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4MAT |
Model of teaching which takes in to account the
multiple intelligences and how to teach to those styles. |
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5 + 3 + ii + iii |
Florida's formula for effective reading instruction:
5 Major Components:
- Phonemic awareness - awareness that words are
made up of isolated sounds
- Phonics - knowing that sounds are represented
visually by letters and letter combinations
- Vocabulary - having a deep understanding of
words, word families, connotations, denotations,
etc. to assist in reading
- Fluency - the ability to read text at a
reasonable rate, with intonation and minimal errors
- Comprehension - the thorough understanding of
meaning created by the interaction between the text
and the reader
3 types of Assessment to Guide Instruction
- Screening - to identify students who will need
additional instruction
- Diagnostic - to determine a student's specific
strengths, weaknesses, and needs
- Progress Monitoring - to measure the success of
the interventions being used
initial instruction in all K - 3rd
grade classrooms
To include direct instruction, coordinated instructional
sequences, differentiated instruction (to meet
individual needs) and the creation of a print-rich
environment
immediate intensive intervention
To include the classroom teacher and other professionals
that a student might need to achieve reading sucess |
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Acaletics |
Commercial program that centers around staff
development for math instruction. |
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Accelerated Reader (AR) |
Commercial program that combines reading with computer
tests for reading comprehension. |
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Accommodation |
Modifications or adjustments made by classroom teachers
to enable students to benefit from their educational
program, often used by students with a physical or
mental disability or another type of exceptionality. |
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ACE I |
A Collection of Educators – I is a 6 week course
designed for k-3 teachers. This course is hosted by
various teachers in the school district that are
implementing successful literacy practices in their
classrooms. Each class will focus on a specific topic
that has been determined by a teacher needs assessment
survey and input from administrators and district
personnel. In addition to classroom strategies research
will be included to support the material that is
presented. |
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ACE II |
A Collection of Educators - II is a 6 week course
designed for 4-6 teachers. This course is hosted by
various teachers in the school district that are
implementing successful literacy practices in their
classrooms. Each class will focus on a specific topic
that has been determined by a teacher needs assessment
survey and input from administrators and district
personnel. In addition to classroom strategies research
will be included to support the material that is
presented. |
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ACP |
Alternative Certification Professional |
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ACT |
American College Test - a college entrance and placement
exam that measures academic achievement. |
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AD |
Active Directory |
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ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
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ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
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ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder |
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ADM |
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health – see SAMHO |
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AED |
Automated External Defibrillator |
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AICE |
Advanced International Certificate in Education |
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AIP |
Academic Improvement Plan – students working before
grade level are given plan Interventions. |
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AIMS |
Activities Integrating Math and Science-commercial
Program. |
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AIP |
Academic Improvement Plan - Teachers create these plans
for students working before grade level to designate
specific interventions to assist them. |
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ALL |
Accelerated Literacy Learning - a one-on-one Title I
tutorial program in reading for first graders. |
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Annual Goal |
A statement in an Individualized Education Plan of what an exceptional-education student
needs to learn and should be able to learn in his/her
special program in a year. |
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Antidepressants |
Medications that are used in the treatment of
depression, as well as other psychiatric disorders. |
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Antipsychotic |
Major tranquilizers that are considered standard
treatment for serious psychiatric illnesses such as
schizophrenia. |
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Anxiety |
Feelings of unease and fear of impending danger
characterized by physical symptoms such as rapid heart
rate, sweating, trembling and feelings of stress. |
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AP |
Advanced Placement - a designation for coursework taken
in high school that may be applied towards college
credit |
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AR |
Accelerated Reader – Commercial program that combines
books with computer tests for measuring and improving
reading comprehension. |
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ASO |
Administrative Services Organization –an independent
organization whose purpose is to provide administrative
support services for the purposes of increasing overall
system efficiencies. Indices include: fiscal
intermediary, data processing, Human Resources and
management services. |
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Assessment |
A way of collecting information about a student’s
special learning needs, strengths, and interests. |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder |
A type of pervasive developmental disorder. It
interferes with a person’s ability to communicate with
and relate to others. It almost always develops before a
child is 3 years old and affects how a person perceives
and processes sensory information. Although it is a
spectrum disorder, meaning there are varying intensities
and manifestations, it is a lifelong
condition that often results in some degree of social
isolation. |
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AVID |
Advancement Via Individual Determination - a program
designed to identify typically underserved students and
prepare them for college |
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AYP |
Adequate Yearly Progress – No Child Left Behind
legislation requires each school to show improvement
each year in various subgroups, such as percent of
minorities tested or percentage of students improving,
based on FCAT. |
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BCC |
Brevard Community College |
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BCTM |
Brevard Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
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BGL |
