TFA is its own country. We run on TFAST (Teach for America Standard Time); we choose our own holidays (work on July 4 and take off an afternoon as a surprise); we have our own laws (rules); we have our own core beliefs; we have our own language.

Imagine I said the following to you:

Each day I go to a CS session and sometimes an LS session. I meet with CMA each day to go over the TAL rubric. I'm receiving many BPs and some Ns, luckily no PNs. I need to work on my I and E sections of the TAL rubric. I've also had to collect and enter ISAT data this week. Each week we have DCA where we talk about social issues. Although RFoC is Aramark's brand, it's where I eat each day. I must make sure to attend my ILTs each week and to attend LPCs and CS differentiated sessions. After all, I am a CM and not a CMA, SD, or SOM. However, those positions are quite important at my school. At school, I have my collaborative teaching in the morning and LT in the afternoon, and when not in session, PD time. I sometimes use that time to meet with my FA.

Most of these terms are used regularly (I think it has to do with their obsession with efficiency), but here is what it all means (we also try to prevent each other from using these abbreviations when we go out on the weekends):
CS: Curriculum specialist
LS: Literacy specialist
CMA: Corps Member Advisor
TAL: Teaching as Leadership
ISAT: Institute Student Achievement Tracker (best guess on this one)
DCA: Diversity, Community, and Achievement
RFoC: Real Food on Campus
CM: Corps Member
SD: School Director
SOM: School Operations Manager
FA: Faculty Advisor
PD: Professional Development
LT: Lead Teach
ILT: Institute Learning Team
BP: Basic Proficiency
N: Novice
PN: Pre-novice
I: Investment section of the rubric
E: Execution section of the rubric