Navigating the move to full registration
keeping up with the acronyms
A handy A-Z quick-reference guide to all of the acronyms you're trying to learn in a hurry!
Also available as a free, downloadable PDF.
A
ACARA – Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ACECQA – Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority
AEDC – Australian Early Development Census
AET – Academic Engaged Time
AISNSW / AISWA / AISQ etc. – Association of Independent Schools (state-based)
AITSL – Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
AP – Assistant Principal
APD - Auditory Processing Disorder
APST(s) – Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
AQF9 – Australian Qualifications Framework 9
ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorder
ATAR – Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
ATSI – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
B
BOSTES – Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (old NSW name, now NESA)
BYOD – Bring Your Own Device
C
CCP – Country Culture Practice
CCPs – Cross-Curriculum Priorities
CD – Content Descriptor
CEO – Catholic Education Office
COT – Cultures of Thinking (pedagogical framework)
CRT – Casual Relief Teacher
CSO – Catholic Schools Office
D
DAP – Developmentally Appropriate Practice
DECD – Department for Education and Child Development (former SA dept name)
DET – Department of Education and Training (various states)
DoE – Department of Education
DIP - Disability Inclusion Profile
DP – Deputy Principal
E
EA – Education Assistant (WA term for teacher aide)
EAL/D (EALD) – English as an Additional Language or Dialect (replaces ESL)
ECE – Early Childhood Education
ECEC – Early Childhood Education and Care
ECT – Early Career Teacher
ESL – English as a Second Language (older term, now largely EAL/D)
F
FTE – Full-Time Equivalent
G
GAT – General Achievement Test (Victoria, VCE)
GATE – Gifted and Talented Education
GC – General Capabilities
GRR – Gradual Release of Responsibility (pedagogical framework)
H
HITS – High Impact Teaching Strategies (pedagogical framework)
HOD – Head of Department
HOY – Head of Year
HPE – Health and Physical Education
HSC – Higher School Certificate (NSW)
HSIE – Human Society and Its Environment (NSW curriculum area)
I
IB – International Baccalaureate
ICSEA – Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage
IEP – Individualised Education Plan
ILP – Individual Learning Plan
ISQ – Independent Schools Queensland
K
KWL – Know, Want to know, Learned (a graphic organiser strategy)
L
LANTITE – Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education
LI – Learning Intention
LOTE – Languages Other Than English
LSO – Learning Support Officer
LST – Learning Support Teacher/Team
M
MTSS - Multi-Tiered System of Supports
N
NAPLAN – National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy
NCCD – Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (school students with disability)
NESA – NSW Education Standards Authority
NQF – National Quality Framework (early childhood)
NQS – National Quality Standard (early childhood)
O
ODD – Oppositional Defiance Disorder
OOHC – Out of Home Care
OSC – Out of School Care
OSHC – Outside School Hours Care
OT – Occupational Therapist (school support role)
P
P&C – Parents and Citizens Association
P&F – Parents and Friends Association
PACEs – Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences
PBL – Positive Behaviour for Learning / Problem Based Learning
PCK – Pedagogical Content Knowledge
PCM – Proactive Classroom Management
PDA - Pathological Demand Avoidance
PD – Professional Development
PDP – Performance and Development Plan
PL – Professional Learning
PLC – Professional Learning Community
PLP – Personalised Learning Plan
PLT - Professional Learning Team
PRT - Provisionally Registered Teaching
PTT - Permission To Teach
Q
QCAA – Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
QCE – Queensland Certificate of Education
QCT – Queensland College of Teachers
QTU – Queensland Teachers' Union
R
RFF – Release From Face-to-face (NSW term for teacher release/prep time)
RPL – Recognised Prior Learning
RTO – Registered Training Organisation
S
SACE – South Australian Certificate of Education
SACSA – South Australian Curriculum, Standards and Accountability Framework
SAER – Students At Educational Risk
SC – Success Criteria
SEA – Standard of Educational Achievement (SACE)
SEL – Social and Emotional Learning
SES – Socioeconomic Status
SLA – Second Language Acquisition
SLCN – Speech, Language, and Communication Needs
SLI – Specific Language Impairment
SLD - Specific Learning Disability
SLSO – Student Learning Support Officer (NSW)
SRC – Student Representative Council
SSO – School Services Officer (SA term for teacher aide)
STLA – Support Teacher Learning Assistance
SWD – Students With Disability
T
TA – Teacher Aide
TAFE – Technical and Further Education
TASC – Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification (Board)
TD – Typically Developing (children)
TEEP – Teacher Education Expert Panel
TOM – Theory of Mind
TQI – Teacher Quality Institute (ACT)
TRB – Teacher Registration Board (Tas/SA)
TRBWA – Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
V
VCAA – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
VCE – Victorian Certificate of Education
VET – Vocational Education and Training
VIT – Victorian Institute of Teaching
W
WACE – Western Australian Certificate of Education
WALT – We Are Learning To
WHS – Work Health and Safety
WILF – What I'm Looking For
Z
ZPD - Zone of Proximal Development