Guide to Education Acronyms: Back-To-School Countdown (Day 28)

Teachers in the Hillsborough County School District go back to school Aug. 15 to prepare for the first day of classes, Aug. 23.

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If you work for the Hillsborough County School District you see a lot of acronyms, but they're prevalent, too, in the schedules, report cards, assessments and other paperwork that flows through to the home from the district, school, teacher and student.

Keep this glossary of acronyms handy as you work with, learn through and read about the nation's eighth-largest public school district. Some acronyms, and their related topics, are global in use; others, specific to Hillsborough.

Reading through this list (which is not complete, by the way!) helps to shed light, too, both on the wide range of services offered and the myriad of laws, rules, regulations and accountability measures under which the school system operates. Noted, too, are groups and organizations affiliated with the business of schooling.

A/E Agreement to Earn ADA Americans with Disabilities Act ADAPT A Developmental Activities Project Team ADD Attention Deficit Disorder AFT American Federation of Teachers AGP Academically Gifted Program AIS Academic Intervention Specialist AP Assistant Principal AP Advanced Placement exam APESE Alternative Placement for Exceptional Student Education ATOSS Alternative to Out-Of-School Suspension ATP Alternate Teacher Preparation Program AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination  BTP Beginning Teacher Program CAC Citizen Advisory Committee CEC Council for Exceptional Children CIS Curriculum Intervention Specialist COMP ED Comprehensive Education CSR Class Size Reduction CTA Classroom Teachers Association CTBS Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills DACCO Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordination Office DCT Diversified Corporative Training DEES Department of Education for Exceptional Students DJJ Department of Juvenile Justice DOE Department of Education DOSS Department of Student Services DP Data Processing D-PHR Division of Personnel and Human Resources DWP Developmental Writing Program EBD Emotional Behavior Disorder ECIA Education Consolidation Improvement Act ECLC Early Childhood Learning Center EELP Early Exceptional Learning Program EH Emotionally Handicapped ELL English Language Learners ELP Early Learning Program EMH Educable Mentally Handicapped EPC Education Practices Commission ESC Education Standards Commission ESE Exceptional Student Education ("Special Education") ESL English as a Second Language ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages FAC Florida Administrastive Code FDLRS Florida Diagnostic Learning Resource System FEA Florida Education Association FEFP Florida Education Finance Program FELE Florida Educational Leadership Exam FEN Florida Educational Negotiators FHSAA Florida High School Activities Association FIRN Florida Information Resource Network FLRS Florida Labor Relations Services FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act FMHI Florida Mental Health Institute FMLA Family Medical Leave Act FPMS Florida Performance Measurement System FSBA Florida School Board Association FTCE Florida Teacher Certification Exam FTE Full-Time Equivalency FTP-NEA Florida Teaching Profession-National Education Association GPA Grade-Point Average HARC Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens HASA Hillsborough Association of School Administrators HCAEOP Hillsborough County Association of Educational Office Personnel HCTAA Hillsborough Technical Career Adult Association HI Hearing Impaired HMO Health Maintenance Organization HRS Health and Rehabilitative Services HSEF Hillsborough School Employees Federation IB International Baccalaureate IDEAS Instructional Division Electronic Access System  ILAP Intensive Learning Alternative Program INS Immigration and Naturalization Service IPS Introductory Physical Science ISS In-school suspension KELP Kindergarten Exceptional Learning Program LAMS Language Assessment Management System LEP Limited English Proficiency LIFT Laboratory for Individualized Foundation Teaching NAEN National Association of Educational Negotiators NIE Newspapers in Education NYC Neighborhood Youth Corps OF Out of Field OSS Out-of School Suspension OTETA Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act PALS Program for Assistant in Laboratory Science PARA Paraprofessional PEP Personalized Education Program PERC Public Employees Relations Commission PH Physically Handicapped PI Physically Impaired PREP Primary Education Program PRIME Progress in Middle Childhood Education Program PSAT Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test PTA Parent and Teachers Association RAISE (Bill) Raising Achievement in Secondary Education RIF Reading is Fundamental ROSSAC Raymond O. Shelton School Administrative Center S/PMH Severe/Profound Mentally Handicapped SAC (2) School Advisory Committee SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test SBER State Board of Education Rules SBR State Board Rules SDHC School District of Hillsborough County  SED Severely Emotionally Disturbed  SERVE School Enrichment Resource Volunteers SIP School Improvement Plan SIT School Improvement Team SLD Specific Learning Disability SLH Speech Language Hearing SPMH Severe/Profound Mentally Handicapped SSAT State Student Assessment Test STAT Student Teacher Assistant Team TEC Teacher Education Council TMH Trainable Mentally Handicapped TMI Tampa Marine Institute VE Varying Exceptionalities VI Visually Impaired WFTE Weighted Full-Time Equivalency YAC Youth Achievement Center (at the University of South Florida) Source: Hillsborough County School District

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ABOUT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL COUNTDOWN:

This is the 28th posting in a 41-day effort that counts down the days before the opening bell of the 2011-12 school year for the Hillsborough County School District.

Previously posted:

• Back-To-School Countdown (Day 15) — Education Quotes To Consider
• Back-To-School Countdown (Day 16) — Sizer on Adolescence
• Back-To-School Countdown (Day 17) — Bully Prevention and Reporting
• Back-To-School Countdown (Day 25) — School Assignment, Choice in Hillsborough County