Seattle Schools Community Forum: Mel Westbrook interview on Publicola

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Mel Westbrook interview on Publicola

The SoulNerd at Publicola, Sable Verity, interviewed Melissa Westbrook on school district matters. Part one of that interview appears here.

You can read the whole interview on Sable Verity's site.

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Education Acroynms

Note: not a complete list. Here's a link to the district's list.

Advanced Learning - SPS' three-tier program for advanced learners. Made up of APP, Spectrum and ALOs.

ALO - Advanced Learning Opportunity, the third tier of SPS' Advanced Learning program

AP - Advanced Placement. A national program of college-level classes given in high schools.

APP - Accelerated Progress Program. One of the levels of the Advanced Learning Program.

ASB - Associated Student Body. High school leadership groups.

AYP - Adequate Yearly Progress. Part of NCLB.

BEX - Building Excellence. SPS' capital renovation/rebuilding program that is funded via the BEX levy. Every 3 years there is the Operations levy and either the BEX or BTA levies as those two levies rotate in six year cycles).

BLT - Building Leadership Team. Staff members at a school who meet regularly to discuss building issues.

BTA - Buildings, Technology, Academics. The major maintenance/other capital fund for SPS. Originally BTA was to cover major maintenance like HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning), roofs, waterlines, etc.) but now covers wide swaths of items like athletic fields, technology and funding academic needs.

CAICEE - Community Advisory Committee for Investing in Educational Excellence. Created by former Superintendent Manhas in 2008, to issue a report about reform recommendations for SPS.

CSIP - Continuous School Improvement Plan

CTE - Career and Technical Education (formerly Voc Ed)

EALR - Essential Academic Learning Requirement

EDM - Everyday Math

ELL - English Language Learners

EOC - End of Course Assessments

FACMAC - Facilities and Capacity Management Advisory Committee. A district committee comprises of an all-volunteer citizen group created in 2012 to help bring research and ideas to capacity management issues in the district.

FERPA - Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. A federal law.

FRL - Free and reduced lunch.

FTE - Full Time Equivalent

FY - Fiscal Year

HSPE - High School Proficiency Exam

HQT - Highly Qualified Teacher

IA - Instructional Assistant

IB - International Baccalaureate program. An international program of advanced classes that can either be taken as stand alone or as part of an overall IB program.

IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

IEP - Individual Educational Plan

JSCEE - John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence (see headquarters)

MAP - Measures of Academic Progress

MSP - Measurement of Student Progress

NCLB - No Child Left Behind, see George W. Bush

OSPI - Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

PCP - Planning, Conference and Preparation

PD - Professional Development

RIF - Reduction in Force

RttT - Race to the Top, see Arne Duncan

RIT - Rasch Unit - scoring used in MAP testing

SBE - State Board of Education (or BOE)

SEA - Seattle Education Association (Seattle Teachers' union)

SEAC - Special Education Advisory Committee

SIT - School Intervention Team

STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

TIF - Teacher Incentive Fund

WASL - Washington Assessment of Student Learning (former state test)

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Mel Westbrook interview on Publicola

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