Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support (SW-PBS) is a proactive approach to put behavioral/social skills strategies in place for all students while also building in support for those at risk for and/or those who receive special education services.

Exemplar Schools

Purpose

"The purpose of the MO SW-PBS school recognitions is two-fold.  First, reviewing the criteria affords schools and districts the opportunity to accurately self-reflect on their progress implementing and sustaining SW-PBS.  Second, it affords the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education an opportunity to recognize those schools that have met the criteria in appreciation of their progress.


The bar is purposefully set high for a school to achieve any one of these criteria. Typically, it is a two to four year process for a school to achieve bronze, a three to six year process to achieve silver, and a five to eight year process to achieve gold. The number of years it takes to achieve each is lengthy because it involves true systems change, sustaining that change each year, and implementing processes to support students and staff across multiple indicators at all three tiers of prevention and intervention.  Some of the state’s most successful schools have taken a year to prepare and plan with their staff before implementing directly with students."

~Excerpted from a letter to MO SW-PBS schools, August 13, 2009  MS Word Document signed by Stan Johnson, Assistant Commissioner, Division of School Improvement; Heidi Atkins Lieberman, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Special Education; and Tom Quinn, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Career Education

Criteria and Application for 2011-2012 School Year

2012 Exemplar Schools

Two hundred and sixty-six Missouri schools will be recognized for effective practices at the seventh annual Missouri School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Summer Institute - All Systems Go for Staff & Student Success beginning June 18, 2012. The 7th Annual Missouri SW-PBS Summer Institute will be held at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, Missouri. More than 1,100 educators will attend the training. Press notice from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 

The institute is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the University of Missouri Center for Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports. Training was provided to school district personnel on strategies to use with students for prevention and intervention of problem behavior and maintenance of positive behavior. District teams were made up of administrators, counselors, and classroom and special education teachers.

Exemplar Schools from 2007

Exemplar Schools from 2008

Exemplar Schools from 2009

Exemplar Schools from 2010

Exemplar Schools from 2011

MO SW-PBS provides a link to websites of individual exemplar schools if they include information related to their implementation of SW-PBS.   The content of the individual websites is at the discretion of the schools creating them.

Southeast — Cape Girardeau

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Cape Girardeau 63 Clippard Elementary 02-Bronze
Chaffee R-II Chaffee Elementary 02-Bronze
Crystal City 47 Crystal City Elementary 02-Bronze
Dexter R-XI Southwest Elementary 02-Bronze
Doniphan R-1 Doniphan Middle 02-Bronze
Hayti RII Mathis Elementary 02-Bronze
North St. Francis CO. R-I North County Middle 7-8 02-Bronze
North St. Francis CO. R-I North County Primary 02-Bronze
Perry CO. 32 Perryville Elementary 02-Bronze
Poplar Bluff Shady Grove State School 02-Bronze
Poplar Bluff R-1 Eugene Field Elementary 02-Bronze
Sikeston New Dawn State School 02-Bronze
Sikeston Sikeston 5th & 6th Grade Center 02-Bronze
Sikeston Sikeston 7th & 8th Grade Center 02-Bronze
Sikeston Sikeston Alternative School 02-Bronze
State Schools for Severely Handicapped Parkview State School 02-Bronze
West St. Francois Co. R-iV W. County Elementary 02-Bronze
Fredericktown  R-I Fredericktown Elementary 03-Silver
Fredericktown  R-I Fredericktown Intermediate 03-Silver
Jackson R-II West Lane Elementary 03-Silver

