AAE Atlanta Association of Educators

ABE Atlanta Board of Education

ACRES Automated Certificate Renewal Entry System

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

AETC Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collaborative, Inc.

AFSCME American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

AFT Atlanta Federation of Teachers

AISD Atlanta Independent School District

APS Atlanta Public Schools

ATEP Atlanta Teacher Evaluation Process

AYP Adequate Yearly Progress

Atlanta PLUS Atlanta/Preparing Leaders for Urban Schools

BOE Board of Education or Board of Examiners

CAU Clark-Atlanta University

CEU Continuing Education Unit

CGCS Council of Great City Schools

CIS Communities in Schools

CLL Center for Learning and Leadership (Atlanta Public Schools)

CMCD Consistency Management and Cooperative Discipline

CORE Consortium on Reading Excellence

CRCT Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests

CSIP Comprehensive School Improvement Plan

DI Direct Instruction

DOE Department of Education

ESOL English to Speakers of Other Languages

GACE Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators

GAE Georgia Association of Educators

GAEL Georgia Association of Educational Leaders

GAEOP Georgia Association of Educational Office Professionals

GAESP Georgia Association of Elementary School Principals

GAPSC Georgia Professional Standards Commission

GASPA Georgia Association of School Personnel Administrators

GaTAPP Georgia Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy

GHSA Georgia High School Association

GKIDS Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills

GLEI Georgia Leadership Evaluation Instrument

GLISI Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement

GLRS Georgia Learning Resource System

GMEA Georgia Music Education Association

GPB Georgia Public Broadcasting

GPS Georgia Performance Standards

GSBA Georgia School Boards Association

GSDC Georgia Staff Development Council

GSLI Governor's School Leadership Institute

GSSA Georgia School Superintendents Association

GSU Georgia State University

GTEP Georgia Teacher Evaluation Process

GYSTC Georgia Youth Science and Technology Center

HR Human Resources

HST High School Transformation

IB International Baccalaureate

IEP Individualized Education Plan

ILT Instructional Leadership Team

I & O Instruction and Operations

ISC Instructional Services Center

JROTC Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps

LAP Leadership Associates Program

LE (Department for) Learning Excellence

LT Learning Technologies

MATEG Metropolitan Atlanta Teacher Education Group

MEA Migrant Education Agencies

MIM Move It Math

MRSH Modern Red School House

NAS New American Schools

NBCT National Board Certified Teacher

NCLB No Child Left Behind

NSBA National School Boards Association

NSDC National Staff Development Council

NTO New Teacher Orientation

OIR Office of Internal Resolution

OT Operational Technology

PAGE Professional Association of Georgia Educators

PLC Professional Learning Community

PLU Professional Learning Unit

Project GRAD Project/Graduation Really Achieves Dreams

Project LEAD Project/Leadership for Educational Achievement in Districts

PSC Professional Standards Commission

RESA Regional Educational Service Agency

RPA Research, Planning and Accountability

SABLE Superintendent's Academy for Building Leaders in Education

SACS Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

SAELP State Action for Education Leadership Project

SAPA Student Assistance Professional Association

SASI School Administrative Student Information

SERVE SouthEastern Regional Vision of Education

SFA Success for All

SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Results-oriented, Time-bound

(APS performance objective writing strategy formula)

SPLOST Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax

SREB Southern Regional Education Board

SRT School Reform Team

SST Student Support Team

TAC Teacher Advisory Committee

TFA Teach for America

TNTP The New Teacher Project

TOTY Teacher of the Year

TRS Teachers Retirement System

TSS Teacher Support Specialist

UTRRI Urban Teacher Recruitment Retention Initiative

VIF Visiting International Faculty