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For anyone new to a school district, understanding the lingo (particularly the shorthand) can be a bit daunting. While this is not an exhaustive list, we have compiled a list of acronyms commonly used around the district. If you don't see what you are looking for, send us a ticket and we'll find the right definition and post it here. If you see anything that is inaccurate or needs a bit more clarification, send that on to use as well and we'll be happy to update it. |
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| Acronym | What it stands for (click link for more info) | Other notes | Category | |
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| 190 | Form number for Discipline Referral | No longer in use - Behavior Referral module in Infinite Campus has replaced this form. | Behavior | |
| 3GRG | 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee | Ohio's Third Grade Reading Guarantee is a program to identify students from kindergarten through grade 3 that are behind in reading. Information on how we record this information in Infinite Campus can be found here. | Academics | |
| 504 | 504 plan | Refers to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, which specifies that no one with a disability can be excluded from participating in federally funded programs or activities, including elementary, secondary or postsecondary schooling. | Academics | |
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| AA | Alternative Alternate Assessment | Used for students with cognitive disabilities who are exempt from Statewide Testing | Testing | |
| ABC | Association Building Council | (½ elected and ½ appointed every year) | ||
| ACT | American College Test | College entrance test | Testing | |
| ACTR | Attendance Change Tracking Report | Report that shows all attendance transactions in Infinite Campus | ||
| ADA | Average Daily Attendance | number of days a student is present | ||
| ADM | Average Daily Membership | number of days a student is expected to be at school, based on date of enrollment | ||
| AIR | American Institutes for Research | Produces tests for social studies, math, English, and science | Testing | |
| AP | Advanced Placement | The Advanced Placement Program® (AP) enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The program consists of college-level courses developed by the AP Program that high schools can choose to offer, and corresponding exams that are administered once a year. | ||
| ASCA | American School Counselor Association | The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) supports school counselors' efforts to help students focus on academic, career and social/emotional development so they achieve success in school and are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society. ASCA provides professional development, publications and other resources, research and advocacy to school counselors around the globe. | ||
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| BAA | Behavior / Attendance Audit Report | The Behavior Attendance Audit report in Infinite Campus identifies students who have behavior resolutions not linked to an entry in their attendance record, attendance codes not linked to a behavior resolution type or errors/conflicts in the date and time fields of the resolutions. | ||
| BBBS | Big Brothers Big Sisters | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio is all about mentoring! We match caring volunteers with kids facing adversity to provide professionally-supported, structured mentoring relationships that have a measurable positive impact on our youth, our mentors and our community. | ||
| BCMH | Bureau of Children with Medical Handicaps | Health | ||
| BIP | Behavior Intervention Plan | SPED | ||
| BLT | Building Leadership Team | |||
| BOE | Board of Education | Columbus City Schools Board of Education | ||
| BOY | Beginning of the Year | Often used in reference to testing periods | Testing | |
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| CARE | Crisis And Response Emergency team | school based response team activated by Incident Commander/building principal, led by school counselor; assists with accountability, providing emotional support and aftermath procedures during a crisis. | ||
| CAHS | Columbus Alternative High School | |||
| CCP | College Credit Plus | College Credit Plus is Ohio’s dual enrollment program that provides students in grades 7-12 the opportunity to earn college and high school credits at the same time by taking courses from Ohio colleges or universities. | ||
| CCRC | Career & Community Resource Coordinator | |||
| CCS | Columbus City Schools | Columbus City Schools, established in 1845, is Ohio’s largest school district, serving the needs of more than 51,000 students in 109 schools. | ||
| CCSDAS | Columbus City Schools Distributed Application Services | Portal for custom CCS applications built to manage internal processes and workflows. | ||