Heart of Missouri - Columbia

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Camdenton R-III Dogwood Elementary 02-Bronze
Camdenton R-III Hawthorn Elementary 02-Bronze
Columbia 93 Mary Paxton-Keeley Elementary 02-Bronze
Columbia 93 Mill Creek Elementary 02-Bronze
Columbia 93 New Haven Elementary 02-Bronze
Columbia 93 Quest 02-Bronze
Columbia 93 Russell Boulevard Elementary 02-Bronze
Community R-VI Community Elementary 02-Bronze
Fulton 58 McIntire Elementary 02-Bronze
Jefferson City Belair Elementary 02-Bronze
Mexico 59 Hawthorne Elementary 02-Bronze
Moberly Moberly Middle School 02-Bronze
Moberly NCRMS/NCRS 02-Bronze
North Callaway R-I Williamsburg Elementary 02-Bronze
Northeast Randolph Co. R-IV Northeast Elem 02-Bronze
Osage County R-I Osage County Elementary 02-Bronze
Southern Boone CO. R-I Southern Boone High School 02-Bronze
Troy R-III 9TH Grade Center 02-Bronze
Westran R-I Westran Elementary 02-Bronze
Westran R-I Westran High School 02-Bronze
Westran R-I Westran Middle School 02-Bronze
Winfield R-IV Winfield High School 02-Bronze
Columbia 93 Rock Bridge Elementary 03-Silver
Fulton 58 Bartley Elementary 03-Silver
Fulton 58 Bush Elementary 03-Silver
Moberly Gratz Brown Elementary 03-Silver
Moberly North Park Elementary 03-Silver
Moberly South Park Elementary 03-Silver
Montgomery CO. R-II Jonesburg Elementary 03-Silver
Montgomery CO. R-II Montgomery City Elementary 03-Silver
Montgomery CO. R-II Montgomery Middle School 03-Silver
Southern Boone CO. R-I Southern Boone 3-5 Elementary 03-Silver
Southern Boone CO. R-I Southern Boone K-2 Primary 03-Silver
Southern Boone CO. R-I Southern Boone Middle School 03-Silver
Van-Far R-I Van-Far Elementary 03-Silver
Warren CO. R-III Daniel Boone Elementary 03-Silver
Warren CO. R-III Rebecca Boone Elementary 03-Silver
Warren CO. R-III Warrior Ridge Elementary 03-Silver
Winfield R-IV Winfield Intermediate 03-Silver
Winfield R-IV Winfield Middle School 03-Silver
Winfield R-IV Winfield Primary 03-Silver

Kansas City

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Belton 124 Gladden Elementary 02-Bronze
Excelsior Springs Excelsior Springs High School 02-Bronze
Kansas City 33 Faxon Elementary 02-Bronze
Kansas City 33 Garfield Elementary 02-Bronze
Kansas City 33 J. A. Rogers 02-Bronze
Kansas City 33 John T. Hartman Elementary 02-Bronze
Kansas City 33 Phillis Wheatley Elementary 02-Bronze
Kansas City 33 Troost Elementary 02-Bronze
Kansas City 33 Wendell Phillips 02-Bronze
Kansas City 33 Whittier Elementary 02-Bronze
North KC 74 Antioch Middle 02-Bronze
North KC 74 Crestview Elementary 02-Bronze
North KC 74 Davidson Elementary 02-Bronze
North KC 74 Eastgate Middle 02-Bronze
North KC 74 Gashland Elementary 02-Bronze
North KC 74 Maple Park Middle 02-Bronze
North KC 74 Oakwood Manor Elem 02-Bronze
State Schools for Severely Handicapped BW Sheperd 02-Bronze
State Schools for Severely Handicapped Helen Davis School 02-Bronze
Excelsior Springs Elkhorn Elementary 03-Silver
Excelsior Springs Excelsior Middle School 03-Silver
Excelsior Springs Lewis Elementary 03-Silver
Excelsior Springs Westview Elementary 03-Silver
North KC 74 Gracemor Elementary 03-Silver

Northeast - Kirksville

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Adair Co. R-1 Adair Co. Elementary 02-Bronze
Adair Co. R-1 Adair Co. High School 02-Bronze
Hannibal 60 A.D. Stowell Elementary 02-Bronze
Hannibal 60 Eugene Field Elem. Pk-5 02-Bronze
Hannibal 60 Mark Twain Elementary 02-Bronze
Lewis Co. C-I Highland Elementary 02-Bronze
Milan C-2 Milan Elementary 02-Bronze
Milan C-2 Milan High School 02-Bronze
Milan C-2 Milan Middle School 02-Bronze
Ralls Co. R-II Mark Twain Jr High 02-Bronze
Schuyler Co. R-1 Schuyler Co. Elementary 02-Bronze
Kirksville R-III Kirksville Preschool 03-Silver
Kirksville R-III Ray Miller Elementary 03-Silver
Marceline R-V Walt Disney Elementary 03-Silver
Kirksville R-III Kirksville Primary 04-Gold

Northwest - Maryville

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Clinton Co. R-3 Ellis Elementary 02-Bronze
Hamilton R-II Hamilton Elementary 02-Bronze
Mound City R-II Mound City Elementary 02-Bronze
Mound City R-II Mound City High 02-Bronze
Mound City R-II Mound City Middle 02-Bronze
St. Joseph Coleman Elementary School 02-Bronze
St. Joseph Colgan Alt. Resource Ctr. 02-Bronze
St. Joseph Pickett Elementary School 02-Bronze
Trenton R -IX Rissler Elementary 02-Bronze
Tri-County R-VII Tri-County Elementary 02-Bronze
West Nodaway Co. R-I West Nodaway Elementary 02-Bronze

