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DESCRIPTION OF MODEL SCHOOLS

*IMPORTANT NOTICE - As of 1 August, we have received 24 documents that do not match names in our database that were provided during the application process. Please click here to view and/or reconcile if you feel you are missing or may have mis-named content.

A PBS Model School is one that has met specific criteria and has demonstrated innovative, creative, and functional ways of supporting PBS in their respective school. Specific characteristics of PBS Model Schools are their consistent methods of: (1) utilizing their data to better serve the students and staff, (2) teaching PBS to new students throughout the school year, (3) creative and engaging reward systems, (4) extending PBS throughout the campus and partnering with the community, and (5) including PBS into daily activities across all available teaching opportunities. PBS Model Schools have made a commitment to both PBS and to their schools and it shows!

Criteria for becoming a PBS Model School in Florida include all of the following:

  1. a high Benchmarks of Quality score indicating fidelity of SWPBS implementation,
  2. outcome data (Mid-Year and End-Year Reports) indicating progress,
  3. written recommendation from a District Coordinator and confirmation recommendation from FL PBS:RtIB Project staff,
  4. completed On-Line PBS Model School application & supporting documentation, and
  5. completed (1) On-Site PBS Walkthrough by a peer PBS Coach or District Coordinator supporting the BoQ score.

FL PBS:RtIB Project continues to acknowledge PBS Model Schools in Florida demonstrating the above criteria as Bronze, Silver, or Gold PBS Model Schools.

Bronze PBS Model Schools meet minimal criteria defined above.

Silver PBS Model Schools meet minimal criteria as stated in the Bronze level, demonstrate higher implementation fidelity, and supporting documentation provides evidence of at least one of the following: Office Discipline Referrals disaggregated by race, visibility strategies such as, community, parent, district, political support, and/or established funding supports beyond what FL PBS:RtIB Project provides.

Gold PBS Model Schools meet minimal criteria as stated in the Bronze and Silver levels, demonstrate the highest implementation fidelity, and supporting documentation provides evidence of visibility strategies, established funding supports across all tiers of Positive Behavior Support (Universal, Supplemental, and Intensive Tiers of support).

The Model School Application and Supporting Documentation should reflect the current school year (2008-2009) and demonstrate growth in PBS implementation across years by documenting and submitting new evidence of meeting specified criteria according to respective award level (i.e., Bronze, Silver or Gold). Be sure to share the strategies, activities, interventions, or practices that are helpful and used to implement PBS successfully in your school. In addition, it is important to share any barriers faced and how the team works through challenges to implementation.

*The number and size of documents allowed to be uploaded are limited to a maximum of 2MB per document and should be carefully considered prior to submitting The amount of time needed to successfully upload each document is dependent upon the size of each document and your computer system. Supporting documentation may include, but are not limited to:

  • Documents developed as part of a school’s product book
  • PowerPoint presentations
  • Photographs
  • Highlights from District Action Plans
  • Media coverage
  • Grant award letters
  • Documentation of family/community activities
  • Tier evaluation activities conducted beyond FLPBS:RtIB Project requirements
  • PBS school-based and/or Coaches’ meeting minutes
  • PBS school-based action plans and implementation plans
  • Announcements
  • Reports
  • School Improvement Plans
  • Dissemination of PBS information (how, to whom, when, why, etc.)
  • Documentation of fundraising events and outcomes
  • Data-based decision making indicating changes made to implementation (specifically what was altered, when, by whom and what was the outcome based upon data).  For example, if data are submitted, please provide an explanation/analysis as to how the team plans to address the results
  • Collaboration efforts with school-based personnel, other schools, district & state

The deadline for the 2008-2009 PBS Model School Application submission closed on July 15, 2009. Final announcements for the 2008-2009 PBS Model Schools will be made in late October.

