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TSTC Acronyms
Commonly used abbreviations in the dialect at TSTC
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4DX • The 4 Disciplines of Education, play book for TSTC
6CP • 6 Critical Practices
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ACGM • Academic Course Guide Manual
AD • Assistant Director
ADA • American with Disabilities Act
A & P Certification • Airframe & Powerplant License, needed for Aircraft Maintenance Instructors
AP • Associate Provost
ARC • Advocacy Resource Center
ATO • Authorization to Offer, internal TSTC form used for granting authorization to offer a job to an Applicant
ATP • Authorization to Post, internal TSTC form used for authorization to post a job
AVC • Associate Vice Chancellor
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BOR • Board of Regents
BP • Human Resources Business Partner
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CAO • Chief Academic Officer
C.A.R.E • Campus Assessment Response Education
CDC • Campus Department Chair
CME • Content Matter Expert
CEE • Campus Enrollment Executive
CEO • Campus Enrollment Officer
CEU • Continuing Education Unit
CV • Curriculum Vitae, an academic resume or dossier
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DA - Director of Alignment
DC • Dual Credit
DNA • Data and Analytics
DOE • Department of Education
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EAD • Employee Appreciation Day
EAP • Employee Assistance Program
EASI • TSTC’s core values of Excellence, Accountability, Service, and Integrity
EEO • Equal Employment Opportunity
ELD • E-Learning Day
ELPT • Electric Power & Control Technology
ERS • Employee Retirement System
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FA • Financial Aid
FAFSA • Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FCS • Faculty Credentialing Specialist
FCVF • Faculty Credentialing Verification Form
FDC • Faculty Development Course
FERPA • Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
FLP • Family Leave Pool
FML • Family Medical Leave
FSA • Flexible Spending Account
FT • Full Time
FY • Fiscal Year
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HR • Human Resources
HRLOD • Human Resource Learning & Organizational Development
HRBP • Human Resources Business Partner
HRSS • Human Resources Shared Services
HSA • Health Savings Account
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IBC • Industrial Based Certification
IBM • Instructional Business Manager, supervisors of faculty
ICP • Incident Command Post
ID • Instructional Designer
IER • Institutional Effectiveness and Research
ISD • Independent School District
ITC • Industrial Technology Center
IT • Information Technology
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JAC • Justification for Alternative Credentialing
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KSA • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
KPI • Key Performance Indicator
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L&D • Learning and Development
LGV • Longevity
LiL • Linked in Learning
LMS • Learning Management System
LRC • Learning Resource Center
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MBTI • Myers Briggs Type Indicator
MAARS • Migrant Academic Achievement Residential Summer
MEME • Multiple Entrance Multiple Exit
MLA • Manager Leadership Academy
MO • Minute Order
MOU • Memorandum of Understanding
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OCR • Office of Civil Rights
OIT • Office of Information Technology
OKR • Objectives and Key Results
OLL • Online Learning
ORP • Optional Retirement Plan
OSA • Occupational Skills Award
OSP • Office of Sponsored Programs
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PBE • Performance-Based Education
PIP • Performance Improvement Plan
PT • Part Time
PTL • Program Team Lead
PTK • Phi Theta Kappa
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QEP • Quality Enhancement Plan
QLE • Qualifying Life Event
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RACI 2.0 • Responsibility, Accountability, Consulting and Informed matrix, a responsibility assignment chart that maps out every task, milestone or key decision involved in completing a project
RDA • Records Destruction Authorization
ROI • Return on Investment
RR • Rights & Responsibilities
RRS • Records Retention Schedule
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SACSCOC • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, an organization that grants our accreditation with an audit every 5 years
SDC • Statewide Department Chair
SGA • Student Government Association
SLO • Student Learning Objectives
SLP • Sick Leave Pool
SME • Subject Matter Expert
SORM • State Office of Risk Management
SOS • Statewide Operating Standard
STAR • Statewide TSTC Awards & Recognition
SWOT • Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threat Analysis
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TEACH • Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002
TEEX • The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
TDA • Tax Deferred Account
THECB • Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
TIX • Title IX, federal mandate prohibiting gender discrimination
TLA • Teaching Lab Assistant
TracDat • Online Web Based software program, software that allows us to collect, track and report out on Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) and program review requests and recommendations
TRS • Teacher Retirement System
TSTC • Texas State Technical College
TWC • Texas Workforce Commission
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USERRA • Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights ACT
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VAWA • Violence Against Women’s Act
VC • Vice Chancellor
VOTE • Voice of the Employee
VPSL • Vice President Student Learning
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WECM • Workforce Education Course Manual
WIG • Wildly Important Goal
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