| CD | Cognitive Disability | SPED | ||
| CEA | Columbus Education Association | The Columbus Education Association developed from two organizations: The Women’s Teachers’ Association and the Columbus Men’s Teachers’ Alliance, both formed in the late 1800s. In April of 1925, the organizations merged and became the Columbus Teacher Federation, then became the Columbus Education Association in June of 1951. The organization’s name deliberately reflected its close association with OEA and NEA | ||
| CEC | Central Enrollment Center | Located at 430 Cleveland Avenue - for student enrollment | ||
| CEC | Columbus Education Center | Also known as Central Office; 270 E. State Street, Columbus, OH 43215 | ||
| CEU | Continuing Education Unit | A continuing education unit (CEU) or continuing education credit (CEC) is a measure used in continuing education programs to assist the professional to maintain his or her license in their profession. | ||
| CHAMPs | Conversation, Help, Activity, Movement, Participation, Success | PBIS Positive Classroom Management | ||
| CHIP | Children's Health Insurance Program | Health | ||
| CHIP | Columbus Hearing Impaired Program | Columbus City Schools is able to offer a variety of services to meet the needs of over 220 central Ohio students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing from preschool through twelfth grade. CHIP is a one-of-a-kind program in Columbus. | ||
| COGAT | COGnative COGnitive Abilities Test | group administered cognitive abilities test | Testing | |
| COHAT | Children's Oral Health ActionTeam | Health | ||
| CTE | Career Technical Education | |||
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| DAW | Dispense As Written | Health | ||
| DD | Developmentally Delayed/Disabled | |||
| DFYF | Directions for Youth and Families | |||
| DYS | Department of Youth Services | |||
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| EAP | Employee Assistance Program | Guidance Resources 1-800-774-6420 | ||
| ECE | Early Childhood Education | |||
| ED | Emotionally Disturbed | SPED | ||
| EIS | Early Intervention Services | Services provided to a child with a disability or developmental delay from birth through age 2. | SPED | |
| EL | English Learner | |||
| ELL | English Language Learner | |||
| EMIS | Education Management Information System | The Education Management Information System (EMIS) is a statewide data collection system for Ohio's primary and secondary education, including demographic information, attendance, course information, financial data, and test results. | ||
| EOC | End of Course | Refers to exams given to high school students at the completion of certain courses. For each of the seven end-of-course state tests, a student earns one to five graduation points. Students have the potential to earn a total of 35 points. To meet this graduation pathway, a student must earn a minimum number of 18 points from the seven tests. | Testing | |
| EOY | End of the Year | Often used in reference to testing periods | Testing | |
| EPSDT | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment | Health | ||
| ESL | English as a Second Language | |||
| ESC | Educational Service Center | Serving students, educators, schools and partners through customized programs, services and professional development | ||
| ESS | Employee Self Service | MUNIS application for employees | ||
| ESSA | Every Student Succeeds Act | The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a US law passed in December 2015 that governs the United States K–12 public education policy.[1] The law replaced its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and modified but did not eliminate provisions relating to the periodic standardized tests given to students.[2][3] Like the No Child Left Behind Act, ESSA is a reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which established the federal government's expanded role in public education. | ||
| ETR | Evaluation Team Report | ETR is conducted at least every 3 years, and between preschool and school-aged services to determine a student’s eligibility for special education services. | SPED | |
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| FAFSA | Free Application for Federal Student Aid | The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the form you need to fill out to get any financial aid from the federal government to help pay for college. | ||
| FAPE | Free Appropriate Public Education | SPED | ||
| FBA | Functional Behavior Assessment | SPED | ||
| FCCS | Franklin County Children's Services | Through collaboration with families and their communities, we advocate for the safety, permanency and well-being of each child we serve in a manner that honors family and culture. | ||
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act | The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 is a United States federal law that governs the access to educational information and records by public entities such as potential employers, publicly funded educational institutions, and foreign governments. | ||
