California PBIS Coalition Recognizes Orange County Playworks Schools

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Congratulations Playworks Southern California partners on receiving statewide recognition from the California PBIS Coalition!

Playworks is proud to have partnered with a special group of 2016-17 California Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Coalition Coalition Implementation Award winners who extended PBIS to the playground by creating a safe, inclusive environment for all students to participate in a physically active recess period.

PBIS is a framework or approach for assisting school personnel in adopting and organizing evidence-based behavioral interventions to enhance academic and social behavior outcomes. It emphasizes that student management and preventive school discipline be integrated into a positive and safe school climate.

 

 

Congratulations to Our Partners:


Platinum  Award Winner

Santa Ana Unified School District

  • John Adams Elementary (Santa Ana Unified School District)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Award Winners

Santa Ana Unified School District

  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary
  • Diamond Elementary
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary
  • Fremont Elementary
  • Garfield Elementary
  • George Washington Carver
  • Heroes Elementary
  • John F. Kennedy Elementary
  • John Muir Fundamental School
  • Manuel Esqueda Elementary
  • Martin Elementary
  • Martin R. Heninger Elementary
  • Monte Vista Elementary
  • Washington Elementary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Award Winners

Irvine Unified School District

  • University Park Elementary

Santa Ana Unified School District

  • Lydia Romero-Cruz Elementary
  • Santiago Elementary
  • Woodrow Wilson Elementary

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