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Common Acronyms at the College of Education
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2FA: Two Factor Authentication. This is implemented through AzureAD or Shibboleth ("Shib").
AERA: American Educational Research Association
AESA: Association of Educational Services Agencies
APC: Academic Programs Committee
ASHE: Association for the Study of Higher Education
BER: Bureau of Educational Research.
BOT: Board of Trustees
BusOps: Business Operations: Finance, Human Resource, and Facilities.
CEC: College Executive Committee is the primary advisory committee to the dean on matters such as budget; personnel policies; faculty searches; academic programs; policies and requirements; space allocation; and other policy issues of importance.
CGC: College Grievance Committee. The CGC may receive confidential inquiries and complaints from faculty, specialized faculty, staff, and students after informal and departmental processes have been exhausted, including allegations of capricious grading or evaluation, and charges of academic dishonesty.
CI: Curriculum and Instruction.
CITL: Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (campus unit focused on strengthening teaching efforts and improving student outcomes).
COD: Council of Deans (campus deans)
CoDE: Committee of Department Executives. CoDE consists of Heads and Chairs of academic units in the College of Education and the Associate Deans.
COE: College of Education. Located at 1310 S. Sixth St., Champaign IL 61820-6925
CoTE: College of Teacher Education
CPS: Chicago Public Schools
CRC: Children's Research Center. 51 Gerty Ave, Champaign. Contains research areas like the Bureau of Educational Research, OCCRL, and TIER-ED.
CREA: Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment, a research area within the College of Education
CTRL: Creative Technology Research Lab (at Green Street).
DE: Diversity and Equity in Education
DELTA: Digital Environments for Learning, Teaching and Agency, a program within Curriculum and Instruction
DM: Digital Measures (formerly also known as Activity Insight), where faculty used to organize their publications and digital profile.
Doodle: Online calendar tool for coordinating meetings (https://www.doodle.com/en/)
DPI: Discovery Partners Institute
EAL: Educational Administration and Leadership
ECC: Early Childhood Collective (formerly ECAP, Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative), at CRC.
EDUC: Education Building (not to be confused with EB, the English Building).
EJP: Education Justice Project
EOL: Education Organization and Leadership
EPOL: Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership.
EPS: Education Policy
EPSY: Education Psychology.
F&S: Facilities and Services, a campus department that handles building maintenance
Forum: Forum on the Future of Public Education, an initiative from the College of Education
GPC: Graduate Programs Committee
GSE: Global Studies in Education
GSSO: Graduate Student Services Office.
HRD: Human Resource Development
ICES: Instructor Course Evaluation System (CITL end-of-semester student ratings of faculty, TAs, and courses).
IDEALL: Illinois Digital Ecologies and Learning Laboratory
IEAL: International Education, Administration, & Leadership
IGET: Interest Group for Educational Technology at Illinois
IHR: Illinois Human Resources
IIN: Illinois Innovation Network
INTC: Illinois New Teacher Collaborative, a yearly conference and resource for new teachers.
ISBE: Illinois State Board of Education
I-STECS: Illinois Secondary Teacher Education and Computer Science, an initiative of the College of Education focusing on an endorsement in computer science education for secondary teachers and a yearly summit.
ITAL: IT Accessibility Liaison (campus wide initiative of local resources partnering with Technology Accessibility Review Committee (TARC) to improve digital accessibility across campus).
ITP: Information Technology Partners, a department in the College of Education
LDL: Learning Design and Leadership
LES: Learning and Education Sciences
LMS, Moodle, Canvas: Learning Management System, a software learning platform or course management system. Moodle and Canvas are two popular systems.
MOOC: Massive Open Online Course
MSTE: Office of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (at CRC, was at Green Street).
MTC: Master Track Certificate
NCTQ: National Council on Teacher Quality
NESSIE / My: Two systems used to securely view and update personal and employment information. NESSIE is the official record, and MyEducation is another portal used for vacation and appointments.
NILOA: National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, a research and resource of the College of Education.
OAE: Office for Access & Equity, a campus department to promote diversity and inclusion
OCCRL: Office of Community College Research and Leadership (at CRC).
OLOAC: Online Learning Operational Advisory Committee
PCard / TCard: MasterCard used to purchase supplies and small equipment (PCard) or qualified travel expenses and business meals/events (TCard)
SAAO: Student Academic Affairs Office.
SCE: School and Community Experiences
Small Urban: Center for Education in Small Urban Communities
SPED: Special Education.
TEM: Travel and Expense Management System
TIER-ED: Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design, a research area at CRC.
UIN: University Identification Number, the number on your iCard that identifies you
UPS: University Primary School, a PreK - 5th grade school at the Children’s Resource Center
YLF: Youth Literature Festival, yearly festival run by COE.
Zoom: Cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars
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