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Many acronyms are used and may be referenced in your school's plan. A list of terms is provided in this glossary to assist you. |
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| AP | Advanced Placement |
| ACT | American College Testing Exam |
| AED/CPR | Automated External Defibrillator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Devices |
| AIS | Academic Intervention Service |
| BDA | Before, During, After |
| BOE | Board of Education |
| CAD | Computer Aided Drawing |
| CARE | Cooperate, Appreciate, Respect, Excel |
| CEEI | Claim, Evidence, Explanation, Interpretation |
| CMP | Connected Mathematics Program |
| CRQ | Constructed Response Question |
| DBQ | Document Based Question |
| DCC | District Curriculum Council |
| DSA | Developmental Spelling Assessment |
| ERA ELA | Extended Response Assessment in English Language Arts |
| EQ | Essential Questions |
| EOY | End of Year |
| ELL or ESL | English Language Learners; English as a Second Language |
| Frayer Model | A visual organizer used to separate critical information from interesting information. |
| IEP | Individualized Education Plan |
| LOTE | Languages Other Than English |
| MST | Math, Science & Technology |
| MTB | Math Trailblazers |
| NHS | National Honor Society |
| NP of the NCE | National Percentile of the Normal Curve equivalent |
| NYSSMA | New York State School Music Association |
| PLAN | Planning for Writing: Plan the controlling idea and the claims you will make to support it. Label the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion in your organizer. Add specific details to explain and interpret your claims. Number each part of the question and bullets to check your answer. |
| PLTW | Project Lead the Way |
| PPS | Pupil Personnel Services |
| PTSA | Parent Teacher Student Association |
| QAR | Question Answer Relationship |
| RAGS | Read Around Editing Groups |
| RBT | Research for Better Teaching |
| SAT | Scholastic Achievement Test (Irondequoit High School) |
| SAT | Stanford Achievement Test- (k-8) |
| SAVE | legislation-Safe Schools Against Violence in Education legislation |
| SBP | School Based Planning |
| SOAR | Staff Opportunities Are Revitalizing |
| SPPT | Standards for Professional Practice in Teaching |
| TA | Teacher Assistant |
| TLC | Teaching Learning Center |
| UNPACK | UNPACK the Question: Underline key words. Use them in your topic sentence. Number the parts of the question. Plan how you will answer the question. Answer using specific details from what you have read. Check off each part of the question as you answer it. Keep up the great work! |
| WICSD | West Irondequoit Central School District |