Adult Ed & ELL's Guide to Acronyms & Terms! by

NRS

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 15:28:35 UTC

Stands for National Reporting System. This is the outcome-based reporting system for State-administered, federally funded adult education programs. Info we put in the LACES database gets aggregated at the State/Federal level. Includes skills gains, enrollment, & performance data.

LACES

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 15:32:49 UTC

Database used by MD Department of Labor to collect info from grantees; operated by LiteracyPro. See LACES Data Dictionary (https://www.dllr.state.md.us/lwis/litworks/LACESDataDefinitionDictionary.pdf)

EFL

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 15:41:13 UTC

Who wants to take a stab at this one??
Educational Functioning Level
Test Benchmarks for NRS Educational Functioning Levels (EFL) (updated August 2019) | NRSWeb

NEDP

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 16:21:54 UTC

National External Diploma Program.

WIOA

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 16:22:00 UTC

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

CASAS

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 16:22:15 UTC

Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System- organization that created the test we use for EBS student placement
CASAS Homepage

GED

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 16:22:24 UTC

General Educational Development

TESOL

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 16:22:26 UTC

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

RLA

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 16:22:42 UTC

Reasoning Through Language Arts

TABE

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-26 16:22:49 UTC

Test of Adult Basic Education

Department vs. Office vs. Program

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-27 13:35:19 UTC

Adult Education and English Language Learning DEPARTMENT
Adult Education OFFICE/TEAM
English Language Learning OFFICE/TEAM
English Basic Skills PROGRAM
Adult Basic Skills/GED PROGRAM
National External Diploma PROGRAM

PRIA

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-27 20:39:54 UTC

A very common female name in India.
Another meaning:
Planning, Research, and Institutional Assessment

PRD

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-27 20:40:02 UTC

Personal registration days: great opportunity to meet admissions team members, not so great for recruiting new ESL students!

MSG

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-27 20:42:46 UTC

Monosodiumglutamate (Not very good for you!) or, Measurable Skills Gain

FTE

dsmarron1 — 2021-05-27 20:42:50 UTC

Full Time Equivalent
#hrs x # students x 1.2/450

DOL/Labor/DLLR

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-02 16:41:34 UTC

Maryland Department of Labor (MD Labor) for short funds our ABS/GED/NEDP activities. We used to call them "DLLR" (MD Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation). They should now be referred to as "MD Labor" or "Labor," for short.

SOF

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-04 12:47:54 UTC

Student Opinion Form

SRWS

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-04 12:48:17 UTC

The screen that allows staff to exempt a student from an EAP class.

LOEP

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-04 12:48:23 UTC

Levels of English Proficiency (LOEP) Test

FLH (faculty load hours)

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:35:18 UTC

Maximum number of instructional hours per term that instructors can teach. Somewhat overlaps with, but distinct from, ACA hours.

COLOR CODING:

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:36:51 UTC

Green - an "AACC" thing
Red - a "federal/state" thing
Purple - a "funding" thing
Blue - a "NEDP" thing

MAACCE

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:39:56 UTC

Maryland Association for Adult Community & Continuing Education

MD TESOL

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:40:02 UTC

Maryland Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, a statewide professional organization that holds an annual conference, frequent smaller professional development activities, creates resources, and advocates for the field.

DACA

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:40:23 UTC

Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals. Protects people who arrived in the country at a young age.

IELCE/IET

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:40:33 UTC

IET

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:40:38 UTC

Integrated Education & Training

AAWDC

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:41:12 UTC

Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation-
AAWDC (aawdc.org) a nonprofit community partner that works with AACC, often to help fund our programs and support our students with career exploration, workshops, career coaches etc.

SASP

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:41:26 UTC

Student Achievement Success Program. Run through Admissions. Focuses on Non-native English speaking, minority, and first generation college students; extra academic support, scholarships, financial assistance with textbooks, bridge programming, higher touch advising, etc.

Poisonous snake with a lisp.

Client vs. Student

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:41:43 UTC

Client is a term used for NEDP; student is for all others seeking knowledge in our programs

EBS vs. ELL vs. ESL

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:50:29 UTC

EBS = English Basic Skills. General English instruction to increase speaking and listening skills for work, and social interaction. ELL = English Language Learners. Emerging English speakers taking English classes for academic or non academic purposes. ESL = English as a Second Language. A generalized term for non-English speakers who are taking English classes.

ECAP

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:51:37 UTC

Early College Access Program- allows Anne Arundel high school students to take free or reduced price AACC classes before they graduate

MHEC

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:53:03 UTC

Maryland Higher Education Commission- one of the funders of EBS classes and an overall regulator of higher ed in the state
Maryland Higher Education Commission

CSP

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:55:13 UTC

Central Sterile Processing

CNA/GNA

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:55:19 UTC

PAE

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-07 18:55:25 UTC

Pre-Apprenticeship Electrical

HITCH

dsmarron1 — 2021-06-09 13:53:24 UTC

The priority career clusters with best employment opportunities for AA County identified by AAWDC: Healthcare, IT, Transportation, Construction, Hospitality

CCMA

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Certified Clinical Medical Assisting