Below Grade Level |
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BIP |
Behavioral Intervention Plan |
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BN |
Brevard Notebook |
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BSO |
Brevard Symphony Orchestra |
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CAC |
Community Advisory Committee - a group of citizens
representing various areas around the county that
provides the children's Board with input. The CAC
has three major roles: To advise, advocate, and
communicate/educate. |
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Case Coordinator |
See Case Management, Interchangeable term with Case
Manager |
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Capacity Development |
Activities and supports aimed at improving quality,
increasing quantity or developing diversity in services
and service delivery, fostering coordination,
collaboration, system integration. |
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Case Manager |
See Case Management. Interchangeable term with Case
Coordinator. |
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Case Management |
Activities aimed at identifying the child and family’s
assets, needs, assisting the person to access other
services and funding sources, planning services, linking
the service system with the person, coordinating the
various system components, monitoring service delivery,
evaluating the effect of service received and follow-up. |
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CBI |
Community - Based Instruction - Instruction that is
designed to fulfill student's needs in their community. |
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CET |
Center for Educational Technology |
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CCNA |
Cisco Certified Network Associate |
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CCRP |
Comprehensive Core Reading Program |
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CHIP |
Child Health Insurance Program – a federal lead agency
program to insure children of poor and working poor
parents. Florida Kid care is Florida’s program which
includes Medicaid, Healthy Kids and Medi-Kids. |
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Child and Family Team |
Includes those persons who families choose to
participate in planning and carrying out a plan to
address the child/family problems. The team must include
the family and may include the therapists, teachers,
friends, neighbors, church members or others. |
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Child/Family Assessment |
Process of data gathering from multiple sources to
create a Comprehensive picture of children and family
for the purpose of identifying strengths and needs in
order to plan services and support. |
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CCRP |
Comprehensive Core Reading Program |
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CEI Lab |
Creative Education Institute Lab - A commercial computer
lab that assesses a student's level and then provides
instruction at that level. It also contains a
management system so that teachers and parents are
constantly aware of child's progress. |
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CMHS |
Center for Mental Health Services - a division of the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration of the
Federal government funding the THINK (Tampa Hillsborough
Network for Kids) project. |
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Community Awareness |
Includes events (such as health fairs, information
fairs), networking, public education, and advertising
and media exposure. |
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Compass Learning |
A commercial computer lab that assesses a student’s
level and then provides instruction at that level. It
also contains a management system so that teachers and
parents are constantly aware of child’s progress. They
were formerly known as Jostens Learning. |
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Continuity of Care |
Care that is provided during all services and treatments
that provides linkages with necessary partners and
resources. |
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CPI |
Child Protective Investigation – Reports of child abuse
and Neglect may result in temporarily removing children
from the home When necessary while the family works to
restore Stability. Workers offer support services to
help families with problems before they become too
severe. Expect counseling and regular visits with
families where there is a risk of child abuse or
neglect. |
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CPR |
Cardiovascular Pulmonary Resuscitation |
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CPS |
Child Protection Services – Protects children who are at
risk of abuse or neglect while making every effort to
keep families intact. Child Protection Services also
offers referrals for counseling for families, training
for adoptive or foster parents and licensing services
for child welfare agencies. |
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CRISS |
Creating Independence through Student-owned Strategies -
a teaching approach whereby students use metacognitive
and organizing strategies to learn how to learn |
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CSHP |
Coordinated School Health Program |
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CSM/SSL |
Content Switching Module / Secure Socket Layer |
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CST |
Child Study Team – the evaluation team at a school that
determines need for placement in special education
programs after evaluation. |
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CSU |
Crisis Stabilization Unit – 14-bed secure inpatient unit
operated by MHC. |
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Cultural Competence |
Understanding and appreciating the differences in each
family, from thoughts, speech, actions, customary
beliefs, social forms and material traits of a racial,
religious or social group. It also affects age, national
origin, gender, sexual orientation or physical
disability from an organizational standpoint; it is
understanding the societal mandates of each agency and
appreciating their differences. Indices include:
training, technical assistance, assessment, board
development, Human Resources (including recruitment and
retention, and promotion and development), and
leadership and management diversity. |
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Customer Service Audit |
The audit consists of an onsite inspection in which
various physical and facilities factors are rated, and a
phone survey in which staff response to a variety of
questions is evaluated. |
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DACCO |
Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office - Substance
Abuse Provider - member of Interagency Management Team
at the Children’s Board. |
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DAR |
Diagnostic Assessment of Reading - reading assessment
used at the intermediate level of elementary schools to
determine a child's reading strengths and weaknesses |
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DCF |
Department of Children and Families - Florida agency
providing funding for services for child welfare, mental
health, substance abuse, adult and economic assistance. |
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DD |
Developmentally Delayed |
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DELTA |
