Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Vol. 41, No. 47

June 22, 2007

Conference Next Week

Schools to be Recognized for “Positive

Behavior Support” Efforts

Thirty-five Missouri schools will be recognized for effective practices at the second annual School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Summer Institute to begin Monday (June 25). The four-day meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Select-Executive Center, Columbia. More than 800 educators are expected to attend.

The institute is sponsored by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the University of Missouri-Columbia Center for Positive Behavior Supports. Training will be 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 are made up of administrators, counselors, and classroom and special education teachers. 

Keynote speakers will be Dr. George Sugai, professor of special education at the University of Connecticut, and Dr. Tim Lewis, associate dean of the special education department at the University of Missouri-Columbia.  

Heidi Atkins Lieberman, assistant commissioner for special education, will present the awards June 28 at 3 p.m. Each school will receive a certificate and banner. The schools and their awards are:

 

Bayless School District	Bayless Intermediate	Bronze
Ferguson-Florissant School District	Central Elementary Halls Ferry Elementary Lee Hamilton Elementary Wedgewood Elementary	Bronze Gold Silver Silver
Francis Howell School District	Saeger Middle	Bronze
Fredericktown School District	Fredricktown Intermediate	Bronze
Hazelwood School District	Armstrong Elementary	Bronze
Kansas City School District	Della Lamb Charter	Bronze
Kirksville School District	Kirksville Primary Ray Miller Elementary	Silver Bronze
Kirkwood School District	Kirkwood Early Childhood Center Tillman Elementary Westchester Elementary	Gold Gold Gold
Lebanon School District	Esther Elementary Hillcrest Accelerated Maplecrest Elementary	Bronze Bronze Bronze
Montgomery Co. School District	Bellflower Elementary Jonesburg Elementary Montgomery City Elementary Montgomery County R-II Middle	Bronze Bronze Silver Bronze
New Madrid Co. School District	New Madrid Central Middle	Bronze
North Kansas City School District	Chouteau Elementary	Bronze
Ritenour School District	Buder Elementary Hoech Middle Iveland Elementary Ritenour Middle	Bronze Bronze Bronze Silver
Rockwood School District	Ballwin Elementary	Gold
Rolla School District	Mark Twain Elementary Truman Elementary Wyman Elementary	Bronze Bronze Bronze
University City School District	Jackson Park Elementary	Silver
Waynesville School District	Freedom Elementary	Bronze
St. Louis Public Schools	Farragut Elementary Mullanphy Elementary	Bronze Bronze

                                                            

For more information, contact: Julia LePage, interim director, Special Education Effective Practices Section
(573-751-0625)