Warsaw Community Schools’ Tracey Akers Is IASN Nurse Administrator Of The Year For 2020-21
Warsaw Community Schools’ Tracey Akers Is IASN Nurse Administrator Of The Year For 2020-21
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Warsaw Community Schools’ Tracey Akers Is IASN Nurse Administrator Of The Year For 2020-21Indiana Association of School Nurses announced Tracey Akers as this year's winner of the Indiana School Nurse Administrator of the Year for 2020-2021.
Akers is the nursing coordinator for Warsaw Community Schools.
"Please join the Indiana Association of School Nurses (IASN) in congratulating Tracey Akers for her award of School Nurse Administrator of the Year of 2020-2021!” according to a news release from IASN Thursday afternoon.
Akers has been a school nurse for WCS since 2005 and the school nurse coordinator since 2010. She oversees the health services of over 7,000 students and works closely with the administration to ensure a school nurse is employed in every district building.
In her current role, Akers supervises 10 school nurses, two specialized nurses and three health room assistants.
“This has been a challenging year for all school nurses in our state and across the country. Special thanks go out to Tracey for all of her additional hard work during the unprecedented year of the pandemic,” the release states.
A member of IASN, Akers is the IASN membership chairperson and is an active member on the IASN conference committee.
In her free time, Akers enjoys sports, especially volleyball and pickleball. She also loves spending time with her 2-year-old granddaughter, Thea, and her adult children, Tyler and Tara. She and her husband, Troy, have been married for 35 years.
