Six CPS Schools Earn State Positive Behavior Support Awards

Columbia Public Schools had six schools recognized by the Heart of Missouri Regional Professional Development Center for outstanding implementation of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support (SW-PBS).

Tier 3 Award of Excellence
Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary School
Lange Middle School

Tier 1 Award of Excellence
Beulah Ralph Elementary School
Eliot Battle Elementary School
Rock Bridge Elementary School
Shepard Boulevard Elementary School

Additionally, both Alpha Hart Lewis and Lange Middle School were announced as nominees for the Dr. Mary Richter School of Distinction recognition for exemplifying the ideals, principles, and practices of positive behavior support. 

The Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Awards of Excellence were created to recognize schools that achieve positive outcomes for students through exemplary implementation of SW-PBS. In addition, the Awards of Excellence:

1. promote an evidence-based, systems approach that improves outcomes for students.
2. reinforce staff efforts in implementing SW-PBS.
3. provide a continuous feedback loop to improve SW-PBS implementation.
4. identify exemplary schools serving all age and demographic groups to serve as model demonstration sites.

Criteria are based on effective implementation of the essential components outlined by the National Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (http://www.pbis.org). The criteria are intentionally rigorous, even as the requirements are narrowly focused on those artifacts and data points that must be produced for a school to implement SW-PBS with fidelity. This intense groundwork produces sustainable systems and practices that result in positive outcomes for students.