Acronym or Term Definition Accommodation | A change made to a classroom procedure to eliminate a barrier a student has because of a mental/physical/learning disability (i.e. preferential seating, tests will be read to students, texts will be enlarged). | AESOP | AESOP is a software program that our district uses to keep track of staff absences and obtain substitutes. | ALICE | ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. This is the active shooter civilian response training in which we as staff and students have been trained. | BEDS | Basic Educational Data Survey. Twice each year the district superintendent needs to summit this report on staff and non-student level data to the state. The data from this report is used to meet state and federal reporting requirements, respond to legislative requests for information, and support educational research. Information comes from this website. | BOEE | Board of Educational Examiners. The BOEE is the place to call or visit for those seeking or renewing an Iowa educational license. It also maintains a website for those seeking jobs in Iowa and of those currently licensed to practice in Iowa. | CAR | Certified Annual Financial Report. This report of financial data is required by Iowa Code to be filed annually by each school district. | CASA | CASA, formerly known as the C-PLAN, is a report submitted annually by each school district to the State Department of Education. It stands for Consolidated Accountability and Support Application and is designed to be a "one-stop shop for compliance information in all areas." | Danville ELC | Danville Early Learning Center | DAT | Danville Assistance Team | DCSD | Danville Community School District | ELL | English Language Learner. This term generally refers to students for whom English is not their first language. | ESSA | Every Student Succeeds Act. This federal legislation was signed by President Obama in December 2015. "It reauthorizes...the nation's education law and...commitment to equal opportunity for all students." | F&R | Free and Reduced Lunch | FACS | Family and Consumer Science. (This department was formerly known as Home Ec or Home Economics.) | FAST | Formative Assessment System for Teachers | 504 Plan | A 504 plan is a written document that is created for students who have a mental/physical/learning disability that is in need of accomodations that will give them access to the general education curriculum. (Does not guarantee additional instruction outside of the classroom.) | GPAEA | Great Prairie Area Education Agency provides many services to local school districts, including speech, hearing testing, media resources, professional development classes and workshops for teachers, and more. | IEP | Individualized Education Plan. This legal document is developed for each public school child who needs special education and is reviewed periodically. | JMC | This is the student record management software our district uses to keep track of your child's lunch account, attendance, and grades. It is purchased from JMC, Inc. | Lau Plan | Each school district in Iowa is required to develop a Lau Plan "to address the specific language instruction education needs" of English Language Learners should it become necessary. It is named the LAU Plan "from the U.S. Supreme Court's 1974 decision in Lau vs. Nichols." | MAP | Measures of Academic Progress. This assessment is given three times a year in the area of mathematics to students in grades 9-12. It has been chosen by our district as our state-required second assessment in math. |
| Acronym or Term Definition MTSS | Multi-Tiered Systems of Support. This is a "decision-making framework of evidence-based practices in instruction and assessment that addresses the needs of all students." For more information, please visit this website. | NCLB | No Child Left Behind. NCLB was the former federal education act. It has now been replaced by ESSA. | PACE | Pathways for Academic Career and Employment. This is a program at Southeastern Community College (SCC) to help students map out their goals and create a plan to reach them. | PBIS | Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. This program has been implemented in our Elementary School. For more information on this program, visit this website. | PD | Professional Development | PLTW | Project Lead the Way. PLTW is offered those school districts who have teachers trained in these computer science, engineering, and biomedical science courses. Danville students can participate in the 9th-12th grade courses through Burlington or New London. For more information, check out page 76 of our Course Booklet or this website. | PPEL | Physical Plant and Equipment Levy. This is a levy that a school board may annually certify "up to 33ยข per thousand dollars of assessed valuation." It is restricted in use to physical facilities and equipment. | PVO | Parent Volunteer Organization. This group of elementary parents meets monthly and raises money to support special activities for Danville Elementary School. See their web page for more information about their purpose, activities, and to join. | RTI | Response to Intervention | SAVE | Secure an Advanced Vision for Education. This is one of the funding streams for education from the State of Iowa. It is also known as the local option sales and service tax for school infrastructure. | SBRC | School Budget Review Committee | SIAC | School Improvement Advisory Committee. This committee of students, staff, administration, and community members meet monthly during the school year to discuss ways to improve our school district. | SOD Meeting | Suspicion of Disability Meeting | SPED | Special Education | SRI | Student Reporting in Iowa | STEM / STE(A)M | STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEAM adds Arts. | STEP | Secondary Transitional Education Program. This program is a partnership between Southeastern Community College, Great Prairie Area Education Agency, and local schools to make the transition from high school to career or vocation easier for special education students. See this websitefor more information. | Success Center | A service offered at Danville, where a teacher and associates offer assistance to K-12 students who are struggling in any area or need additional supports. A student, parent or teacher may make a request for service. | TAG | Talented and Gifted | TLC | Teacher Leadership and Compensation. The purpose of this legislation is to improve student learning by improving instruction through attracting and supporting promising new teachers, encouraging teachers to learn from each other through collaboration, and providing teacher-leaders to help teachers analyze data, fine-tune instructional strategies, as well as serve as co-teachers and instructional coaches. (Description taken from this web link which provides more information. | TQ | Teacher Quality. Each year the district provides an optional "TQ" day for teacher professional development. This day is funded through a special teacher quality funding stream from the state. | WCPM | Words correct per minute. This term is used when we test a student's accuracy in reading. |
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