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.

CSIP Defintions