K-12 HEALTH Initiative Partners
Our K-12 partners serve as the starting point for a connected healthcare career pathway, introducing students early to health-focused academics, career exploration, and hands-on experiences that build awareness of future opportunities. Through dual enrollment, industry mentorship, work-based learning, and exposure to healthcare environments, students begin developing foundational knowledge while envisioning pathways that extend into community college, university programs, and clinical careers. This collaborative model expands access for rural and regional students, helping ensure that future healthcare professionals are identified, supported, and prepared from the earliest stages of their educational journey.
K-12 Partner Schools
Knox County Schools
Knox County Schools serves as a key consulting partner supporting the development and implementation of Health Academies within Claiborne County Schools and Roane County Schools. Drawing on its experience designing and operating healthcare-focused career pathways, Knox County Schools provides guidance on curriculum development, program structure, industry alignment, and work-based learning models to help establish scalable, sustainable health-focused academies. Through this collaborative role, Knox County Schools helps strengthen regional alignment across districts while expanding access to healthcare career exploration for students in rural communities.
Roane County Schools
Roane County Schools serves roughly 6,000 students across a network of elementary, middle, and high schools in Roane County, Tennessee. The district emphasizes career pathways, dual enrollment, and workforce-aligned programs that connect students with regional education and healthcare partners.
Claiborne County Schools
Claiborne County Schools serves approximately 3,000 students across multiple elementary, middle, and high schools in a rural East Tennessee district. The system offers career and technical education programs, including healthcare-focused pathways, dual enrollment opportunities, and partnerships designed to support college and workforce readiness.
Leaders
Cindy Lockett
CTE Director/RVCA Principal,
Roane County Schools
Cindy Lockett has more than a decade of experience in public education and Career and Technical Education (CTE), serving as both a CTE counselor and coordinator. She has led initiatives that expand student access to career pathways, increase industry credentials and work-based learning, and strengthen connections between schools, local industries, and postsecondary institutions. Her work focuses on building strong pipelines from education to lifelong career opportunities.
Shannon Jackson
Executive Director of College and Career,
Knox County Schools
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Daniel Satterfield
CTE Director,
Claiborne County Schools
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