On-site Walkthrough (Word Doc)

THE 91 PBS MODELSCHOOLS FOR 2007-2008 ARE THE FOLLOWING
(in alphabetical order by County):



Model Elementary Schools

District

School

Level

Bay

Cedar Grove Elementary

Silver

Charlotte

Liberty Elementary

Gold

Charlotte

Vineland Elementary

Silver

Citrus

Homosassa Elementary

Silver

Collier

Big Cypress Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Calusa Park Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Estates Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Golden Gate Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Golden Terrace Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Lake Park Elementary

Silver

Collier

Lake Trafford Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Laurel Oak Elementary

Gold

Collier

Lely Elementary

Silver

Collier

Osceola Elementary

Silver

Collier

Parkside Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Pelican Marsh Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Pinecrest Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Sabal Palm Elementary

Silver

Collier

Shadowlawn Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Tommie Barfield Elementary

Bronze

Collier

Veterans Memorial Elementary

Silver

Collier

Vineyards Elementary

Silver

Hillsborough

Hugo Schmidt Elementary

Bronze

Indian River

Beachland Elementary

Gold

Indian River

Pelican Island Elementary

Silver

Indian River

Sebastian Elementary

Bronze

Indian River

Vero Beach Elementary

Bronze

Lee

Rayma C. Page Elementary

Silver

Lee

Trafalgar Elementary

Bronze

Manatee

Orange Ridge Bullock School

Bronze

Martin

Jensen Beach Elementary

Gold

Martin

Julian D. Parker Elementary

Silver

Orange

Clarcona Elementary

Bronze

Orange

Orlo Vista Elementary

Silver

Orange

Sadler Elementary

Silver

Osceola

Central Ave Elementary

Silver

Osceola

Partin Settlement Elementary

Silver

Osceola

Thacker Ave Elementary

Silver

Pinellas

Doug Jamerson Elementary

Silver

Polk

Floral Ave Elementary

Silver

Polk

Hillcrest Elementary

Gold

Polk

Kathleen Elementary

Silver

Polk

Medulla Elementary

Silver

Polk

R. Bruce Wagner Elementary

Bronze

Polk

Wahneta Elementary

Bronze

Polk

Walter Cadwell Elementary

Bronze

Polk

Wendall Watson Elementary

Silver

Polk

Winston Elementary

Silver

Santa Rosa

Bennett C. Russell Elementary

Silver

Santa Rosa

Chumuckla Elementary

Gold

St. Johns

Crookshank Elementary

Bronze

St. Lucie

Bayshore Elementary

Bronze

St. Lucie

Floresta Elementary

Bronze

St. Lucie

Lakewood Park Elementary

Silver

St. Lucie

Lawnwood Elementary

Silver

St. Lucie

Mariposa Elementary

Silver

St. Lucie

Port St. Lucie Elementary

Silver

St. Lucie

Savanna Ridge Elementary

Silver

St. Lucie

Weatherbee Elementary

Silver

St. Lucie

Windmill Point Elementary

Gold

 
Model Middle Schools
 

Charlotte

Port Charlotte Middle

Bronze

Citrus

Citrus Springs Middle

Bronze

Collier

Cypress Palm Middle

Silver

Collier

Golden Gate Middle

Bronze

Dade

Howard A. Doolin Middle

Bronze

Dade

Palm Springs Middle

Bronze

Indian River

Sebastian River Middle

Silver

Lee

Diplomat Middle

Bronze

Levy

Bronson Middle

Silver

Orange

Conway Middle

Silver

Osceola

St. Cloud Middle

Silver

Pinellas

Kennedy Middle

Silver

Polk

McLaughlin Middle

Silver

St. Lucie

Forest Grove Middle

Bronze

St. Lucie

Southport Middle

Bronze

 
Model High Schools
 

Charlotte

Port Charlotte High

Bronze

Glades

Moore Haven Junior-Senior High

Bronze

Orange

Timber Creek High

Silver

Pinellas

Dixie Hollins High

Bronze

 
Model Alternative/Center Schools
 

Bay

Margaret K. Lewis

Silver

Bay

St. Andrew School

Silver

Citrus

CREST Center School

Silver

Dade

MacArthur South

Silver

Dade

Robert Renick Education Center

Bronze

Polk

Polk Life & Learning Center

Silver

Seminole

Hopper Center

Bronze

St. Lucie

Delaware Ave Alternative/Center

Gold

St. Lucie

Indian Hills Secondary

Gold

 
Model Other Schools
 

Lee

North Ft. Myers Academy for the Arts

Bronze

Osceola

Narcoosee Community School

Silver

Taylor

Taylor County CDC PreK

Gold

 
 
 
       
 
 
 
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