Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

AIP

Academic Improvement Plan 

AUP

Acceptable Use Policy

AYP

Adequate Yearly Progress - Required under the federal No Child Left Behind law, AYP provides another way to measure school performance. To meet AYP, a school must meet target goals for each group of students of 40 or more. Target goals are set annually by the state for reading and mathematics at grades 3-8 and 10, and for attendance rates or graduation rates as well. AYP is an all-or-nothing model. If a school misses one target, it does not make AYP. The long-term goal of AYP is to have every school at 100 percent student proficiency by 2013-14.

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 C

CHAMP

Conversation, Help, Activity, Movement, Participation

 D

DCC PTAs/PTSAs

Duval County Council PTAs/PTSAs - The Duval County Council is the district level PTA to which all local units (school PTAs and PTSAs) belong as members. Click here to learn more about DCC PTAs/PTSAs.

DCFS

Department of Children and Family Services

DCPS

Duval County Public Schools

DCSB

Duval County School Board - Click here to visit the School Board's home page.

DOE

Department of Education - Click here to visit the Florida Department of Education site.

 E

ESE

Exceptional Students Education - Students with physical or mental disabilities, and gifted students. Click here to visit the ESE site.

ESOL

English Speakers of Other Languages - Click here to visit the ESOL site.

 F

FCAT

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test- A statewide standardized test. Students are now required to explain their math answers and write short essays on reading questions. This is used by the state to assign schools individual letter grades. Click here to learn more about FCAT.

FDOE or FLDOE

Florida Department of Education - Click here to visit the Florida Department of Education site.

FTE

Full-Time Equivalent - Usually one student with no special needs, used by state officials to determine how much money is allocated to school districts from the legislature.

 I

IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Act - This federal act requires all states to develop alternate assessments for students with disabilities for whom the standard statewide assessment program is not appropriate.

IEP

Individual Education Plan - A document which explains precisely what special-needs students have to learn and what they should know by the end of each school year. In addition, it lists what school they will attend and the services to be provided by the school.

Individualized Education Program - The IEP is a written statement for a student with a disability that is developed, at least annually, by a team of professionals knowledgeable about the student and the parent. The plan describes the strengths of the child and the concerns of the parents for enhancing the education of their child, and when, where, and how often services will be provided. The IEP is required by federal law for all exceptional children and must include specific information about how the student will be served and what goals he or she should be meeting.

ISSP

In School Suspension Program

 L

LEP

Limited English Proficient - Students whose first language is one other than English and who need language assistance to participate fully in the regular curriculum.

 N

NRT

Norm-Referenced Test

NCLB

No Child Left Behind - NCLB is the more recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Authorization Act and represents a sweeping change in the federal government's role in local public education. NCLB has a variety of goals, but the most dominant ones are for every school to be at 100 percent proficiency by 2013-14 as measured by student achievement on state tests and for every child to be taught by a "Highly Qualified" teacher. The new law emphasizes new standards for teachers and new consequences for Title I schools that do not meet student achievement standards for two or more consecutive years. For more information on NCLB, please go to http://www.fldoe.org/NCLB/.

 P

Petey Panda - Pinedale's mascot  - Click here to meet Petey

PTA

Parent Teacher Association - The Duval County Council of PTAs/PTSAs has more than 35,000 members in about 160 Parent/Teacher Associations throughout the school district. The Duval County Council and its member PTAs have been involved in many outstanding activities throughout the year.

Click here to learn more about the Duval County PTA
 

 S

SAC

School Advisory Council - Click here to visit the SAC web page.

SDM

Shared Decision Making

SIP

School Improvement Plan - A plan that includes strategies for improving student performance, how and when improvements will be implemented, use of state funds, requests for waivers, etc. Plans are in effect for no more than three years.

Speech and Language  - Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. These delays and disorders range from simple sound substitutions to the inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech and feeding.

SPP

Student Progression Plan - Click here to go to the DCPS student progression plan.

SRO

School Resource Officer - A law enforcement officer assigned to contribute to the security of school campuses.

T

TDE

Temporary Duty Elsewhere

Title I A

Title I A is a federal funding program for schools to help students who are behind academically or at risk of falling behind. Funding is based on the number of low-income children in a school, generally those eligible for the free lunch program. Title I money supplements state and district funds.

Title III

Title III is the section of No Child Left Behind that provides funding and addresses English language acquisition and standards and accountability requirements for limited English proficient students.

Title IX

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 bans sexual discrimination in schools receiving federal funds, whether it is in academics or athletics.

 Z

ZIP

Zeroing In on Prevention - A substance use and violence prevention/intervention program. The ZIP Program is designed for kindergarten through twelfth grade students to provide instructional objectives and intervention strategies in addressing violence prevention and substance use. Zip is based on a "no use" philosophy. The program consists of five components: prevention, intervention, support services, community involvement and evaluation. The major portion of the prevention component is the comprehensive health education program.

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School Grade

2007-2008

"C"

Congratulations to the Faculty, Staff and Students.

Early Dismissal

November 5

Dismissal begins at 1:30

Ready to Learn Parent and Child program

November 18, 2008

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