APPENDIX 9: Abbreviations and Acronyms
| AACs | Australian Apprenticeship Centres |
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ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACARA |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |
| ACE | Adult and Community Education |
| ACER |
Australian Council for Educational Research |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ACT CLS |
ACT Community Language Schools Association |
| ACT ESA | ACT Emergency Services Agency |
| ACT RFS | ACT Rural Fire Service |
| ACTPS | Australian Capital Territory Public Service |
| AEDI |
Australian Early Development Index |
| AEU |
Australian Education Union |
| AITSL | Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership |
| AMC | Alexander Maconochie Centre |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| AQTF |
Australian Quality Training Framework |
| ARC | Accreditation and Registration Council |
| ASBA | Australian School-based Apprenticeship |
| ASQA | Australian Skills Quality Authority |
| AST | ACT Scaling Test |
| ATAR | Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank |
| ATRA |
Australasian Teacher Regulatory Authorities |
| ATSIECG | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Consultative Group |
| ATSIEOs | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Officers |
| AUQA | Australian Universities Quality Agency |
| AuSSI | Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative |
| AVETMISS |
Australian Vocational Education and Training Management |
| AWA | Australian Workplace Agreement |
| BER |
Building the Education Revolution |
| BSSS |
Board of Senior Secondary Studies |
| CCCares | Canberra College Cares |
| CIT | Canberra Institute of Technology |
| cLc |
Connected Learning Community |
| CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CRICOS |
Commonwealth register of institutions and courses for overseas |
| DERG |
Disability Education Reference Group |
| ELICOS | English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students |
| ESDD | Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate |
| ESL | English as a second language |
| FOI |
Freedom of information |
| FTE | Full-time equivalent |
| FWA | Fair Work Australia |
| GSEC |
Government Schools Education Council |
| GTOs |
Group training organisations |
| HEC | Higher Education Committee |
| HMSMP | Hazardous Materials Survey Management Plans |
| HWNS | House with No Steps |
| ICT |
Information and communication technology |
| IECs |
Introductory English Centres |
| ISD |
Integrated Service Delivery |
| JGTP |
Joint Group Training Program |
| LCC |
Learning Capital Council |
| MAZE |
School-based student data management system |
| MCEECDYA |
Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development |
| NALSSP |
National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program |
| NAPLAN | National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy |
| NCVER | National Centre for Vocational Education Research |
| NGSEC | Non-government Schools Education Council |
| NP | National Partnership |
| NSP | National School Pride |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| P&P | Planning and Performance |
| P21 | Primary Schools for the 21st Century |
| PID Act | Public Interest Disclosure Act 1994 |
| PIPS |
Performance Indicators in Primary Schools |
| PPP |
Productivity Places Program |
| PSP | Priorities Support Program |
| QTm |
Quality Teaching model |
| RAP | Reconciliation Action Plan |
| RCG |
Research Collaboration Group |
| REDCOs | Respect, Equity and Diversity Contact Officers |
| RPL | Recognition of prior learning |
| RTOs | Registered training organisations |
| SBM | School Based Management |
| SEA |
Special Employment Arrangement |
| SES |
Socio-economic status |
| SIEC |
Secondary Introductory English Centre |
| SiMS | School Staffing Integrated Management System |
| TaTE | Training and Tertiary Education |
| TaTE Act |
Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003 |
| TEQSA | Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency |
| TES |
Tertiary Entrance Statement |
| TQI |
Teacher Quality Institute |
| TQNP |
National Partnership Agreement on Improving Teacher Quality |
| UAGC | Universal Access Governance Committee |
| UC | University of Canberra |
| VET |
Vocational education and training |
| VLA |
Virtual Learning Academy |