Common Acronyms

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Introducing some commonly used acronyms used in the education system

  • CCELL – Citywide Council on English Language Learners
  • CEC – Community Education Council
  • CCHS – Citywide Council on High Schools
  • CCSE – Citywide Council on Special Education
  • Charter School – A publicly funded, independently run school granted greater flexibility in its operations.
  • CPAC­ – Chancellor’s Parent Advisory Council. Comprised the 38 Presidents’ Councils or their designees.
  • CTE – Career and Technical Education
  • District 75 – D75 provides citywide educational, vocational, and behavior support programs for students who are on the autism spectrum, severely emotionally challenged, and/or multiply disabled. There is a D75 Citywide Council.
  • DLP – Dual Language Program
  • DLT – District Leadership Team
  • DML – Division of Multilingual Learners
  • DOE – Department of Education
  • ECC – Education Council Consortium. The ECC is comprised of CEC and Citywide council members. They meet with the Chancellor every six weeks to discuss citywide and education
  • ELA – English Language Arts
  • ELL – English Language Learners
  • FACE – Division of Family and Community Engagement
  • G&T/TAG – Gifted and Talented/Talented and Gifted
  • ICT – Integrated Co-Teaching (also called “inclusion class” or CTT: Collaborative Team Teaching)
  • IEP – Individual Education Plan
  • PA/PTA – Parent Association/Parent­Teacher Association
  • Para – A paraprofessional is a classroom assistant who may work with an entire class or one student with a disability. They are not certified teachers.
  • PC/Parent Coordinator – A member of the school staff that is the liaison between the parents and the school administration and teachers.
  • PEP – Panel for Educational Policy. The PEP is comprised of one appointee from each borough, and six members appointed by the Mayor. They make decisions on co­locations, DOE contracts, Chancellor’s Regulations, etc. They are the de facto School Board.
  • President’s Council – Comprised of the presidents of each district’s PA/PTAs.
  • SLT – School Leadership Team. A group of parents, teachers, and administrators that writes and updates the CEP (Comprehensive Educational Plan) each year and confer about curriculum and
  • Title I – Schools designated from the Federal law authorizing extra funding to high ­poverty area schools with students who need academic help.