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Glossary of Acronyms and EdSpeakGlossary of Acronyms and EdSpeak 

AISI

Alberta Initiative for School Improvement

CBE

Calgary Board of Education

CLC

Collaborative Learning Community. An obsolete administrative unit consisting of a number of schools. Replaced by "Area"

coded

A child identified as having special needs. Codes include: 54 (moderate learning disability), 80 (gifted and talented)

ERI

Early Reading Intervention

FOIPP

Freedom of Information, Protection of Privacy Act

Generative Curriculum

The governing principle in teaching at West Dalhousie School. See this document for more information.

IMS

Integrated Media System: the computerized circulation and cataloging program used in CBE libraries

IPP

Individual Program Plan

Reading Recovery

A program of intensive intervention to support readers who are struggling

SDP

School Development Plan

SQR

School Quality Review

Student-led Conference

A "parent-teacher" conference at which your child acts as your guide, sharing with you the things he or she has discovered or achieved through the learning process during the past report card period.

WDPA

West Dalhousie [School] Parent Association