ACORN
A Collection Of Resource Networks. The SCCPSS District's intranet website
AP/AP
Advanced Placement/Assistant Principal
High school courses offered at an advanced level. Some college credit can be given. Second in command at schools.
AREAS
Office of Accountability, Research, Evaluation, Assessment and Statistics
ASPIRE
Active Student Participation Inspires Real Engagement. ASPIRE is a student-led IEP initiative.
AVID
Advancement Via Individual Determination
An elementary through post secondary college readiness program designed to increase school wide learning and performance. Targets students who have the willingness to go to college but lack necessary skills. A rigorous curriculum design to help students meet their full potential to attend college.
BIP
Behavior Intervention Plan. Part of every student's IEP that details target behaviors and the strategies to be used to enhance/prevent them.
BOE
Board of Education
The Board of Public Education is the policy-making branch of the school district's administration. Eight members representing geographic districts and one President are elected to four-year terms.
Bull Street
Board of Education location
CAE
Chatham Association of Educators
A part of the Georgia Association of Educators which is a professional organization for public education professionals. The CAE supports, protects and strengthens Chatham County educators by providing a variety of services.
COW
Computer on Wheels
CTAE
Career, Technical and Agricultural Education
By creating a direct connection between secondary school education and the industries identified as key to Georgia’s future economic wellbeing,CTAE can help ensure that all students graduate from high school with the academic and career skills required to succeed in the 21st-century workplace.
CCRPI
College Career Ready Performance Index
DAS
District Accountability System
DI
Differentiated Instruction
Variety of instructional methods to meet the needs of all learners.
DSS
District Staffing Specialist
The District Staffing Specialist (DSS) is responsible for providing district wide support with exceptional student education meetings at the schools. District Staffing Specialists are also assigned to support the work of the district programs.
EAP
Employee Assistance Program
The EAP is a comprehensive program that helps employees resolve personal problems that may adversely impact their work performance, conduct, health and well-being. FOH's EAP addresses problems in the quickest, least restrictive, and most convenient manner while minimizing cost and protecting client confidentiality.
EIP
Early Intervention Program
A program which provides additional instructional resources designed to serve students who are at risk of not reaching or maintaining academic grade level.
ELL
English Language Learner
EOCT
End-of-Course-Test
Core subject assessments in grades 9-12.
ERO
Electronic Registrar Online
The registration tool for on-line courses which can be taken for PLU credit.
ESOL/ELL
English to Speakers of Other Languages/English Language Learners
FAPE
Free and Appropriate Public Eduation
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
FOSS
Full Option Science System
Hands-on, inquiry-based science program adopted by the system in grades 1-8
FBA/FUBA
Functional Behavior Assessment - part of every IEP
FTE
Full Time Equivalent
GA DOE (often called “the DOE”)
Georgia Department of Education
The department of education oversees public education throughout the state.
GA PSC
(often called “the PSC”)
Georgia Professional Standards Commission
The GA State Dept. of Education office which issues, denies, or revokes teacher and paraprofessional certificates. It is up to each educator to maintain contact with the PSC and monitor his/her certification status.
GAA
Georgia Alternative Assessment
GEP
Gifted Education Program
(formerly called SEARCH)The state-approved program for gifted students.
GHP
Governor’s Honor Program
The Governor's Honors Program is a six-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners.
GKIDS
Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills
State tests given several times over the school year to kindergarten students.
GMAS
Georgia Milestones Assessment System
The standardized tests that replaced the CRCT and EOCT
GSE
Georgia Standards of Excellence. The curriculum we teach.
GTID
Georgia Testing Id
The Georgia Test Identifier (GTID) will be the Logon ID for all students.
High-Q
Highly Qualified
Federal regulations under NCLB which require teachers to be certified in the area in which they teach.
HOPE
Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally
IB
International Baccalaureate
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) offers high quality programmes of international education to a worldwide community of schools
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Federal Special Education law which requires states to provide a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment (LRE).
IEP
Individualized Education Program
A written document which is developed for each eligible student with a disability in accordance with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA.)
IS
Information Specialist
Engage in promoting or creating an intended public image for individuals, groups, or organizations. May write or select material for release to various communications media. A job as an Information Specialist falls under the broader career category of Public Relations Specialists
ISS
In-school Suspension
ISPY
Instructional Support Person of the Year. Outstanding support staff member.
IT
Instructional Tech
Evaluate new technologies to discover new and better ways to enhance instruction. Assist faculty in discovering methods of improving their instruction with and without technology. Conduct training sessions teaching faculty and staff how to use new technologies.
ITBS
Iowa Test of Basic Skills
Standardized test
Lexile
Measures a student’s individual reading ability or a measure of the text difficulty
MOWR
Move On When Ready
NAEP
National Assessment of Educational Progress
NCLB
No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act was passed by Congress in order to holds schools and school districts accountable for results.
NI
Needs Improvement
Schools which do not meet AYP in the same subject for two or more consecutive years are placed in Needs Improvement status, with escalating consequences for each successive year.
