Hillsborough County Public Schools

NOTE: On the vacancy pages, if you see an "Alphabetic Identifier" with the school name, that means that before the school was given a name by the School Board, it was identified by a letter of the alphabet, such as Z, D, T, V or R.

A/E
Agreement to Earn

AASA
American Association of School Administrators

ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act

ADAPT
A Developmental Activities Project Team

ADD
Attention Deficit Disorder

AFT
American Federation of Teachers

AGP
Academically Gifted Program

AIS
Academic Intervention Specialist (also SPEC ACAC INTVER)

AP
Assistant Principal

APESE
Alternative Placement for Exceptional Student Education

ATOSS
Alternative to Out Of School Suspension

ATP
Alternate Teacher Preparation Program

AVID
Advancement Via Individual Determination

BS
Bachelors Degree

BTP
Beginning Teacher Program

CAC
Citizen Advisory Committee

CEC
Council for Exceptional Children

CIS
Curriculum Intervention Specialist

COMP ED
Comprehensive Education

CSR
Position is funded through Class Size Reduction allocations (allows the district to track its use of dollars)

CTA
Classroom Teachers Association

CTBS
Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills

DACCO
Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordination Office, Inc.

DCT
Diversified Corporative Training

DEES
Department of Education for Exceptional Students

DJJ
Department of Juvenile Justice

DOE
Department of Education

DOSS
Department of Student Services

DP
Data Processing

D-PHR
Division of Personnel and Human Resources

DR
Doctoral Degree

DWP
Developmental Writing Program

EBD
Emotional Behavioral Disorders (formerly "SED: Severe Emotional Disorder)

ECIA
Education Consolidation Improvement Act

ECLC
Early Childhood Learning Center

ED Can mean
Economically Disadvantaged

EdS
Education Specialist Degree

EELP
Early Exceptional Learning Program

EH
Emotionally Handicapped

ELL
English Language Learners

ELP
Early Learning Program

EMH
Intellectually Disabled Independent (formerly: "Educable Mentally Handicapped")

EPC
Education Practices Commission

ESC
Education Standards Commission

ESE
Exceptional Student Education (other districts may call this "Special Education")

ESL
English as a Second Language

ESOL
English for Speakers of Other Languages

F/T
Full-Time

FAC
FL Admin. Code

FDLRS Florida Diagnostic Learning Resource System

FEA
Florida Education Association

FEFP
Florida Education Finance Program

FELE
FL Educational Leadership Exam

FEN
Florida Educational Negotiators

FHSAA
Florida High School Activities Association

FIRN
Information Resource Network

FLRS
Florida Labor Relations Services

FLSA
Fair Labor Standards Act

FMHI
Florida mental Health Institute

FMLA
Family Medical Leave Act

FPMS
Florida Performance Measurement System

FSBA
Florida School Board Association

FTCE
Florida Teacher Certification Exam

FTE
Full-Time Equivalency (See also w/FTE below)

FTP-NEA
Florida Teaching Profession-National Education Association

GPA
Grade Point Average

H/T
Half-Time

HARC
Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens

HASA
Hillsborough Association of School Administrators

HCAEOP
Hillsborough County Association of Educational Office Personnel

HCTAA
Hillsborough Technical Career Adult Association

HI
Hearing Impaired

HMO
Health Maintenance Organization

HRS
Health & Rehabilitative Services

HSEF
Hillsborough School Employees Federation

IB
International Baccalaureate

ILAP
Intensive Learning Alternative Program

INS
Immigration & Naturalization Service

IPS
Introductory Physical Science

ISC
Instructional Services Center

ISS
In-school suspension (see also: OSS)

J/C
Job Code

KELP
Kindergarten Exceptional Learning Program

LAMS
Language Assessment Management System

LEP
Limited English Proficiency (see also ESL)

LIFT
Laboratory for Individualized Foundation Teaching

LOA
Leave of Absence

LTS
Long Term Sub

MS
Masters Degree

NAEN
National Association of Educational Negotiators

NI
Non-Instructional

NIE
Newspapers in Education

NON-REP
Non-Represented/Administrative

NYC
Neighborhood Youth Corps

OF
Out of Field

OSS
Out-of School Suspension (see also: ISS)

OTETA
Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act

PAF
Personnel Assignment Form

PALS
Program for Assistant in Laboratory Science

PARA
Paraprofessional

PDF
- Definition #1: Personnel Data Form
- Definition #2: A file format recognized by Acrobat Reader software

PEP
Personalized Education Program

PERC
Public Employees Relations Commission

PG
Pay Grade

PH
Physically Handicapped

PI
Physically Impaired

PPO
Preferred Provider Organization

PPOS
Payroll/Personnel Online System

PPS
Professional Practices Services

PREP
Primary Education Program

PRIME
Progress in Middle Childhood Education Program

PSAT
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test

PT
Part-Time

PTA
Parent and Teachers Association

QRG
Quick Reference Guide (for Substitute Teachers)

RAISE (Bill)
Raising Achievement in Secondary Education

RIF
Reading is Fundamental

ROSSAC
Raymond O. Shelton School Administrative Center
Main Administrative Building for the School District
901 E Kennedy Blvd Tampa
(813)272-4000

S/PMH
Severe/Profound Mentally Handicapped

SAC
- Definition #1: School Administrative Center (see ROSSAC above)
- Definition #2: School Advisory Committee

SAL
Subject Area Leader

SAT
Scholastic Aptitude Test

SBC
System Balance Change (Elementary Science)

SBER
State Board of Education Rules

SBR
State Board Rules

SDHC
School District of Hillsborough County (Florida); also: Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida

SED
Severely Emotionally Disturbed -- NOTE:  Also called: "EBD -- Emotional Behavior Disorder"

SEMG
Superintendent's Educational Management Group

SERVE
School Enrichment Resource Volunteers, Inc.

SIP
School Improvement Plan

SIT
School Improvement Team

SLD
Specific Learning Disability

SLH
Speech Language Hearing

SP
Supplement Schedule

SPMH
Intellectually Disabled Participatory (formerly: "Severe/Profound Mentally Handicapped")

SS
Salary Schedule

SSAT
State Student Assessment Test

STAT
Student Teacher Assistant Team

STEP
School Based Teacher Education Program

TARC
Temporary Appointment Regular Contract

TEC
Teacher Education Council

TMH
Intellectually Disabled Supported (formerly: "Trainable Mentally Handicapped")

TMI
Tampa Marine Institute

VE
Varying Exceptionalities

VI
Visually Impaired

W/C
Worker's Compensation

WCELN
West Central Educational Leadership Network

wFTE
Weighted Full-Time Equivalency

YAC
Youth Achievement Center (at University of South Florida - "USF")