AAT Adopt a Teacher

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

BCSD Berkeley County School District

BES Business Education Summit

CATE Career & Technology Education (also written as CTE)

CBR Center for Business Research (Charleston Metro Chamber)

CCA Certified Career Academy

CCSD Charleston County School District

CMCC Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce

CTE Career & Technology Education (also written as CATE)

CTL Contextual Teaching & Learning

DSD2 Dorchester School District Two

DSD4 Dorchester School District Four

EEDA Education and Economic Development Act (known as Personal Pathways to Success)

EF Education Foundation

ELA English Language Arts

ELO Extended Learning Opportunities (work-based learning)

EOC Education Oversight Committee OR End of course

FARM Free and reduced meals

GCDF Global Career Development Facilitator

HSAP High School Assessment Program (state required math/ELA standardized tests for grade 10)

IGP Individual Graduation Plan (eIGP – electronic version)

ICW Institute for a Competitive Workforce (U.S. Chamber)

iNet Intermediary Network

MESS Math, English, Science and Social Studies (core high school courses)

MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area

NCLB No Child Left Behind

NFTE National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship

NGA Ninth Grade Academy

NGLC Next Generation Learning Community (Ford Motor Company Fund)

PAS Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford Motor Company Fund)

PASS Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (required standardized tests, grades 3-8, for math, ELA, science, social studies)

PEN Public Education Network

PFD Principal for a Day

P-20 Pre-school through graduate education

RCS Regional Career Specialist

REC Regional Education Center

RECAB Regional Education Center Advisory Board

ROI Return on Investment

SLC Smaller Learning Communities

STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

TIP Councils Trident Industry Partnership Councils

TREC Trident Regional Education Center

WBL Work-Based Learning

WISE Workplace InStitute for Educators