Abbreviations & Acronyms
Below are commonly used abbreviations and acronyms in CTE:
- AG-ED – Agriculture Education
- AATA – AZ Agriculture Teachers Association
- ABEA – AZ Business Education Association
- ACOVA – An Association of CTE Administrators
- ACT – American College Testing
- ACTE – Association for Career and Technical Education
- ACTEAZ – Association for Career and Technical Education of Arizona
- ADDA – American Design Drafting Association
- ADE – Arizona Department of Education
- ADM – Average Daily Membership
- AEPA – Arizona Educators Proficiency Assessment
- AME – Arizona Marketing Educators
- AMP- Arizona Manufacturing Partnership
- AOAC – Arizona Occupational Administrators Council
- APS – Arizona Public Service
- ASAP- Arizona State Parliamentarians
- ASCA – Arizona School Counselors Association
- ASE – Auto Service Excellence
- ASU – Arizona State University
- ATIEA – AZ Technology and Industrial Education Association
- AWS – American Welding Society
- AzAFCS – Arizona Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
- AzCRN – Arizona Career Resource Network
- AZCTECC – Arizona CTE Curriculum Consortium
- AzHCEA– Arizona Health Career Education Association
- CAD – Computer Aided Drafting
- CAR – Consolidated Annual Report
- CAVIAT – Coconino Association for Vocation Industry and Technology
- CAVIT – Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology
- CIP – Classification of Instructional Programs (6-digit code identifies CTE program)
- CMT – Communication Media Technologies
- CO-OP – Cooperative Education
- CTD – Cochise Technology District
- CTDS – County/Type/District/School Code (9-digit code)
- CTE – Career and Technical Education
- CTED – Career Technical Education District
- CTSO – Career Technical Student Organization
- CVIT – Cobre Valley Institute of Technology District
- DCE – Diversified Cooperative Education
- DECA – An Association of Marketing Students
- ECE – Early Childhood Education
- EP – Education Professions
- ESSA – Elementary and Secondary School Act
- EVIT – East Valley Institute of Technology
- FBLA – Future Business Leaders of America
- FCS – Family and Consumer Sciences
- FCCLA – Family, Career & Community Leaders of America
- FFA – Future Farmers of America
- FY – Fiscal Year
- GIFT – Gila Institute For Technology
- GME – Grants Management Enterprise
- GPS – Grants Program Specialist
- HST – Health Science Tech
- HOSA – Health Occupations Students of America
- LEA – Local Education Agency
- MICTED – Mountain Institute Career Technical Education District
- NATEF – National Automotive Technicians Educational Foundation
- NATIVE – Northeast Arizona Technological Institute of Vocational Education
- NAU – Northern Arizona University
- NAVIT – Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology
- NCCER – National Center for Construction Education and Research
- NCCTE – National Center for Career Technical Education
- NOCTI – National Occupational Competency Testing Institute
- NOI – Notification of Intent
- NPS – National Policy Seminar
- OCR – Office of Civil Rights
- OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- OCTAE – Office of Career Technical and Adult Education
- PCJTED – Pima County Joint Technical Education District
- PD – Professional Development
- PLTW – Project Lead the Way
- SAIS – Student Accountability Information System
- SDLP – State Determined Level of Performance
- SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Test
- SENSE – Schools Excelling through National Skills Standards Education
- SkillsUSA – A National Students Organization
- STEM – Science Technology Engineering and Math
- STEDY – Southwest Technical Education District of Yuma
- SY – School Year
- U of A – University of Arizona
- VACTE – Valley Academy for Career & Technology Education
- WACA – Western Apprenticeship Coordinators Association
- WAVE – Western Arizona Vocational Education
- West-MEC – Western Maricopa Educational Center
- WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act