Arbor School is a registered 501(3)c organization.
EIN# 27-3092011
Florida Division of Consumer Services Registration # CH35394
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2016-2017 Independent Auditor's Report
2017-2018 Independent Auditor's Report
2018-2019 Independent Auditor's Report
All teaching staff at Arbor School Florida hold Teacher Certificates, a 4 year degree, and/or extensive experience in their field.
The Arbor School admits students of any race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
If you feel that you have witnessed misconduct by a staff person and wish to report it, please click here.
Updated 7-7-16
Training Requirement:
All instructional personnel and administrators are required as a condition of employment to complete training on these standards of ethical conduct.
In compliance with the Florida Department of Education, the following Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida will be enforced as the minimum standard policies for all Educational (certified and non-certified), Therapeutic, and Support Staff of Arbor School.
Any employee of Arbor School found not to be in compliance with these policies and procedures will face disciplinary action and possible termination.
6B-1.006 Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida. ____________________________________
6B-1.001 Code of Ethics of the Education Profession in Florida.
6B-1.006 Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida.
Specific Authority 229.053(1), 231.546(2)(b) FS. Law Implemented 231.546(2), 231.28 FS. History - New 7-6-82, Amended 12-20-83, Formerly 6B-1.06, Amended 8-10-92, 12-29-98.
Additionally the following policies will be followed:
Duty to report
Employees of Arbor School have the duty to report any employee’s or administrator’s alleged misconduct that affects the health, safety, or welfare of a student. The following steps will be taken to ensure this duty.
Non-confidentiality of dismissed personnel
Any Educational, Therapeutic, and support staff who is dismissed due to non-compliance with any policy will not be afforded confidentiality with any reference request. Arbor School will disclose the nature of the misconduct in addition to the penalty rendered.
Furthermore Florida State Statute protects the employer and grants immunity from liability when information regarding a former employee is disclosed. The Statute reads as follows:
768.095 Employer immunity from liability; disclosure of information regarding former or current employees.—An employer who discloses information about a former or current employee to a prospective employer of the former or current employee upon request of the prospective employer or of the former or current employee is immune from civil liability for such disclosure or its consequences unless it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that the information disclosed by the former or current employer was knowingly false or violated any civil right of the former or current employee protected under chapter 760.
Reporting Child Abuse
Section 1006.061(1), Florida Statutes requires each district school, charter school and private school that accepts scholarship students under section 220.187 or section 1002.39 to post in a prominent place a notice that pursuant to chapter 39 all employees and agents of the district school board, charter school or private school have an affirmative duty to report all actual or suspected cases of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
Dial 1-800-96-ABUSE Report it online at: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/abuse/report/
For signs and patterns of abuse, see attached Notice of Requirement to Report Abuse. This Notice is also posted in the kitchen of the school.
Explanation of the employee liability protections
Per Florida Statutes any employee who reports child abuse is protected as follows:
39.203 Immunity from liability in cases of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.--
(1)(a) Any person, official, or institution participating in good faith in any act authorized or required by this chapter, or reporting in good faith any instance of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect to the department or any law enforcement agency, shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability which might otherwise result by reason of such action.
(b) Except as provided in this chapter, nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to grant immunity, civil or criminal, to any person suspected of having abused, abandoned, or neglected a child, or committed any illegal act upon or against a child.
(2)(a) No resident or employee of a facility serving children may be subjected to reprisal or discharge because of his or her actions in reporting abuse, abandonment, or neglect pursuant to the requirements of this section.
(b) Any person making a report under this section shall have a civil cause of action for appropriate compensatory and punitive damages against any person who causes detrimental changes in the employment status of such reporting party by reason of his or her making such report. Any detrimental change made in the residency or employment status of such person, including, but not limited to, discharge, termination, demotion, transfer, or reduction in pay or benefits or work privileges, or negative evaluations within a prescribed period of time shall establish a rebuttable presumption that such action was retaliatory.
This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Arbor School of Central Florida (the "Company") collects, uses, maintains and discloses (or refrains from disclosing) information collected from users of this Web site (the "Users"). Please note that this Web site is not directed at individuals under the age of 18. If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Privacy
Our users’ privacy is very important to us, and we are committed to safeguarding the information Users entrust to Arbor School of Central Florida. It is the policy of Arbor School of Central Florida not to share, publish or distribute any nonpublic information shared with us via the site to third parties without the express permission of the User. Arbor School of Central Florida utilizes the latest SSL encryption technologies to ensure that our Users information is always kept private and secure during use of arborschoolflorida.com website.
The Information We Collect
Arbor School of Central Florida may collect nonpublic personal information from User in a variety of ways, including online forms for ordering products and services, and other instances where Users are invited to volunteer such information. The type of information we collect from consumers includes, but is not limited to: First Name, Last Name, Street Address, City, State or Province, Zip Code, Daytime, Evening and Mobile Phone Numbers, Best Time To Call and Email Address. Arbor School of Central Florida may also collect information about how Users use our Web site, for example, by tracking the number of unique views received by the pages of the Web site or the domains from which Users originate.
We may use "cookies" to track how Users use our Web site. A cookie is a piece of software that a Web server can store on the Users' personal computer and use to identify the Users should they visit the Web site again. While not all of the information that we collect from Users is nonpublic personal information, it may be associated with nonpublic personal information that Users provide us through our Web site.
Use Of IP Addresses
An IP (Internet Protocol) address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. Your IP address does not contain any nonpublic personal information about you. Arbor School of Central Florida collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration, security and the generation of marketing analytics.
How We Use Information
Arbor School of Central Florida collects nonpublic personal information from its Users in order to build usage and conversion profiles on prospective clients and in order to provide the best products, services and support possible to our existing customer base. Arbor School of Central Florida uses information Users provide to keep in touch via opted-in informational emails and social media announcements.
Disclosure of Information to Nonaffiliated Third Parties
It is our policy not to disclose nonpublic personal information about our Users to any third party organizations.
Consent to Receive Privacy Notice and Opt Out Notice Via this Web Site
Arbor School of Central Florida may, from time to time, update or modify the terms of this Privacy Policy. Whenever any changes occur, we will notify you either by prominent display on the site, or via email. If you choose not to be informed of such changes, you may opt out of this and any other email communications by using our Unsubscribe Form.
Maintenance of Information & Security
Information about Users that is maintained on our systems is protected using industry-standard security measures that include (but are not limited to) mechanisms put in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. All data is protected using the most advanced security methods available, including both hardware, software and encryption technologies. Arbor School of Central Florida does not store financial information, credit card numbers or personal financial information on this Web Site. While no system can ever be considered 100% secure due to the changing nature of the Internet, the complexity of computer networks and cyber criminal activity, Arbor School of Central Florida makes every reasonable effort to maintain the highest security standards in maintaining its web assets. If you have any questions regarding security, or any other aspect of this Privacy Policy, please reach out to us using this form.
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Arbor School participates in the John McKay Scholarship and Gardiner Scholarship programs. For more information, click here.