
Acronyms - Common Education Wide General
Educational Acronyms General
Acronyum | Meaning |
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ABA |
Achievement Based Assessment |
ACE |
Adult and Community Education |
AE |
Alternative Education |
AO |
Advisory Officer (PPTA) |
AP |
Associate Principal |
BES |
Best Evidence Synthesis Programme |
BOT |
Board of Trustees |
BTA |
Beginning Teacher Allowance |
CA |
Collective Agreement |
CD |
Civil Defence |
CEA |
Collective Employment Agreement |
CEC |
Collective Employment Contract |
DP |
Deputy Principal |
EARU |
Education Assessment Research Unit |
e-asTTle |
Electronic Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning (Assessment Tool) |
EBS |
Now EBS Healthcare |
ECE |
Early Childhood Education |
EEdO |
Equal Educational Opportunity |
EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunities |
EFTS |
Equivalent Full Time Student |
EHSAS |
Extending High Standards Across Schools |
ELL |
English Language Learners |
EOTC |
Education Outside the Classroom |
ERO |
Education Review Office |
ESOL |
English for Speakers of Other Languages |
FT |
Fixed Term |
FTTE |
Full time teacher equivalent(s) (a unit of staffing entitlement) |
FTU |
Fixed Term Unit |
GMFS |
Guaranteed Minimum Formula Staffing |
GPA |
Grade Point Averages |
GSE |
Group Special Education - Ministry of Education Special Needs Support Group |
ICAS |
International Competitions and Assessments for Schools |
ICCS |
International Civic and Citizenship Education Study |
ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
IEA |
Individual Employment Agreement |
IEC |
Individual Employment Contract |
IEP |
Individual Education Plan |
LAT |
Limited Authority to Teach |
LOTC |
Learning Outside the Classroom |
LTSA |
Land Transport Safety Authority |
MMAs |
Middle Management Allowances |
MNA |
Managing National Assessment |
MOE |
Ministry of Education |
MP |
Member of Parliament |
NAGs |
National Administration Guidelines |
NASDAP |
National Association of Secondary Deputy and Assistant Principals |
NCEA |
National Certificate of Educational Achievement |
NCW |
National Council of Women |
NEGs |
National Education Guidelines |
NEMP |
National Education Monitoring Project |
NQF |
National Qualifications Framework |
NSI |
National Student Index |
NSN |
National Student Number |
NZCER |
New Zealand Council for Educational Research |
NZCF |
New Zealand Curriculum Framework |
NZCTE |
New Zealand Council for Teacher Education |
NZCTU |
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions |
NZEI |
New Zealand Educational Institute |
NZQA |
New Zealand Qualifications Authority |
NZQF |
New Zealand Qualification Framework |
NZSTA |
New Zealand School Trustees Association |
NZTC |
New Zealand Teachers Council |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
Ops Grant |
Operations Grant (school operational funding bulk grant) |
ORRS |
Ongoing and Reviewable Resourcing Scheme (replaces ORS - special education) |
ORS |
Ongoing Resourced Students |
OSH |
Occupational Safety and Health Service |
OTJ |
Overall Teacher Judgement |
PAT |
Progress and Achievement Tests |
PD |
Professional Development |
PEP |
Pasifika Education Plan |
PG |
Personal Grievance |
PHN |
Public Health Nurse |
PISA |
Programme for International Student Assessment |
PMS |
Performance Management System |
PPTA |
Post Primary Teachers' Association |
PR(s) |
Position(s) of Responsibility |
PRT |
Provisionally Registered Teacher |
PSA |
Publish Service Association |
PTA |
Parent Teacher Association |
PUM(s) |
Paid Union Meeting(s) |
RO |
Regional Officer (PPTA) |
ROA |
Record of Achievement |
ROL |
Record of Learning |
RT Lit |
Resource Teacher - Literacy |
RTLB |
Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour |
Scale A |
Basic Scale Teacher |
SEG |
Special Education Grant |
SES |
Socio-Economic Status |
SLS |
Supplementary Learning Support |
SMAs |
Senior Management Allowances |
SMS |
Student Management System |
SOI |
Statement of Intent |
SPANZ |
Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand |
SRT |
Student Record Transfer |
SSC |
State Services Commission |
STA (NZSTA) |
School Trustees' Association |
STAR |
Supplementary Tests of Achievement in Reading (Assessment Tool) |
STCEA |
Secondary Teachers' Collective Employment Agreement |
TC |
Teachers Council (previously TRB) |
TCS |
The Correspondence School |
TKI |
Te Kete Ipurangi (on line resources for schools) |
TRB |
Teacher Registration Board |
TRD |
Teacher Relief Day |
TSS |
Teacher Support Services |
UE |
University Entrance |