GT/AAP Appeals
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Anonymous
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June 10th was the deadline for local screening committees at schools to determine candidates for 2011-2012 elementary part-time school-based services. That must be why you received you level III letter.
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Anonymous
| Why we'll didn't receive any letter for level III from our School. The School didn't even know that we appealed? |
Anonymous
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You have to initiate the application for LL3 services.
As a pp stated, ONLY those found Eligble for LL4 center placement, who turn it down AND who's base school does not offer LL4, are automatically given level 3 services. If your child is found ineligible for aap in the first go around, you must apply for LL3 services to be considered, even if you plan to appeal. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
My friend was told by the AART that level III is referred by the classroom teacher and through students who are already in pull-out for 1st and/or 2nd grade. Our daughter has been in pull-out since 1st grade and our school told us she would be in level 3 next year. We did not initiate level 3 for her or our son when he was in 2nd grade. It just happened. |
Anonymous
| I agree - it is probably like all the other things - very dependent on the individual schools. If your child is already flagged by the aart for pull-outs then you probably didn't need to do much. But if your child had never been in any pull-outs and you wanted level III you probably needed to talk to them about it so they would consider it. |
Anonymous
| is it too late to go and talk about it to the AART tomorrow? |
Anonymous
| To be clear, the process for Level 3 services can be initiated by the parent or teacher. But, the process is initiated in the later part of second grade. |
Anonymous
I don't see how it would hurt. My son was a behavior problem in 2nd grade and his teacher did not care for him. He was a behavior problem because he was so bored and he was all boy. She did not recommend him for center or level 3. When he entered 3rd grade his teacher told us many times he needed to be at center and all his behavior problems were coming from not being challenged and because he was bored. We chose not to pursue center because he had ADD and high-anxiety but we did agree to him being placed in level 3 which has turned out to be the best decision. He is also in compacted math and just took the 6th grade math SOL in 5th grade so he was finally being challenged. I would definitely go talk to the AART teacher even if you just get the process down and maybe your letter just hasn't come yet.... 
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Anonymous
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A lot of us are probably hoping for word on Saturday the 18th.
Looks like last year a number of folks didn't hear until Monday the 21st... http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/111170.page |
Anonymous
| My understanding is that Level 3 doesn't amount to much--roughly an hour a week of enrichment in a given subject. Is that correct? If so, probably not worth getting too worked up about? |
Anonymous
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Agree with PP...depending on the school, LL3 and other enrichment levels are being accomodated by "flexible grouping." It doesn't equate to much anymore. In some classes, it just means the AART comes in once a week and alters an assignment.
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Anonymous
| Agree with both PP. My 5th grader usually just plays games or does critical thinking activities in his level 3 but I keep him in it because some classroom teachers use the time to remediate the rest of the class when the level 3 students are pulled-out. My son does not need remediation and he would become a behavior problem. |
Anonymous
| What are level 11 services?? |
Anonymous
| level 11 services are for children that are 2.75x better than level 4 |