APPENDIX 9: Abbreviations and Acronyms

ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics	
ACARA	Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority	
ACAT	ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal	
ACE	Adult and Community Education	
ACER	Australian Council for Educational Research	
ACS	ACT Certification System	
ACTPS	Australian Capital Territory Public Service	
ADE	Apple distinguished educator	
AEDI	Australian Early Development Index	
AEU	Australian Education Union	
AITSL	Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership	
ARC	Accreditation and Registration Council	
ASBA	Australian School-based Apprenticeship	
AST	ACT Scaling Test	
ATAR	Australian Tertiary Admission Rank	
ANU	Australian National University	
AQTF	Australian Quality Training Framework	
AuSSI	Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative	
AUQA	Australian Universities Quality Agency	
AWA	Australian Workplace Agreement	
BER	Building the Education Revolution	
BSSS	Board of Senior Secondary Studies	
CCCares	Canberra College Cares program	
CIT	Canberra Institute of Technology	
cLc	Connected Learning Community	
COAG	Council of Australian Governments	
CRICOS	Commonwealth register of institutions and courses for overseas students	
CO2	Carbon dioxide	
DECCEW	Department of Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water (ACT)	
DER	Digital Educational Revolution	
DHCS	Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services	
ESD	environmentally sustainable design	
ESL	English as a second language	
FOI	Freedom of information	
FTE	full-time equivalent	
GSEC	Government Schools Education Council	
HEC	Higher Education Committee	
HMSMP	Hazardous Materials Survey Management Plans	
ICT	information and communication technology	
ICTL	Information and communications technology and literacy	
IECB	Indigenous Education Consultative Body	
InSinc	Incorporating Strategies for an Inclusive Curriculum	
LBOTE	Language background other than English	
MAZE	school-based student data management system	
MCEECDYA	Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs	
NALSSP	National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Project	
NAPLAN	National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy	
NCVER	National Centre for Vocational Education Research	
NGSEC	Non-government Schools Education Council	
NSP	National School Pride	
NSW	New South Wales	
P21	Primary Schools for the 21st Century program	
P&C	Parents & Citizens Association	
PBS	Prestige Building Services	
PID Act	Public Interest Disclosure Act 1994	
PIPS	Performance Indicators in Primary Schools	
PIRLS	Progress in International Reading Literacy Study	
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment	
PN	Prohibition Notice	
PPP	Productivity Places Program	
PSP	Priorities Support Program	
RPL	recognition of prior learning	
RTO	registered training organization	
SEA	Special Employment Arrangement	
SES	socio-economic status	
SiMS	School Staffing Integrated Management System	
SIP	School Improvement Partner	
SLA	School Leader A	
SLB	School Leader B	
SLC	School Leader C	
TaTE	Training and Tertiary Education	
TaTE Act	Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003	
TES	Tertiary Entrance Statement	
TEQSA	Tertiary Education Quality and Standard Agency	
TIMSS	Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study	
UAI	Universities Admission Index	
UC	University of Canberra	
VET	vocational education and training	
WHS	workplace health and safety