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Vocab 5 Flashcards

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Ability

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Potential to do somethings

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Accountability

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the process of ensuring appropriate, meaningful, and practicable outcomes in education to support improvement in learning, teaching, and educational administration.

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Adequacy

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resources that are sufficient to achieve some educational result

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Authorize

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a process of accountability that all charter schools must undertake with an authorizer

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Board of trustees

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Represent their constituents’ diverse opinions and values, and they are residents of the school district they serve

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Budget

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a district’s plan for the upcoming year as related to anticipated revenues and expenditures

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Chain of command

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provide stakeholders at all levels with a person they may ask questions or report complaints

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Chief Academic Officer (CAO)

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a member of the Frameworks’ leadership team

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Chief State School Officer (CSSO)

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in charge of the supervision of the state’s public education system and is the head of the state’s department of education.

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Choice

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a program or policy in which students are given the choice to attend a school other than their district’s public school

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Coalition

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a group of individuals and/or organizations with a common interest who agree to work together toward a common goal.

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Compulsory attendance

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Any person having custody or control of a child who is below the age of 6 years or is 17 years of age or above and who is enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through 12 in the public school shall cause the child to attend the public school in the district wherein he or she resides when it is in session

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Consensus oriented

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Consensus is a form of decision-making that concludes only when all participants reach agreement. It doesn’t mean that everyone in the group loves the idea; it only means that everyone agrees to live with the decision and help implement it.

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Continuing resolution

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A continuing resolution continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year for a set amount of time. Continuing resolutions typically provide funding at a rate or formula based on the previous year’s funding.

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Corporate income tax

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levied by federal and state governments on business profits

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Current expenditures

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a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions of the specified level of education

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Education Management Organization

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for-profit firms that provide “whole-school operation” services to public school agencies.

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

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authorizes federal aid for the education of disadvantaged students.

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Empowering policies

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the process of enabling students to have more agency over their learning experiences, develop critical thinking skills, and become more independent learners

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Equity

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each child receives what they need to develop to their full academic and social potential

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Federalism

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different levels of government work

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Governance

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the system of policies, regulations, and decision-making structures that guide the operation of schools and other educational institutions

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Home school

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to teach school subjects to one’s children at home

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Horizontal communication

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workplace communications among people, departments or teams at the same level in an organization.

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Human Resources (HR)

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recruiting, retaining, and developing talent,

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HR

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Human Resources

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Instruction

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the process of teaching and engaging students with content

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Intermediate teachers

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lead students in fifth through eighth grade classrooms.

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Interest group

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an association of people who hold similar views or goals.

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Intermediate units

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provide educational services as needed by the educational community.

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Line relationships

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a statistical term used to describe a straight-line relationship between two variable

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Local Control

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the ability of individual school boards to make decisions on issues such as curriculum, personnel, budget, school calendars and classroom policy.

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Local Education Agencies (LEAs)

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Local educational agency or LEA means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district

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Looping

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The practice in which a teacher instructs the same group of students for at least two school years, following them from one grade level to the next

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Micromanaging

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control every part, however small, of (an enterprise or activity).

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National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP)

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provides important information about student academic achievement and learning experiences in various subjects.

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NAEP

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National Assessment of Educational Progress

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No pass, no play

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policies in states that define eligibility for extracurricular activities and athletics based on academic performance, attendance and student behavior

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Onsite Staff Developer

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a professional who focuses on enhancing the skills and knowledge of an organization’s employees.

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Organization chart

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represent how the university organizes its functions and organizational structures defined within systems, driving security, business processes, and reporting

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Outsourcing

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schools, universities or other teaching facilities partner with external providers or contractors to manage aspects of their administrative or educational needs.

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Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs)

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a local organization of teachers and parents who work together to improve schools and to help students.

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Per-pupil expenditure

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The gross operating cost of a school district (excepting summer school, adult education, bond principal retired, and capital expenditures) divided by the nine-month ADA for the regular school term.

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PTO

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Parent Teacher Organization

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Personal income taxes

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evied on an individual’s wages, salaries, and other types of income.

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Policies

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help define rules, regulations, procedures and protocols for schools.

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Prescriptive policies

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teachers first diagnose their students’ academic abilities and limitations, then prescribe an appropriate course of action to address areas of weakness.

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Primary teachers

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an educator who specializes in teaching young children.

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Private schools

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Schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment

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Privatizing

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For-profit schools are run by private, for-profit companies or organizations often referred to as educational management organizations (EMOs). For the most part, for-profit or privatized schools are funded by the local, state, or federal government and offer free education to public school students

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Probationary teachers

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Probationary teachers may have different types of contracts, including nonrenewal contracts, which can end without notice or a detailed explanation. Probationary teachers may also be evaluated during their probationary period to determine if they qualify for tenure

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Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)

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groups of educators who work together to improve teaching and student learning

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PLC

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Professional Learning Communities

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Progressive income tax

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when the tax rate you pay increases as your income rises

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Reduction in Force (RIF)

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when a district has to non-renew contracts of some teachers due to changes in curriculum, attendance, or budget.

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RIF

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Reduction In Forces

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Regressive income tax

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assessed regardless of income so low- and high-income earners pay the same dollar amount

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Rule of law

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Rule of law is a principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that are: Publicly promulgated. Equally enforced. Independently adjudicated. And consistent with international human rights principles.

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School board

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a unit of local government that establishes direction, goals, and priorities for a school district and determines policy, budget, leadership, and administration.

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School Resource Officer (SRO)

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School Resource Officer (SRO)

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Secondary teachers

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help students prepare for life after high school, from taking college entrance exams to getting ready for a career.

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Self-contained classroom

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a separate and more intensive educational environment for students with more significant disabilities or exceptional needs

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Sin taxes

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an excise tax on specific goods and services due to their ability, or perception, to be harmful or costly to society.

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Staff relationships

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a caring connection between a youth and a school staff member.

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State Education Agency (SEA)

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a government agency that is responsible for overseeing the education system in a state.

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Superintendent

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administer Regional Offices of Education,

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Teacher leader

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set of skills demonstrated by teachers who continue to teach students but also have an influence that extends beyond their own classrooms to others within their own school and elsewhere.

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Team teaching

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Co-teaching or team teaching is the division of labor between educators to plan, organize, instruct and make assessments on the same group of students, generally in the a common classroom, and often with a strong focus on those teaching as a team complementing one another’s particular skills or other strengths

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Unpaid furlough days

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unpaid leave of absence

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Vertical communication

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communication up and down the hierarchical structure of an organization.

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Virtual school

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online education or distance learning

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Voucher

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education tax dollars that are diverted from public schools and given to private schools and religious schools. ​

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CSSO

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Chief State School Officer

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CAO

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Chief Academic Officer

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LEA

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Local Education Agencies

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ESEA

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act

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SRO

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School Resource Officer

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SEA

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State Education Agency

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