Acronym Glossary

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 

American Association of School Administrators 

American Association of School Librarians (a division of the American Library Association) 

American Association of University Professors (faculty union) 

Applied Behavior Analysis program

Added Special Educator Endorsement (a cohort within the Special Educator program for candidates with a current teaching license to add a Special Educator endorsement) 

American Educational Research Association 

American Indian Teacher Program (program for Native American teacher preparation) (not currently enrolling students)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 

American Library Association 

Academic Year 

Board Certified Behavior Analyst 

Bilingual Special Educator (a special educator program for candidates who are bilingual/bicultural) (not currently enrolling students)

Bilingual Teacher Pathways (program leads to a teaching license, ESOL endorsement, and M.Ed. for candidates who are bilingual/bicultural)

Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation

Council for Exceptional Children

Conceptual Framework

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Masters in Curriculum and Instruction program

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Clinical Mental Health program

Council on Rehabilitation Education

Department of Counselor Education

Dean's Office

Differential Tuition Rate (set by University and Units)

Early Childhood: Inclusive Education

Educational Doctorate program

edTPA (a performance-based, subject-specific assessment of teacher candidates’ abilities)

Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (program for working with young children, ages birth through grade 3, who have special needs)

Elementary

Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

Educator Preparation Provider

English as a Second Language

English to Speakers of Other Languages (endorsement)

Educational Testing Service

Full-time equivalent (calculation of employee’s workload and salary)

Graduate School of Education (former name for the College of Education)

Graduate Teacher Education Program (program for general education teacher; two programs GTEP elementary and GTEP secondary)

Helen Gordon Child Development Center

Human Resources

High school 

Inclusive Elementary Educator Program (program leading to licensure in both special and general education at the elementary school level)

Interstate New Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium

International Reading Association

International Teacher Education Program (individualized advisement to international teachers within GTEP)

Institution of Higher Education

Infant Toddler Mental Health program (an interdisciplinary program for working with families with children from the prenatal period to 36 months of age)

Licensure in Elementary Education Program

Library Media program

Leadership for Sustainability Education

Master of Arts/Master of Science 

Marriage Couple and Family Counseling program

Marketing and Communications Systems division (COE)

Master of Education

Middle level

Mathematics Learning Teaching and Leading program (Mathematics Instructional Leader Specialization)

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Board of Professional Teaching Standards

National Center for Education Statistics 

National Evaluation Systems

Orientation and Mobility program

Office of Administrative Affairs

Office of Academic Innovation

Oregon Administrative Rule (state rule/regulation)

Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education

Office of Information Technologies

Oregon Educator License Assessments

Oregon Revised Statutes (state law)

Pre-kindergarten through 12th grade

Postsecondary Adult and Continuing Education

Professional Education Data System (AACTE)

Program and Policy Committee

Promotion and Tenure Committee

Recruitment and Admission Services

Research Center on Inclusive and Effective Educational Practices

Restricted Differential Tuition

Clinical Rehabilitation program 

Read Oregon (Literacy endorsement program)

Student Affairs in Higher Education program (graduate certificate)

Student Credit Hours (course credits x number of students enrolled)

School Counseling program

Secondary Dual Educator Program (program leading to licensure in both special education and a secondary general education subject)

Sustainable Food Systems program (graduate certificate)

Student Health and Counseling Center

Special interest group (a forum within organizations such as AERA for individuals drawn together by a common interest in a field of study)

Service Learning and Community Based Learning program (graduate certificate)

Schools of Education

Specialized professional associations (organizations that set standards for specialized subject areas)

Special Education or Special Educator

K-12 Special Education program

Training and Development program (graduate certificate) 

Teaching Adult Learners program (graduate certificate)

An online assessment, accountability, and data management system specifically designed for colleges of education

Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (the state agency responsible for the licensing of education professionals and approval of preparation programs)

Visually Impaired Learner program