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Sunday, December 14, 2014

US School System Lingo

Sep 2014 

IEP: Individual Education Plan
UFEN: Urban Family Engagement Network Project 
MSP: Measure Student Progress 
FEAT: Family Engagement Action Team 
PLC: Parent Leadership Corps OR Professional Learning Community OR Parent Learning Community 
Anchor Competency - Ultimate Skill or skills that are our goals 
Stanford EducatioN Center = (Here). The central office for Seattle Public Schools Staff and Operations (Named after former Superintendent John Stanford)  
Meyers Briggs: A personality testing system that "types" people along 4 parameters 
PAC: Parent Advisory Committee 
Disaggregated: Data Broken down by sub group 
SES: Socio Economic Status  
OSPI: Office of Superintendent Public Instruction 
HOTS: Higher Order Thinking Skills (related to Bloom's Taxonomy) 
BLT: Building Leadership Team (every school has one. IS supposed to include admin staff, teachers AND parents) 
LC: Learning communities 
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths 
JIGSAW: Technique for breaking down larger amounts of information to share across a group 
IA: Instructional Assistance  


504: Legal Medically fragile Accommodation 

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