Join us in our continued exploration of local education and mental health issues as representatives from Rutherford County and Murfreesboro City Schools discuss the non-academic services they provide to treat and maintain student mental health and wellness.
About our speakers
Amy Baltimore, EdS, NCC, is currently serving in Rutherford County Schools as the Elementary School Counseling Supervisor. She has been a long time member of the Tennessee School Counseling Association (TSCA) and serves as a board member for TSCA and as the Director of Legislation and Public Policy for the TSCA Advocacy Committee. She is in her second year of advising at the state level, serving as a member of the Department of Ed School Counseling Advisory Board.
Amy’s passion for School Counseling stems from experience she had as a teenager living in Eastern Europe and serving alongside a foundation whose sole purpose was to be a part of the healing process for children orphaned during the oppression of communism. After returning to the states for college her desire to continue that work led her to the public school system where she purposefully advocates for students by actively supporting the implementation of trauma-informed practices and multi-tiered systems of support.
Image courtesy Amy Baltimore
Image courtesy Kim Frank
Kim Frank, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA, is an educator with more than 40 years’ experience as a teacher, educational consultant, district coordinator, and board-certified behavior analyst. Kim served as Coordinator of Behavior Support for Murfreesboro City Schools from 2004-2019. During her tenure, MCS implemented a multi-tiered framework to support the nonacademic needs of students, increased behavioral and school counseling services, added mental health services, and obtained grant funding to support students with ACEs.
Kim currently provides professional development and consultation services regarding behavioral intervention, trauma-responsive school communities, restorative practices, and the integration of these initiatives into a comprehensive multi-tiered framework.
Program schedule
Our schedule for the evening will be:
6:00 - 6:30 Refreshments & mingling (arrive anytime)
6:30 - 7:45 Presentations and Q&A
Caught in a traffic or trouble getting away from work? If you need to sneak in late, no worries!
About the venue
Banner image credit: unsplash.com/@rominaveliz
The Heritage Center is located at 225 W. College St. in Murfreesboro. The building has a small parking lot; parking is free on the area streets and at the nearby Judicial Center parking garage, which has an entrance just north of the Heritage Center off of Walnut St.