ADD |
Attention
Deficit Disorder |
ADHD |
Attention
Deficit Hyperactive Disorder |
AP |
Advanced
Placement |
AP |
Assistant Principal, one of the
school administrators who provide leadership to ensure academic
success and a safe and nurturing environment for all students |
|
ARD |
Admission, Review, and Dismissal
Committee (special education) |
ARL |
Applied Research Laboratory, located
at 10920 Route 108, Ellicott City |
AYP |
Annual Yearly Progress, measures
the yearly progress of different groups of students at the
school,district, and state levels against yearly targets in reading
and math. Target goals are set for attendance and graduation
rates as well. If a school misses one target, it does not make
AYP. |
BOE |
Board
of Education (five elected officials; the school board) |
BSAP |
Black
Student Achievement Program |
CAC |
Community
Advisory Committee |
Capital
Budget |
School
system's budget for multi-year construction projects Central Office
DOE (as distinguished from individual schools) |
CTE |
Career and Technology Education |
|
CRT |
Criteria referenced testing |
CTBS |
Comprehensive
Test of Basic Skills |
DARE |
Drug
Abuse Resistance Education |
DOE |
Department
of Education (school system personnel) |
EH |
Emotionally
handicapped |
ESOL |
English
for Speakers of Other Languages |
ELL |
English Language Learner enrolled in
the ESOL program |
|
FCO |
Family and Community Outreach Office
located in Faulkner Ridge Center |
FRC |
Faulkner
Ridge Center |
|
FARMS |
Free and Reduced Meals -children
qualify for free or reduced price meals based upon family financial
status |
|
Focus Newsletter |
PTA Council of Howard County
newsletter |
FRC |
Faulkner Ridge Center, building
where PTACHC has an office as well as meeting room and teacher
resource center 10598 Marble Faun Ct. Columbia |
G/T |
Gifted
and Talented |
HC |
Howard
County |
HCASC |
Howard
County Association of Student Councils |
HCPSS |
Howard
County Public School System (the school system) |
HSA |
High
School Assessments www.hsaexams.org |
|
IEP |
Individual
Education Plan (for special education students) |
|
IIT |
Instructions Intervention Team, a
group of educators available to advise classroom teachers when there
is a concern regarding a student's academic performance or behaviour |
LEA |
Local
Education Agency (the local school district) |
LEP |
Limited English Proficient, a
term used to describe someone who is learning English |
LRE |
Least
Restrictive Environment |
MABE |
Maryland
Association of Boards of Education |
MASC |
Maryland
Association of Student Councils |
MDPTA |
Maryland
PTA originally known as Maryland
Congress of Parents and Teachers |
MSDE |
Maryland
State Department of Education |
MSTA |
Maryland
State Teachers Association |
|
NCLB |
No Child Left Behind, the
2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
or 1965. The goal is for all children to be proficient or
above in reading and math by 2008. |
NEA |
National
Education Association |
Operating
Budget |
School
system's budget for annual expenses |
|
PBIS |
Positive Behavioral Interventions
and Supports, a process for creating safer and more
effective schools. Behavioral expectations are clearly a
taught and positive reinforcement strategies are used to help
students achieve greater success. |
Pony |
Mail
delivery system within the school system |
PPW |
Pupil
Personnel Worker |
Program
capacity |
Maximum
teacher- to-student ratio as determined by HC BOE |
PTA |
Parent
Teacher Association, a collaborative team of
parents and staff who support the school |
PTAC,
PTACHC |
PTA
Council of Howard County |
PTSA |
Parent
Teacher Student Association |
Rated
capacity |
Maximum
teacher- to-student ratio as determined by MSDE |
|
R-ESS |
Reclassified English Language
Learner, a student who has exited the ESOL program |
SBM |
School-Based
Management |
SDC |
Staff
Development Center (at Faulkner Ridge Facility) |
SED |
Severely
Emotionally Disabled |
SGA |
Student
Government Association |
|
SIP |
School Improvement Plans |
SIT |
School
Instructional Improvement Team -a school based
group of administrators, teachers, parents, and other school
personnel. This group reviews data, creates the school plan
and evaluates the school's progress to ensure academic success for
all students. |
|
SMART |
Student Mathematics Activity
Resource Tools, computer web-based activities and
virtual manipulatives available to all Howard County students,
K-12. This web sites supports the county mathematics
curriculum. |
|
TAS |
Targetes Assistance School, a
school where Title I services are provided by highly qualified
teachers to a select group of children who qualify for academic
support based upon assessment data. |
Title
I |
Federal
Aid Program |
Title
IX |
Nondiscrimination
in education |
YRE |
Year
Round Education |