| FR | Faculty Rep | building union representative elected every-2-odd years | ||
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent | The ratio of the total number of paid hours during a period (part time, full time, contracted) by the number of working hours in that period Mondays through Fridays. For example: 3 employees work 50 hours, 40 hours, and 10 hours per week - totaling 100 hours. Assuming a full-time equals 40 hours per week, FTE calculation is 100 hours divided by 40 hours, or 2.5 FTE. | ||
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| GPA | Grade Point Average | |||
| GSA | Gay Straight Alliance | |||
| GT | Gifted & Talented | |||
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| HB410 | House Bill 410 | In December 2016, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill 410 to encourage and support a preventative approach to excessive absences and truancy. | ||
| HEP | Higher Education Programs | |||
| HS | High School | |||
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | |||
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| IPASS | Individualized Plan for Attainment of Success in School | Replaced by Options for Success (O4S) | ||
| IAT | Intervention Assistance Team | made up of counselor, nurse, psychologist, teacher(s), parent, student, and/or administrator | ||
| IC | Infinite Campus | Student Information System used by Columbus City Schools | ||
| ID | Intellectual Disability | SPED | ||
| IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. The IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. | SPED | |
| IEP | Individual Educational Plan | written by SpEd teacher to accommodate for student learning styles) | SPED | |
| IKIC | I Know I Can | Free Access to College Program for CCS Students only | ||
| ILEAD | Induction, Leadership, and Evaluation to Achieve & Develop | evaluation system the tab is located under STAFF on the CCS website | ||
| IOE | Inter-District Open Enrollment | |||
| IPDP | Individual Professional Development Plan | used for license renewal | ||
| iReady | Adaptive assessment designed to provide teachers with actionable insight into student needs. | 3GRG Alternative Assessment | Testing, EMIS | |
| IT | Information Technology | |||
| IV- InView | national test measuring cognitive abilities used for GT programs | Testing | ||
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| JDC | Juvenile Detention Center | |||
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| LEA | Local Education Agency | |||
| LEP | Limited English Proficiency | |||
| LGBTQ | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or Questioning) | |||
| LI | Leadership Intern | |||
| LLI | Leveled Literacy Intervention | |||
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment | SPED | ||
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| MAP | Measure of Academic Progress | Testing | ||
| MD | Multiple Disabilities | SPED | ||
| MFE | Multi-Factored Evaluation | MFE stands for multi-factored evaluation, it’s the ‘new’ term for an ETR or Evaluation Team Report. The Multi-Factored Evaluation is the process required by IDEA to determine if a child is eligible for special education services. The process may be initiated by either school personnel or a parent. | SPED | |
| MH | Multiple Handicaps | SPED | ||
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | |||
| MOY | Middle of the Year | Often used in reference to testing periods | Testing | |
| MS | Middle School | |||
| MTSS | Multi-tiered System of Support | |||
| MUNIS | District ERP Software (Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits) | |||
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| NACAC | National Association for College Admission Counseling | |||
| Naglieri | non-verbal assessment qualifying students for GT services | Testing | ||
| NAPH | Name Address Personal History | Health | ||
| NCAA | National Collegiate Athletic Association | |||
| NCH | Nationwide Children’s Hospital | |||
| ND | Not Determined | If a student enrolls with CCS without complete documentation (transcript, grade cards, etc), we will still enroll the student, but put them in this ‘placeholder’ grade in Infinite Campus until an actual grade can be determined. Only used in High School. | ||
| NEA | National Education Association | |||
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind | |||
| NWEA-MAP | Northwest Evaluation Association - Measures of Academic Progress | 3GRG Alternative Assessment | Testing, EMIS | |
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| OACAC | Ohio Association for College Admission Counseling | |||
| OASFAA | Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators | |||
| OCAN | Ohio College Access Network | |||
| OCECD | Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities | SPED | ||