South Central - Rolla

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Crawford Co. R-I Bourbon Middle 02-Bronze
Crocker Crocker High School 02-Bronze
Dixon R-I Dixon Middle 02-Bronze
Kingston K-14 Kingston Elementary 02-Bronze
Kingston K-14 Kingston Primary 02-Bronze
Meramec Valley R-III Meramec Valley Middle 02-Bronze
Meramec Valley R-III Truman Elementary 02-Bronze
North Wood R-IV North Wood Elementary 02-Bronze
Rolla 31 Rolla Junior High School 02-Bronze
Salem R-80 William Lynch Elementary 02-Bronze
St. Clair R - XIII Edgar Murray Elementary 02-Bronze
St. Clair R - XIII St. Clair Elementary 02-Bronze
Washington Clearview Elementary 02-Bronze
West Plains R-VII West Plains Elementary 02-Bronze
Willow Springs R-IV Willow Springs Elementary 02-Bronze
Crawford Co. R-II Cuba Middle School 03-Silver
Dixon R-I Dixon Elementary 03-Silver
Kingston K-14 Kingston High 03-Silver
Kingston K-14 Kingston Middle 03-Silver
Lebanon R-III Boswell Elementary 03-Silver
Lebanon R-III Hillcrest Elementary 03-Silver
Raymondville R-VII Raymondville Elementary 03-Silver
Rolla 31 Rolla Senior High School 03-Silver
Waynesville R-VI East Elementary 03-Silver
Waynesville R-VI Freedom Elementary 03-Silver
Waynesville R-VI Partridge Elementary 03-Silver
Waynesville R-VI Thayer Elementary 03-Silver
Waynesville R-VI Wood Elementary 03-Silver
Lebanon R-III Esther Elementary 04- Gold
Lebanon R-III Lebanon High School 04- Gold
Lebanon R-III Maplecrest Elementary 04- Gold
Rolla 31 Wyman Elementary 04- Gold

Southwest - Springfield

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Branson R-IV Branson Primary 02-Bronze
Carl Junction R-I Carl Junction Intermediate 02-Bronze
Bolivar R-I Bolivar Intermediate 02-Bronze
El Dorado Springs R-II El Dorado Springs Elementary 02-Bronze
Hollister R-V Hollister Early Childhood Center 02-Bronze
Humansville R-IV Humansville Elementary 02-Bronze
Jasper Co. R-V Jasper Co. Elementary 02-Bronze
Jasper Co. R-V Jasper Co. High School 02-Bronze
Joplin R-VIII Joplin Emerson Elementary 02-Bronze
Joplin R-VIII Joplin McKinley Elementary 02-Bronze
Joplin R-VIII Joplin Kelsey Norman Elementary 02-Bronze
Laclede Co. R-I Laclede Co. Conway Ezard Elementary 02-Bronze
Lamar R-I Lamar East Elementary 02-Bronze
Lutie R-VI Lutie Elementary 02-Bronze
Lutie R-VI Lutie High School 02-Bronze
Monett R-I Monett Elementary 02-Bronze
Neosho R-V Neosho Benton Elementary 02-Bronze
Neosho R-V Neosho Carver Elementary 02-Bronze
Neosho R-V Neosho Junior High 02-Bronze
Neosho R-V Neosho Middle School 02-Bronze
Nixa R-II Nixa Century Elementary 02-Bronze
Ozark R-VI Ozark Upper Elementary 02-Bronze
Pierce City R-VI Pierce City Central Elementary 02-Bronze
Skyline R-II Skyline Elementary 02-Bronze
Walnut Grove R-V Walnut Grove Elementary 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City Bess Truman Primary 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City Carterville Elementary 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City Eugene Field Elementary 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City Harry S Truman Elementary 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City Junior High 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City Madge T James K. Center 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City Mark Twain Elementary 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City Middle School 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City High School 02-Bronze
Webb City R-VII Webb City Webster Primary 02-Bronze
Cassville R-IV Cassville Elementary 03-Silver
Cassville R-IV Cassville Intermediate 03-Silver
Golden City R-III Golden City Elementary 03-Silver
Hollister R-V Hollister Elementary 03-Silver
Hollister R-V Hollister High School 03-Silver
Marshfield R-2 Marshfield Webster Elementary 03-Silver
Mountain Grove R-III Mountain Grove Elementary 03-Silver
Nixa R-II Nixa Mathews Elementary 03-Silver
Nixa R-II Nixa Summit Intermediate School 03-Silver
Ozark R-VI Ozark North Elementary 03-Silver
Reeds Spring R-IV Reeds Spring Middle School 03-Silver
Southwest R-V Southwest Middle 03-Silver
Springfield R-VII Springfield Portland Elementary 03-Silver
Springfield R-VII Springfield Sunshine Elementary 03-Silver
Strafford R-VI Strafford Middle 03-Silver
Carl Junction R-I Carl Junction Primary 04- Gold
Joplin R-VIII Joplin Beacon Alternative 04- Gold
Lamar R-I Lamar West Elementary 04- Gold
Strafford R-VI Strafford Elementary 04- Gold

