We know that there are MANY acronyms and definitions used within the New York City Public School System. Here are what many of them stand for or mean:
 

• CCELL – Citywide Council on English Language Learners

• CEC – Community Education Council

• CCHS – Citywide Council on High Schools

• CCSE – Citywide Council on Special Education

• Charter School – A publicly funded, independently run school granted greater flexibility in its operations.

• CPAC­ – Chancellor’s Parent Advisory Council. Comprised the 38 Presidents’ Councils or their designees.

• CR - Chancellor's Regulation

• CTE – Career and Technical Education

• District 75 – D75 provides citywide educational, vocational, and behavior support programs for students who are on the autism spectrum, severely emotionally challenged, and/or multiply disabled. There is a D75 Citywide Council.

• DLP – Dual Language Program

• DLT – District Leadership Team

• DML – Division of Multilingual Learners

• DOE – Department of Education

• ELA – English Language Arts

• ELL – English Language Learners

• FACE – Division of Family and Community Engagement

• G&T/TAG – Gifted and Talented/Talented and Gifted

• ICT – Integrated Co-Teaching (also called “inclusion class” or CTT: Collaborative Team Teaching)

• IEP – Individual Education Plan

• NYCPS - New York City Public Schools

• OLA - Office of Language Access

• PA/PTA – Parent Association/Parent­ Teacher Association

• Para – A paraprofessional is a classroom assistant who may work with an entire class or one student with a disability. They are not certified teachers.

• PC/Parent Coordinator – A member of the school staff that is the liaison between the parents and the school administration and teachers.

• PEP – Panel for Educational Policy. The PEP consists of twenty-four (24) voting members: five (5) members, one member appointed by each borough president of the City of New York; five (5) members, one from each borough of the City of New York elected by Community Education Council presidents;  thirteen (13) members appointed by the mayor of the City of New York; and (1) independent member who serves as chair of the PEP and is selected by the mayor of the City of New York They are the de facto School Board.

• President’s Council – Comprised of the presidents of each district’s PA/PTAs.

• SLT – School Leadership Team. A group of parents, teachers, and administrators that writes and updates the CEP (Comprehensive Educational Plan) each year and confer about curriculum and

• Title I – Schools designated from the Federal law authorizing extra funding to high ­poverty area schools with students who need academic help.

• Zoned School - The school to which a student is geographically assigned, based on their address.