| AACTE | American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education |
| AAHPERD | American Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance |
| ACEI | Association for Childhood Education International |
| ACTFL | American Council for Teachers of Foreign Language |
| APOE | Association of Professional Oklahoma Educators |
| BOE | Board of Examiners |
| CACREP | Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs |
| CCOSA | Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administrators |
| CEC | Council for Exceptional Children |
| CEOE | Certification Exams for Oklahoma Educators |
| ECS | Education Commission of the States |
| ELL | English Language Learner |
| HQ | Highly Qualified |
| IR | Institutional Report for NCATE site visit (document describing your unit/programs) |
| IR | Institutional Report for Title II (statistics regarding program completers) |
| IRA | International Reading Association |
| NAEYC | National Association for the Education of Young Children |
| NASM | National Association of Schools of Music |
| NBCT | National Board Certified Teacher |
| NBPTS | National Board for Professional Teacher Standards |
| NCATE | National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind |
| NCSS | National Council for the Social Studies |
| NCTE | National Council of Teachers of English |
| NCTM | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
| NEA | National Education Association |
| NES | National Evaluation Systems |
| NMSA | National Middle School Association |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| OBEC | Oklahoma Business Education Coalition |
| OCTP | Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation |
| OEA | Oklahoma Education Association |
| OSRHE | Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education |
| OSSBA | Oklahoma State School Board Association |
| PDI | Professional Development Institute |
| PRAB | Program Review Advisory Board |
| RYT | Resident Year Teacher |
| SASB | Specialty Areas Studies Board |
| SDE/SDOE | State Department of Education |
| SEDL | Southwest Educational Development Laboratory |
| SPA | Specialized Professional Associations |
| SREB | Southern Regional Education Board |
| TESOL | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| UAB | Unit Accreditation Board |
| USDE/USDOE | United States Department of Education |