OSS
Out of school Suspension
PAGE
Professional Association of Georgia Educators
The Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE), founded in 1975, is the largest organization for professional educators in the state, with over 81,000 educators, administrators and school support personnel members. PAGE offers legislation advocacy, legal support and professional development.
PLC’s
Professional Learning Communities
Professional, systematic grade level, team or whole-staff collaboration and joint learning. Examples: improving student achievement, teaching in a standards-based environment, designing appropriate performance assessments, etc.
PLU’s
Professional Learning Units
Credits which can be earned through approved classes, workshops, and conferences. PLU’s are required for certificate renewal.
PBIS
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
Pony
SCCPS mail system
Inter-school and inter-office mail delivery
Power Teacher
Online Grade Book
PSAT
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
It's a standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT
P2E
Passport to Excellence
$ allocated for school renovations
PTA
Parent Teacher Association
As the largest volunteer child advocacy association in the nation, Parent Teacher Association (PTA) reminds our country of its obligations to children and provides parents and families with a powerful voice to speak on behalf of every child while providing the best tools for parents to help their children be successful students.
QBA
Quarterly Benchmark Assessment
Test given on a quarterly basis to check for understanding of standards taught.
REP
Remedial Education Program
Extra services for struggling students.
RESA
Regional Education Service Association
In 1966, the Georgia State Board of Education set policies that enabled sharing of instructional services between existing school systems and so allowed the creation of Regional Educational Service Agencies (RESA). RESAs are intended to improve the effectiveness of member school systems by allowing them to share services that are not feasible for a single system to provide.
SACS
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
SACS accredits educational institutions
SCCPSS
Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools
The logo for the “Savannah-Chatham County Public School System.”
SEBD
Severe Emotional Behavior Disorders
This is who we serve!
SFT
Savannah Federation of Teachers
The mission of the Savannah Federation of Teachers / PSRP is to protect the rights of employees, improve working conditions, upgrade employee salaries and benefits, and to improve the educational opportunities and living conditions for Chatham County children.
SGPs
Student Growth Percentile score
A SGP – student growth percentile – describes a student’s growth relative to other students with similar prior achievement
SIG
School Improvement Grant (Beach/Groves)
$ allotted to improve student progress
SLP
Student Leadership Program
The Student Leadership Program is a collaborative, local effort designed to give area high school students the tools they need to succeed, including the confidence to overcome adversity and the initiative to graduate! The entire effort is driven by generous sponsors, dedicated community leaders and tireless volunteers.
SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
SRI
Scholastic Reading Inventory
Scholastic Reading Inventory is a computer-based reading assessment that provides immediate, actionable, data on students. reading levels and growth.
SSP
Student Support Plan
A written plan to help students improve academically, behaviorally or both.
SLC
Small learning community
Small Learning Community (SLC), also referred to as a School-Within-A-School, is a form of school structure that is increasingly common in secondary schools to subdivide large school populations into smaller, autonomous groups of students and teachers
SLDS
Statewide Longitudinal Data System
SWIS
School-wide Information System
SRO
School Resource Officer
Officer placed at school sites to monitor student behavior and to offer other forms of assistance as determined by the school principal.
STEM
Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
SWD
Students with Disabilities
TAPS
Teacher Assessment on Performance Standards
TOTY
Teacher of the Year
TSS
Teacher Support Specialist
A mentoring endorsement which can be added to the teaching certificate via a PSC-approved program. TSS mentors work with new teachers in their schools. A TSS Liaison represents the school at TSS meetings and coordinates the mentoring program at their school site.
THRIVE!
SCCPSS Induction Program
Three year support program for new teachers.
Title I
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Title I is a federally funded program which provides services to schools based on student economic need.
TieNet
System for SPED/Gifted
TieNet is a web-based Special Education Case Management system which contains
sophisticated technology tools that enable special educators to track and monitor the entire special education due process from the initial referral to the eligibility, IEP, and student placement as well as enhancing state and federal reporting. Intuitive Guided actions help educators navigate the process and promote compliance. The TieNet system will provide case management features including calendaring, messaging, document and event chronology, and reference materials.
TKES
Teacher Keys Evaluation System
The new evaluation tool for teachers.
TRS
Teacher Retirement System
Administers and manages the retirement accounts of the teachers of Georgia in the state's public schools, technical-adult educational schools, and colleges.
Twilight
After hours school program for course acceleration and credit recovery.
Whitney
Professional Learning Department
Records Management
Print Shop
County offices such as Professional Development office location, right off of President Street on Laura Ave. This building is host to professional development programs for staff
USCO
Unsafe Schools Choice Option
Ensuring that all of Georgia’s schools are safe under No child Left Behind, the state must develop a definition of “persistently dangerous” school and allow public school choice for students who have been victims of a violent criminal offense of who attend a school that meets the definition.
UbD
Understanding by Design
Understanding by Design (UbD) is a framework for improving student achievement. Emphasizing the teacher's critical role as a designer of student learning, UbD works within the standards-driven curriculum to help teachers clarify learning goals, devise revealing assessments of student understanding, and craft effective and engaging learning activities.
“208”
Address of the Board of Education on Bull Street.
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