Acronyms & Definitions
4Cs-21st Century Skills of Communication, Collaboration, Critical thinking and Creativity
ADA-Average Daily Attendance
ADLN-Attendance, Discipline, Literacy, Numeracy
APR-Annual Performance Report
BL-Blended Learning
CIA-Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Department
CDC-Curriculum Development Committee
CSIP-Comprehensive School Improvement Plan
DRDP-Desired Results Developmental Profile
EC-Early Childhood
ECSE-Early Childhood Special Education
Elem-Elementary
GOCAPS-Greater Ozarks Centers for Advanced Professional Studies
HS-High School
IT-Information Technology Department
MCGP-Missouri Comprehensive Guidance Program
MS-Middle School
MSIP-Missouri School Improvement Program
NEE-Network for Educator Effectiveness
NSTA-National Science Teachers Association
OTC-Ozarks Technical College
PAT-Parents as Teachers
PBIS-Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support
PBL-Project Based Learning
PLC-Professional Learning Community
PK-Pre-Kindergarten
PDP-Professional Development Plan
PLTW-Project Lead The Way
RTI-Response to Intervention
SIT-Student Intervention Team
STEAM-Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math
SRS-Success Ready Student
Yr-year
NOTE: Frameworks such as Leader In Me (LIM), Professional Learning Communities (PLC), and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) are all evidence-based, comprehensive models that help the district develop various aspects of leadership, school culture, and sustained academic achievement. As models, they inform the way the district operates and how value is created for the stakeholders, and the District is committed to their continued use.