Acronyms
Vocabulary
Standards Based Learning
OHPS-Random Facts
Educationalese
100
The organization we work for.

What is OHPS?

100

The standards that compliment the priority standards. 

What are supporting standards?

100

OHPS is in this phase in the shift to SBL. 

What is phase 1?

100

The number of AP courses offered at OHHS

What is 18?

100

This word means the same as working together. 

What is collaborate? 

200

This acronym stands for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support. 

What is MTSS?

200

The content that gets taught in the classroom. 

What is the intended curriculum?

200

These are standards where teachers invest more time to move as many students as possible.

What are priority standard?

200

This person works to get subs at the district. 

Who is Tawnie Carlson?

200

Making sure that the curriculum, instruction, and assessments are logically connected and build on each other across grade levels.

What is vertical alignment?

300

The overarching goal this of the work. 

What is SBL? (Standards Based Learning)

300

The districtwide plan that guides our work. 

Strategic Plan. 

300
We "used to' this of this as the book and the learning materials from the publisher, but we now know that it is the standards we teach, instructional materials, and the instructional strategies.

What is curriculum?

300

This person is the first female superintendent. 

Who is Michelle Kuss-Cybula?

300

Making learning goals, expectations, and instruction crystal clear so that students know what they are learning, why they are learning it, and how to be successful.

What is clarity?

400

This is the name of large groups of OHPS staff members working to guide the shift. 

What is the SLT?

400
One of four indicators for choosing priority standards that speaks to the value of the standard beyond one unit. 

What is endurance?

400

The number of years it would take to teach all the standards, without paring them down.

What is 22 years?

400

The newest elementary school was built in this year. 

What is 1988?

400

The quality and depth of learning experiences that push students to think critically, solve complex problems, and apply knowledge in meaningful ways.

What is rigor?

500

This assessment may impact the priority standards that are selected at certain grade levels. 

What is the SBA?

500

Students are given a score in reference to their level of mastery on a specific standard or topic.

What is standards referenced?

500

The goal at the end of this work is to have what system of grading?

What is standards references grading?

500

The district office houses this business before it was the ASC.

What is Alaska Federal Credit Union?

500

A fundamental change in the underlying assumptions, beliefs, or frameworks that guide how people think, act, or solve problems.

What is paradigm shift?
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