach to sports medicine and athlete care.
For Rayback, having access to better information is especially important from the Athletic Director’s chair. Injury reports and athlete health data can help administrators identify trends, better understand what is happening across programs, and make more informed decisions about supporting student-athletes.
“Healthy Roster provides reports and data that I can look at as an AD and make sure that I’m setting up our programs to be successful in all areas.”
That visibility also extends across different roles within the athletic department.
“It works for my Athletic Trainer. It works for me from the admin side. It works for my coaches to stay in the know and stay in communication. It meets all of our needs because all of our needs are different.”
The new partnership between Healthy Roster and the U.S. Council for Athletes’ Health (USCAH) gives NJCAA member schools a more streamlined way to access required compliance training.
Healthy Roster now serves as the exclusive technology platform for delivering USCAH training content to NJCAA member schools. More than 100 NJCAA institutions already use the Healthy Roster EMR, giving many programs a familiar foundation for athlete health documentation, concussion management, and now access to required education.
For Rayback, the partnership fits naturally with the work her program is already doing.
“I was happy that we were already ahead of it. Healthy Roster aligned beautifully with what that accreditation looks like.”
Ultimately, however, Rayback sees NJCAA compliance as part of a much bigger responsibility.
“My job is all things compliance, but maintaining the health and safety of our students outside of compliance is a priority for our institution.”
For NJCAA Athletic Directors, Athletic Trainers, and administrators navigating compliance requirements, that may be the most important takeaway: compliance is one piece of a larger commitment to protecting student-athletes and supporting better care.
Healthy Roster is the exclusive technology platform for delivering USCAH compliance training content to NJCAA member schools, giving schools a streamlined way to access required education.
NJCAA member schools receive information about activating their account and accessing required USCAH training through the Healthy Roster platform.
Yes. Schools can also explore the Healthy Roster EMR for sports medicine documentation, communication, reporting, and athlete health workflows, along with Sway Concussion for concussion management. More than 100 NJCAA schools already use the Healthy Roster EMR.
Access to sports medicine reporting can give Athletic Directors greater visibility into injuries and trends across their programs, helping administrators make more informed decisions about athlete health and safety.