Educational Terms
A plan developed for students with disabilities outlining their educational goals and services needed.
What is an IEP (Individualized Education Program)?
Feeling upset or bitter about something.
What is salty?
This abbreviation denotes the entity that governs all public schools in Tennessee.
What is the TDOE?
The type of public college that students typically complete in two years.
What is community college?
Heating this in the school workroom's microwave might be annoying to others.
What is fish?
An interdisciplinary approach integrating Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
What is STEM?
To show off or boast, often about one's achievements or possessions.
What is flex?
Students enrolled in Tennessee public schools during their eleventh grade year must complete this nationally standardized college entrance test.
What is the ACT? or What is the SAT?
The law that prevents anyone other than the student from finding out their grades.
What is FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)?
An office supply that will mysteriously disappear from your desk at a rapid rate.
What are pens?
A student whose primary language is not English and who needs support in learning English.
What is English Language Learner (ELL)?
To undergo a positive transformation in appearance, confidence, or success over time.
What is glow up?
The term for the graduation requirement for all students to complete 3 credits in one of these categories: Math and Science, Career and Technical Education, Fine Arts, Humanities, Advanced Placement (AP)
What is an Elective Focus?
A type of federal need-based funding grant that supports students with financial needs.
What is a Pell grant?
This day of the week causes collective joy that permeates the school.
What are Fridays?
The process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
What is Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?
To be a representative of some activity or thing.
What is the CEO of (something)?
This term refers to taking college courses while in high school to earn both high school credit and college credit.
What is Dual Enrollment?
The two types of higher education institutions that students can attend tuition free in Tennessee.
What are community colleges and Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technolgy?
Never, ever do this in the school parking lot.
What is park in another teacher's assigned spot?
Providing every student with the resources and support they need to succeed, regardless of background or circumstances.
What is equity?
Utter nonsensical term that emerged after a video clip of Mom telling her son to have a good day went viral.
What is Skibidy toilet rizz?
The number of math credits needed to graduate from a Tennessee High School.
What is four?
Students admitted to college can access this to set up their email and see any updates about any requirements needed to complete the admission process.
What is the student portal?
Carefully timing this to avoid the rush of students during class changes.
What is a bathroom break?