Consolidated School District — St. Louis

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Festus Festus Elementary 02-Bronze
Francis Howell R-III Henderson Elementary 02-Bronze
Hillsboro R-III Hillsboro Primary 02-Bronze
Sunrise R-IX Sunrise Elementary 02-Bronze
Windsor C-1 Freer Elementary 02-Bronze
Windsor C-1 Windsor Intermediate 02-Bronze
Francis Howell R-III Becky-David Elementary 03-Silver
Francis Howell R-III Hollenbeck Middle School 03-Silver
Windsor C-1 Windsor Elementary 03-Silver
Francis Howell R-III Saeger Middle School 04- Gold

Central - Warrensburg

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Henry CO. R-1 Windsor High School 02-Bronze
Midway R-1 Midway Elementary 02-Bronze

Special School District — St. Louis

District Name School Name Recognition Level
Bayless Bayless Intermediate 02-Bronze
Ferguson Florissant R-II Cross Keys Middle School 02-Bronze
Ferguson Florissant R-II Griffith Elementary 02-Bronze
Ferguson Florissant R-II McCluer High School 02-Bronze
Ferguson Florissant R-II McCluer South-Berkley High School 02-Bronze
Ferguson Florissant R-II Vogt Elementary 02-Bronze
Ferguson Florissant R-II Wedgwood Elementary 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Garrett Elementary 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Hazelwood Central High School 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Hazelwood Early Childhood Education Centers 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Hazelwood East Middle School 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Hazelwood North Middle School 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Hazelwood Northwest Middle School 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Hazelwood Southeast Middle School 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Jana Elementary 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Keevan Elementary 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Lusher Elementary 02-Bronze
Hazelwood McCurdy Elementary 02-Bronze
Hazelwood McNair Elementary 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Townsend Elementary 02-Bronze
Hazelwood Walker Elementary 02-Bronze
Mehlville R-IX Beasley Elementary 02-Bronze
Mehlville R-IX Bernard Middle School 02-Bronze
Mehlville R-IX Blades Elementary 02-Bronze
Mehlville R-IX Point Elementary 02-Bronze
Parkway C-2 Mason Ridge Elementary 02-Bronze
Pattonville R-III Parkwood Elementary 02-Bronze
Pattonville R-III Willow Brook Elementary 02-Bronze
Ritenour Ritenour Middle School 02-Bronze
Special School District St. Louis Co. Northview High School 02-Bronze
University City Barbara C. Jordan Elementary 02-Bronze
University City Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Center 02-Bronze
Webster Groves Avery Elementary 02-Bronze
Webster Groves Bristol Elementary 02-Bronze
Webster Groves Computer School/Steger 6th Grade Center 02-Bronze
Webster Groves Hixson Middle School 02-Bronze
Webster Groves Hudson Elementary 02-Bronze
Bayless Bayless Elementary 03-Silver
Ferguson Florissant R-II Combs Elementary 03-Silver
Ferguson Florissant R-II Cool Valley Elementary 03-Silver
Hazelwood Arrowpoint Elementary 03-Silver
Hazelwood Barrington Elementary 03-Silver
Hazelwood Lawson Elementary 03-Silver
Ritenour Iveland Elementary 03-Silver
Ritenour Wyland Elementary 03-Silver
Rockwood R-VI Rockwood ECC 03-Silver
Pattonville R-III Pattonville Early Childhood Center 03-Silver
Webster Groves Webster Groves High School 03-Silver
Ferguson Florissant R-II Central Elementary 04- Gold
Ferguson Florissant R-II Halls Ferry Elementary 04- Gold
Hancock Place Hancock Place Middle School 04- Gold
Hazelwood Hazelwood West Middle School 04- Gold
Kirkwood R-VII Kirkwood Early Childhood Center 04- Gold
Kirkwood R-VII Westchester Elementary 04- Gold
Mehlville R-IX Melville Early Childhood Learning Center 04- Gold
Mehlville R-IX Oakville Middle School 04- Gold
Ritenour Marvin Elementary 04- Gold
Special School District St. Louis Co. Hiram Neuwoehner School 04- Gold

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