Acronyms

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AA	Affirmative Action
AASA	American Association of School Administrators
AASL	American Association of School Librarians
AC	Academic Challenge
ACE	Alternative Cooperative Education
ACT	American College Test
ACTE	Association for Career and Technical Educators
ADA	Americans with Disabilities Act
ALC	Affective Learning Center
ALP	Advanced Learning Plan
AMAO	Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
AOD	Alcohol and Other Drugs
AOSA
AP	Accounts Payable
AP	Advanced Placement
APE	Adaptive Physical Education
APT	Administrative/Professional/Technical
ASBO	Association of School Business Officials International
ASCENT	Accelerating Students through Concurrent Enrollment
AUP	Acceptable Use Policy (Internet Use Agreement)
AYP	Adequate Yearly Progress

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BIP	Behavior Intervention Plan
BOE	Board of Education
BOTAG	BOCES/Thompson Assessment Group
BS	Business Services
BWE	Business Work Experience

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C-FIRS	Colorado Federal Integrated Review System
CAD	Computer Aided Design
CAPS	Child Assault Protection Skills
CAFR	Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
CASB	Colorado Association of School Boards
CASBO	Colorado Association of School Business Officials
CASPA	Colorado Association of School Personnel Administrators
CASE	Colorado Association of School Executives
CAT	Computer Adaptive Testing
CBE	Colorado Business Educators
CBL	Comprehensive Balanced Literacy
CBLA	Colorado Basic Literacy Act
CBM	Comprehensive Balanced Math
CBOCES	Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services
CCCS	Colorado Community College Systems
CCP	Certified Competency Program
CCR	Communication and Community Resources
CDE	Colorado Department of Education
CDL	Commercial Driver’s License
CDPS	Colorado Department of Public Safety
CEA	Colorado Education Association
CEBT	Colorado Educational Benefit Trust
CELAplace	Colorado English Language Assessment
CELApro	Colorado English Language Assessment
CELL	Comprehensive Early Literacy Learning
CGFOA	Colorado Government Finance Officers Association
CHSAA	Colorado High School Activities Association
CIP	Classification of Instruction Programs
CIC	Curriculum Improvement Council
CLASS	Classroom Assessment Scoring System
CMEA	Colorado Marketing Educators Association
CMEA	Colorado Music Educators Association
COACT	Colorado ACT (American College Test)
COSPRA	Colorado School Public Relations Association
CPI	Crisis Prevention Institute
CPM	College Preparatory Mathematics
CPP	Colorado Preschool Program
CPS	Child Protective Services
CRLT	Cultural Responsiveness Leadership Team
CRS	Colorado Revised Statutes
CRSC	Colorado Rural School Caucus
CRT	Criterion Referenced Test
CRT	Criterion Referenced Test
CSAC	Classified Staff Advisory Council
CSAP	Colorado Student Assessment Program
CSAP-A	Colorado Student Assessment Program-Alternate
CSFA	Colorado School Foundations Association
CSI	Committee for System Improvement
CST	Customer Service Technician
CT	Critical Thinking
CTE	Career and Technical Education
CTSO	Career and Technical Student Organization
CFWE	Consumer/Family Work Education

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DAAC	District Accountability Advisory Committee
DAC	District Assessment Coordinator
DECA	“A marketing association for students” (previous acronym is obsolete)
DIBELS	Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills
DIRT	District Intervention Response Team
DIST	District Intensive Support Team
DMI	Developing Mathematical Ideas
DMS	District Media Services
DORA	Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment
DRA2	Developing Reading Assessment Second Edition

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EC	Early Childhood
ECERS	Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale
EDAC	Equity and Diversity Advisory Council
EEOC	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
ELPA	English Language Proficiency Act
EIS	Early Intervening Services
ELA	English Language Acquisition
ELL	English Language Learner
ELPA	English Language Proficiency Act
EPAS	Educational Planning and Assessment System
ES	Elementary School
ESEA	Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
ESS	Exceptional Student Services
ESSAC	Exceptional Student Services Advisory Committee
ESY	Extended School Year
ETIL	Educational Technology and Information Literacy
ETOC	Educational Television Organization of Colorado
ExLL	Extended Literacy Learning
EXPLORE	Career Interest Achievement Test

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FACS	Family and Consumer Sciences
FAPE	Free Appropriate Public Education
FAPT	Family Assessment and Planning Team
FBA	Functional Behavioral Assessment
FBLA	Future Business Leaders of America
FCCLA	Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
FFBP	Flexible Fringe Benefit Plan
FEP	Fluent English Proficient
FMLA	Family and Medical Leave Act
FLSA	Fair Labor Standards Act
FARM	Free and Reduced Meals
FRCC	Front Range Community College
FS	Financial Services
FSP	Family Service Provider (EC)
FTE	Full Time Equivalent

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GAAP	Generally Accepted Accounting Practices
GASB	Governmental Accounting Standards Board
GED	Graduate Equivalency Diploma
GEMS	Gender Equity in Math and Science
GFOA	Government Finance Officers Association
GPA	Grade Point Average
GT	Gifted and Talented

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HB	House Bill
HCC	Healthier Communities Coalition
HI	Hearing Impaired
HLLI	Hispanic Latino Leadership Institute
HOPE	Healthy Opportunities for Personal Education
HR	Human Resources
HS	High School
HVAC	Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning

