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Thursday, October 24, 2013

West Seattle Blog's Advanced Learning Discussion

If you live in West Seattle and have thoughts on Advanced Learning in that area of the district, weigh in here.

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Denise Juneau, Superintendent - superintendent@seattleschools.org

Fred Podesta, Chief Operations Officer-fhpodesta@seattleschools.org

Richard Best, Interim Facilities - rlbest@seattleschools.org

JoLynn Berge, Assistant Superintendent, Budget&Finance - jdberge@seattleschools.org

Diane DeBacker, Chief Academic Officerdmdebacker@seattleschools.org

Concepcion Pedroza, Chief of Student Support Service
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Wyeth Jessee, Chief of Schools and Continuous Improvement rwjessee@seattleschools.org

Greg Narver - General Counsel - gcnarver@seattleschools.org

Ashley Davies, Director of Enrollment Planning
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Mike Starosky, Chief of Schools - mpstarosky@seattleschools.org

Ombudsperson - ombudsman@seattleschools.org

Student Civil Rights Compliance Officer - oscr@seattleschools.org

Ellie Wilson-Jones,Director of Policy & Board Relations

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Michele Ramirez
Board Office Administrator

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Public records - publicrecords@seattleschools.org

School Board - spsdirectors@seattleschools.org

School Board+senior staff - schoolboard@seattleschools.org

Public Testimony - boardagenda@seattleschools.org

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. (Note: the name of the district program is "Advanced Learning Services and Programs" but these three programs fall under "Highly Capable Services" of AL Services and Programs.

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. NOTE: the name of this program is now "HIGHLY CAPABLE COHORT." This change occurred in 2014.

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, the plan for improvement for each school as required by state law.

CTE - Career and Technical Education (formerly Voc Ed)

EALR - Essential Academic Learning Requirement

EDM - Everyday Math, the board-adopted instructional materials for elementary math

ELL - English Language Learners

EOC - End of Course Assessments, given in math and science, required for high school graduation

ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the federal law that governs education, includes the NCLB accountability provisions.

e-STEM or e-STEAM - STEM or STEAM curriculum with an environmental focus.

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 that protects students' privacy

FRL - Free and reduced lunch.

FTE - Full Time Equivalent

FY - Fiscal Year

Highly Capable Services - NEW name (as of 2014) as umbrella name for these programs: Highly Capable Cohort (formerly APP), Spectrum and ALO (Advanced Learning Opportunities).

HSPE - High School Proficiency Exam, state assessment that replaced the WASL for 10th graders, required for graduation

HQT - Highly Qualified Teacher, a standard set by federal law

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. The federal law that governs special education

IEP - Individual Educational Plan, a federal requirement for students with disabilities (special education)

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

MAP - Measures of Academic Progress. A computer-based adaptive assessment made by NWEA and originally purchased by the district for use as a district-wide formative assessment but now used for a wide variety of purposes.

MSP - Measurement of Student Progress, the state proficiency assessment that replaced the WASL for students in grades 1-8

MTSS - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

NCLB - No Child Left Behind, a provision of the federal education law, ESEA, introduced during the George W. Bush administration

OSPI - Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

PCP - Planning, Conference and Preparation

PD - Professional Development

PG & E - Professional Growth and Evaluation, the teacher (and principal) evaluation procedure

RIF - Reduction in Force

RttT - Race to the Top, see Arne Duncan

RIT - Rasch Unit - scoring used in MAP testing

RTI - Response to Intervention, the old name for MTSS

SBE - State Board of Education (or BOE)

SEA - Seattle Education Association (Seattle Teachers' union)

SEAC - Special Education Advisory Committee

SIT - School Intervention Team

STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math

STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

TIF - Teacher Incentive Fund

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

WSF - Weighted Student Formula, the old method of determining school funding

WSS - Weighted Staffing Standards, the current method of determining school funding

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