| OCR | Office of Civil Rights | |||
| ODE | Ohio Department of Education | |||
| ODDEX | Ohio District Data EXchange | |||
| OEA | Ohio Education Association | |||
| OEDS | Ohio Education Directory System | |||
| OELPA | Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment | Testing | ||
| OFS | Options for Success | previously known as IPASS | ||
| OHI | Other Health Impairment | SPED | ||
| OHSAA | Ohio High School Athletic Association | |||
| OI | Orthopedic Impairment | SPED | ||
| OIA | Office of Internal Auditor | |||
| OIP | Ohio Improvement Process | |||
| OLRS | Ohio Legal Rights Services | SPED | ||
| ORC | Ohio Revised Code | |||
| OSCA | Ohio School Counselor’s Association | |||
| OSS | Out of School Suspension | |||
| OST | Ohio State Tests | another name for AIR. | Testing | |
| OT | Occupational Therapist | SPED | ||
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| PALS | Postive Alternative Learning for Students | |||
| PAR | Peer Assistance & Review | (office: 365-5110) | ||
| PBIS | Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support | |||
| PD | Professional Development | |||
| PDS | Professional Development System | sign up, CEUs, etc for PD | ||
| PEAK | Positive Effort for Adjustment and Knowledge | |||
| PLC | Professional Learning Communities | |||
| POD | Point of Distribution | |||
| PSAT | Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test | Testing | ||
| PSC | Professional School Counselor | |||
| PT | Physical Therapist | SPED | ||
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| RD | Reading Determination | Elementary students who enroll without complete documentation confirming that the met the requirements of 3GRG are placed in this temporary grade level in Infinite Campus until it can be determined whether they should be in 3rd or 4th grade. | ||
| RFP | Request for Proposal | |||
| ROX | Ruling Our Experiences | a female-empowerment group | ||
| RTI | Response to Intervention | |||
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| S2S | Seniors to Sophomores | students are full-time on a college campus, finishing their HS diploma requirements and earning credits to full-fill Freshman Year of College: more info 365-8600) | ||
| SAFE | Security Application for Enterprise | |||
| SAT | Scholastic Aptitude Test | college entrance test (www.collegeboard.com) | Testing | |
| SBIRT | Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment | for substance use | Health | |
| SCSC | School Counselor Social Committee | |||
| SDC | Secure Data Center | EMIS | ||
| SDS | Student Data Specialist | |||
| SEMS | Reporting Absences, Substitute Employee Management System | |||
| SERS | School Employees Retirement System | |||
| SFR | Senior Faculty Rep | |||
| SIS | Student Information System | |||
| SLD | Specific Learning Disability | SPED | ||
| SLO | Student Learning Objectives | |||
| SLP | Speech Language Pathologist | SPED | ||
| SOS | Signs of Suicide | Health | ||
| SOS | Student Outreach Services | |||
| SPED | Special Education | SPED | ||
| SSDI | Social Security Disability Income | |||
| SSI | Social Security Income | |||
| SSID | Statewide Student Identifier | EMIS | ||
| STAR | STandardized Testing and Reporting | 3GRG Alternative Assessment | Testing, EMIS | |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering & Math | |||
| STRS | State Teachers Retirement System | |||
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| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury | |||
| TBT | Teacher-based Teams | |||
| TDH | Transitional Developmental Handicap | SPED | TESOL||
| TerraNova | TerraNova is a series of standardized achievement tests used in the United States designed to assess K-12 student achievement in reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, vocabulary, spelling, and other areas. | 3GRG Alternative Test | Testing | |
| TESOL | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages | |||
| TIDE | Test Information Distribution Engine | Testing | ||
| TN | Terra Nova | national test of student achievement | Testing | |
| TOR | Teacher of Record | |||
| TOSA | Teacher On Special Assignment | |||
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| URL | Uniform Resource Locator | website address, for example: www.google.com | ||
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| VCAP | Virtual Credit Advancement Program | |||
| VI | Visual Impairment | SPED | ||
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| WAP | Written Acceleration Plan | Gifted | ||
| WEP | Written Education Plan | Gifted | ||
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| YAS | Youth Advocate Services | |||
| YEP | Year-End Processing | Term used for a series of steps taken each year to prepare the student information system for the upcoming school year | ||
| YSP | Young Scholars Program | selective program providing college access to 8th grade students |
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