Teacher training : Jargon buster

AVCE - Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education
BIS - Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
CRB - Criminal Records Bureau
DCSF - Department for Children, Schools and Families
DELLS - Department for Education Lifelong Learning and Skills (Wales)
DENI - Department of Education, Northern Ireland
FE - further education
FEI - further education institution
FHE - further and higher education
GRTP - Graduate and Registered Teacher Programme
GTC (E/NI/S/W) - General Teaching Council (for England/Northern Ireland/Scotland/Wales)
GTP - Graduate Teacher Programme
GTTR - Graduate Teacher Training Registry
HE - higher education
HEI - higher education institution
ISC - Independent Schools Council
ITT - initial teacher training
KS - key stage
LA - local authority
LSIS - Learning and Skills Improvement Service
LLUK - Lifelong Learning UK
NQT - newly qualified teacher
OFSTED - Office for Standards in Education
PCE - post-compulsory education
PCET - post-compulsory education and training
PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Professional Graduate Certificate in Education
QCA - Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
QTFE - qualified teacher in further education
QTLS - qualified teacher learning and skills
QTS - qualified teacher status
SCITT - School Centred Initial Teacher Training
SEN - Special Educational Needs
TA - Teaching Assistant
TDA - Training and Development Agency for Schools
UCAS - Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
VCE - Vocational Certificate of Education

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Written by Pat Carmody, Canterbury Christ Church University

Date:

June 2011