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IB	International Baccalaureate
IC	Infinite Campus
IC	Instructional Coach
ICAP	Individual Career and Academic Plan
IDEA	Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEIA	Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
IEP	Individualized Education Plan
IFAS	Integrated Financial and Administrative Solution
IGA	Intergovernmental Agreement
ILC	Intensive Learning Center
ILP	Individual Literacy Plan (State acronym)
IRC	Information Review Conference
ISTE	International Society for Technology in Education
ISTS	Instructional Support & Technology Services
IT	Industrial Technology

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JIC	Joint Insurance Committee
JSPC	Juvenile Services Planning Committee

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LAN	Local Area Network
LC	Learning Center
LCETS	Larimer County Employment and Training Services
LCIOG	Larimer County Interagency Oversight Group
LEA	Local Educational Agency
LEP	Limited English Proficient
LINKS	TVHS Business to Classroom Plan
LISA	Loveland Area Integrated School of the Arts
LPEP	Literacy Personalized Education Plan
LRE	Least Restrictive Environment
LRSEA	Loveland Retired School Employee Association
LS	Learning Services
LTD	Long Term Disability
LUC	Latinos Unified in Community

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MAP	Measures of Academic Progress
MESA	Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement
MHSA	Mental Health Substance Abuse Steering Committee
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MMO	Making Meaning of Operations (Part of DMI)
MPC	Master Plan Committee
MS	Middle School
MWE	Marketing Work Experience

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NAEP	National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAEYC	National Association for the Education of the Young Child
NETS	National Educational Technology Standards
NCE	Normal Curve Equivalence
NCLA	Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance
NCLB	No Child Left Behind
NS	Nutrition Services
NSBA	National School Board Association
NSFA	National School Foundation Association
NSPRA	National School Public Relations Association
NVCS	New Vision Charter School
NWEA	Northwest Evaluation Association

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OCR-U.S.	Office of Civil Rights
OT	Occupational Therapy

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PBS	Positive Behavior Support
PCC	Professional Concerns Committee
PEBC	Public Education and Business Coalition
PD	Professional Development
PERA	Public Employees Retirement Associations
PILO	Payments In-Lieu of (Land Dedication)
PIP	Performance Improvement Plan
PLAN	Career Assessment and Achievement Test
PLL	Professional Leadership and Learning
PLTW	Project the Way
PM	Preventive Maintenance
PMC	Performance Management Committee
PMI	Performance Management Incentive
PPO	Preferred Provider Organization
PPOR	Per Pupil Operating Revenue
PR	Payroll
PRT	Psychological Response Team
PT	Physical Therapy
PTA	Parent/Teacher Association
PTF	Pandemic Task Force
PTO	Parent/Teacher Organization
PTR	Pupil/Teacher Ration
PV	Prior Year Vacation

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QPD	Quality Performance Department

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RIT	Rasch Unit
RFP	Request for Proposal
RtI	Response to Intervention

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SA	Schools Attuned
SA	Systems Alignment
SAAC	Site Accountability Advisory Committee
SAC	School Assessment Coordinator
SADI	Standards and Assessment Development and Implementation Council
SAR	School Accountability Report
SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test
SB	Senate Bill
SBE	Standards Based Education
SEA	State Educational Agency
SEAC	Special Education Advisory Committee
SEP	School Effectiveness Plans
SIED	Significantly Identified Emotional Disability
SH/OA	School Health/Office Assistant
SIID	Sensory Integration Impairment Department
SIOP	Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
SIPPS	Systematic Instruction in Phoneme Awareness, Phonics and Sight
Skills USA	CTSO for Industrial Tech Students
SLD	Specific Learning Disability
S/L	Speech/Language
SLP	Speech Language Pathologist
SLIC	Significant Limited Intellectual Capacity
SLIRP	Summer Literacy Intensive Reading Program
SO	Superintendent’s Office
SOARS	Secondary Options for Achievement Resulting in Success
SLBDS	Sick Leave Bank Donation
SPOT	Strategic Plan Oversight Team
SRO	School Resource Officer
SRS	Severity Rating Scale
SSC	Support Services Center
SSLT	School Support Leadership Team
SSS	Student Support Services
STC	School to Career
STL	School to Life
SWAAAC	State Wide Assistive, Augmentative/Alternative Communication
SWAP	School to Work Alliance Program

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TALK	Teachers Addressing Learning for Kids
TANS	Tax Anticipation Notes
TBI	Traumatic Brain Injury
TC	Transportation Center
TCIRA	Thompson Council International Reading Association
TDSAC	Talent Development Services Advisory Council
TEA	Thompson Education Association
TEF	Thompson Education Foundation
TEN	Teacher Educator Network
TIC	Thompson Incentive Credit
TIF	Tax Increment Financing
TLT	Thompson Leadership Team
TOSA	Teacher on Special Assignment
TPP	Teen Parent Program
TSA	Technology Student Association
TSD	Thompson School District
TST	Thompson Schools Television

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USDE	United States Department of Education

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VALE	Victim Assistance Law Enforcement
VAT	Vinyl Asbestos Tile (Flooring)
VI	Visually Impaired
VITAL	Volunteers in Thompson Accentuation Learning
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WAN	Wide Area Network
WC	Workers’ Compensation
WO	Work Order