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

Name	Entity	Description	Usage Classification	EDFacts Mapping	Commonly Used	Commonly State-Defined
AccreditationStatus	School	The accreditation status for an education preparation provider.
AddressCharacteristic	EducationOrganization	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.
AddressType	EducationOrganization	The type of address listed for an individual or organization. (For example: Physical Address, Mailing Address, Home Address, etc.)	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
AdministrativeFundingControl	School	The type of education institution as classified by its funding source, for example public or private.	Local
CharterApprovalAgencyType	School	The type of agency that approved the establishment or continuation of a charter school.	Standard	Yes	Yes
CharterStatus	School	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
Country	EducationOrganization	The name of the country. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.	Standard		Yes
CourseLevelCharacteristic	Section	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
CreditType	Section	The type of credits or units of value awarded for the completion of a course.	Flexible
EducationalEnvironment	Section	The setting in which a student receives education and related services.
EducationOrganizationCategory	EducationOrganization	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
FederalLocaleCode	School	The federal locale code associated with an education organization.
GradeLevel	BellSchedule	The grade levels the particular BellSchedule applies to.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes
Indicator	EducationOrganization	The name or code for the indicator or metric.
IndicatorLevel	EducationOrganization	The value of the indicator or metric, as a value from a controlled vocabulary. The semantics of an empty value is "not submitted."	Local
IndicatorGroup	EducationOrganization	The name for a group of indicators.	Local
InstitutionTelephoneNumberType	EducationOrganization	The type of communication number listed for an individual or organization.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
InternetAccess	School	The type of Internet access available.	Flexible
Language	Section	The primary language of instruction. If omitted, English is assumed.	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes
Locale	EducationOrganization	A general geographic indicator that categorizes U.S. territory (e.g., City, Suburban).	Orthodox		Yes
MagnetSpecialProgramEmphasisSchool	School	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
MediumOfInstruction	Section	The media through which teachers provide instruction to students and students and teachers communicate about instructional matters.	Orthodox		Yes
OperationalStatus	EducationOrganization	The current operational status of the education organization (e.g., active, inactive).	Standard	Yes	Yes	Yes
PopulationServed	Section	The type of students the section is offered and tailored to.	Orthodox
SchoolCategory	School	The one or more categories of school.
SchoolType	School	The type of education institution as classified by its primary focus.
SectionCharacteristic	Section	Reflects important characteristics of the section, such as whether or not attendance is taken and the section is graded.
SectionType	Section	Specifies whether the section is for attendance only, credit only, or both.
StateAbbreviation	EducationOrganization	The abbreviation for the state (within the United States) or outlying area in which an address is located.
Term	Session	A descriptor value to indicate the term that the session is associated with.
TitleIPartASchoolDesignation	School	Denotes the Title I Part A designation for the school.

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