Education Terminology
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Education Acronym/Terminology |
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ACETO |
Aboriginal secondary education transition officer. Primary school may have an ACEO or Aboriginal community education officers |
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AITSL |
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ATAR |
Australian Tertiary Assessment Rank |
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B Level Leaders |
There are two levels of school leadership. A level is the principal and director positions, eg Henley has an A9 Principal B level are all the other in school leadership roles, most curriculum and house leaders are B1 leaders. Some Assistant Principals are B2 or B3 or B4 due to complexity of role. Deputy Principals (DP) are usually B5 or B6, Henley has a B6 DP |
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CG |
Care Group |
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COP |
Challenge of Practice (this is to guide teachers on how to achieve the SIP goal |
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DfE |
Department for Education |
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FIP |
Flexible Industry Pathway (Funded VET pathways) |
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HASS |
Humanities and Social Sciences |
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HITS |
High Impact Teaching Strategy ( a pedagogical framework for good teaching) |
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LET |
Lead Education Team (Dept team to guide principals on their work) |
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NAPLAN |
National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy |
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PAT |
Progressive Achievement Test |
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PAT-M |
Progressive Achievement Test - Maths |
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PAT-R |
Progressive Achievement Test - Reading |
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PDP |
Performance & Development Plan |
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Pedagogy |
The method and practice of teaching |
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PLC |
Professional Learning Plan |
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POWER BI |
Digital tool that presents data in a useable graphic format |
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SACE |
South Australian Certificate of Education |
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SIP |
Strategic Improvement Plan (Main plan for the improvement of learning) |
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SSO |
Student Support Officer |
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STAT |
Special Tertiary Admissions Test |
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TfEL |
Teaching for Effective Learning |
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UCAT |
University Clinical Aptitute Test |
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VET |
Vocational Education and Training |
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WEC |
Wellbeing and Engagement Collection data (Year 7 to 10 wellbeing survey) |
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