Developing Educational Leaders for Tomorrow's Achievers |
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Depression |
A psychiatric diagnosis described as mood disorder
characterized by feelings of sadness, loneliness,
despair, low self-esteem, worthlessness, withdrawal from
social interaction, and sleep and eating disorders. |
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Determining Eligibility |
The steps taken to decide whether a student is eligible
for exceptional Student education. |
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Dimensions of Learning |
An instructional model that helps teachers plan
curriculum and instruction by looking at how students
learn. |
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Dismissal Staffing |
A meeting at which a group of school staff members
reviews all assessments and other information to
consider dismissal from program, especially from an
exceptional-education program. |
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DID |
District Inservice Day – day set aside on the calendar
for Professional Development. |
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DIBELS |
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills -
reading assessment used at the primary level in
elementary schools to determine a child's reading
strengths and weaknesses |
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DJJ |
Department of Juvenile Justice - is the Florida agency
responsible for services to juvenile delinquents and
those who have broken laws. |
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DLF |
Developing Literacy First - is a 12-week Rigby course
designed to support K-3 teachers in the areas of reading
and writing in the classroom. DLF addresses theory and
application of strategies. Participants are required to
observe the facilitator demonstrate literacy strategies
for three classroom visits. (Formerly ELIC). |
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D/O |
Disorder |
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DRA |
Developmental Reading Assessment - a kindergarten
through 3rd grade reading assessment used to determine a
child's reading strengths and weaknesses |
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DSDS |
Desktop Student Data System |
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DSI |
Dual Sensory Impaired |
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Due Process |
A set of rights having to do with how decisions are
made. |
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Due Process Hearing |
A formal meeting held to settle disagreements between
parents and schools in a way that is fair to the students
his/her parents and the school. The meetings is run by
an impartial hearing officer. |
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DX |
Diagnosis |
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ED |
Economic Disadvantaged (refers to a student and his /
her family) |
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EC |
see Established Conditions |
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EH |
School acronym indicating Emotional Handicapped - emotional
concerns that result in behaviors that interfere with a
child’s educational process. The child with an emotional
handicap experience more frequent and intense behavioral
difficulties than those of other students. The behaviors
range from withdrawal and isolation to acting out and
aggression. |
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Eligible |
A decision that says that a student meets the
requirements for and is in need of exceptional student
education programs and services. |
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Eligibility Staffing |
A meeting at which a group of school staff members
recommend a student’s eligibility or ineligibility for
exceptional student education programs and services. |
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ELL |
English Language Learners (Also see ESL) |
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EMH |
School acronym indicating Educable Mentally
Handicapped – A child unable to achieve at school
because of emotional concerns and developmental
problems. Sometimes the developmental lags or
disabilities are undetected. |
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EPT |
Educational Planning Team |
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ERDA |
Early Reading Diagnostic Assessment - K-6 reading
diagnostic assessment. |
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ESE |
Exceptional Student Education - Department of Brevard
County Public Schools that oversees special education,
including SED and EH. |
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ESF |
Educational Services Facility |
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ESL |
English as a Second Language |
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ESOL |
English for Speakers of Other Languages |
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Established Conditions |
A description use for birth to 2-years olds who have
certain identified medical or physiological conditions
that have a correlation to future learning problems. |
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ESY |
Extended School Year |
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ets |
Electronic Training Solutions, Inc. - Management
consulting firm specializing in organizational
transformation and business growth strategies,
www.etsfl.com |
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Evaluation |
A way of collecting information about a student’s
special learning needs, strengths, and interests. It is
used to help make decisions about whether a student is
exceptional and eligible for exceptional student
education programs and services. |
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Evaluation Criteria, Services and Procedures |
A set of statements in an IEP that describes what a
student will have to do, how much, how often, and in what
ways to show mastery of the “short-term objectives”. |
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FAC |
Florida Administrative Code |
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Family Support Plan |
(See Case Management) – A plan developed by the family
with the assistance of a case manager. The plan is aimed
at identifying the child and family’s assets, need,
access other services and funding sources. |
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FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
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FBA |
Functional Behavior Assessment |
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FCAT |
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test – Consists of
three tests: One norm-referenced and the other
criterion-referenced tests are given over a two to four
day period. The third test is called FCAT Writing. The
tests are used to evaluated the student, school and the
school system. |
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FCAT Writing |
A state-wide mandated writing test used in grades 4, 8
and 10 to evaluate students’ writing
capability. It is used as part of the state
accountability program. |
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FDLRS |
Florida Diagnostic Learning Resources System |
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FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
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FETC |
Florida Educational Technology Conference |
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FHP |
