Bell Schedule Domain - Entities, References, and Descriptors

Bell Schedule Domain Entities

Name	Description
BellSchedule	This entity represents the schedule of class period meeting times.
ClassPeriod	This entity represents the designation of a regularly scheduled series of class meetings at designated times and days of the week.
EducationOrganization	This entity represents any public or private institution, organization, or agency that provides instructional or support services to students or staff at any level.
School	This entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.
Section	This entity represents a setting in which organized instruction of course content is provided, in-person or otherwise, to one or more students for a given period of time. A course offering may be offered to more than one section.
Session	A term in the school year, generally a unit of time into which courses are scheduled, instruction occurs and by which credits are awarded. Sessions may be interrupted by vacations or other events.

Extended References

Name	Description
AcademicWeek	The academic weeks associated with the school year.
GradingPeriod	Grading periods associated with the session.
LocalEducationAgency	LEA of which the School is an organizational component.
PostSecondaryInstitiution	The postsecondary institution or university associated as an organization component for the school, if applicable.

Bell Schedule Domain Descriptors

Entity	Name	Description	Usage Classification	EDFacts Mapping	Commonly Used	Commonly State-Defined
School	AccreditationStatus	The accreditation status for an education preparation provider.
EducationOrganization	AddressCharacteristic	The address characteristic mainly to reflect if Primary and type of communication to be received, e.g.: Primary, Validated, Gets Copy of Report, Discipline Correspondence.
EducationOrganization	AddressType	The type of address listed for an individual or organization. (For example: Physical Address, Mailing Address, Home Address, etc.)	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
School	AdministrativeFundingControl	The type of education institution as classified by its funding source, for example public or private.	Local
School	CharterApprovalAgencyType	The type of agency that approved the establishment or continuation of a charter school.	Standard	Yes	Yes
School	CharterStatus	A school or agency providing free public elementary or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
EducationOrganization	Country	The name of the country. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.	Standard		Yes
Section	CourseLevelCharacteristic	The type of specific program or designation with which the section is associated. This collection should only be populated if it differs from the course level characteristics identified at the course offering level.	Orthodox
Section	CreditType	The type of credits or units of value awarded for the completion of a course.	Flexible
Section	EducationalEnvironment	The setting in which a student receives education and related services.
EducationOrganization	EducationOrganizationCategory	The classification of the education agency within the geographic boundaries of a state according to the level of administrative and operational control granted by the state.	Standard		Yes	Yes
School	FederalLocaleCode	The federal locale code associated with an education organization.
BellSchedule	GradeLevel	The grade levels the particular BellSchedule applies to.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
EducationOrganization	Indicator	The name or code for the indicator or metric.
EducationOrganization	IndicatorLevel	The value of the indicator or metric, as a value from a controlled vocabulary. The semantics of an empty value is "not submitted."	Local
EducationOrganization	IndicatorGroup	The name for a group of indicators.	Local
EducationOrganization	InstitutionTelephoneNumberType	The type of communication number listed for an individual or organization.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
School	InternetAccess	The type of Internet access available.	Flexible
Section	Language	The primary language of instruction. If omitted, English is assumed.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
EducationOrganization	Locale	A general geographic indicator that categorizes U.S. territory (e.g., City, Suburban).	Orthodox		Yes
School	MagnetSpecialProgramEmphasisSchool	A school that has been designed: 1) to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation; and/or 2) to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme (e.g., science/math, performing arts, gifted/talented, or foreign language).	Standard	Yes	Yes
Section	MediumOfInstruction	The media through which teachers provide instruction to students and students and teachers communicate about instructional matters.	Orthodox		Yes
EducationOrganization	OperationalStatus	The current operational status of the education organization (e.g., active, inactive).	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
Section	PopulationServed	The type of students the section is offered and tailored to.	Orthodox
School	SchoolCategory	The one or more categories of school.
School	SchoolType	The type of education institution as classified by its primary focus.
Section	SectionCharacteristic	Reflects important characteristics of the section, such as whether or not attendance is taken and the section is graded.
Section	SectionType	Specifies whether the section is for attendance only, credit only, or both.
EducationOrganization	StateAbbreviation	The abbreviation for the state (within the United States) or outlying area in which an address is located.
Session	Term	A descriptor value to indicate the term that the session is associated with.
School	TitleIPartASchoolDesignation	Denotes the Title I Part A designation for the school.

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