LEVEL III AAP

[Anonymous]

What is Level III AAP ? How is it compared to LeveL IV ? Can Level III selected by one school be transfered another school ?

[Anonymous]

Level III is school-based and is completely separate from Level IV. Level III eligibility is based on the individual school and does not necessarily transfer from one school to another.

Info from the FCPS website:

http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/gt/school.html

School-Based Program Overview (Levels I-III)

The Gifted and talented school-based program in the elementary and middle school is designed to provide opportunities for all students to develop academic strengths through a more rigorous and challenging program. School-based gifted and talented services are located in every elementary and middle school throughout the county. Referrals may be submitted by parents/guardians or school personnel using a Gifted Services Referral form. The local GT screening committee considers ability and achievement test scores, the Gifted Behavior Rating Scale (GBRS), progress reports, and parent input to determine the need for gifted services.

3-6 Gifted Services

In grades 3-6, GT school-based services are delivered through a collaborative model that supports a continuum of gifted services. The model is designed to strengthen direct services for gifted learners and to enhance the quality of instruction offered to all students. The gifted and talented resource teachers collaborate with classroom teachers to design differentiated lessons that challenge students to learn at a faster rate, think on a higher level, and study sophisticated and complex content through extensions of the FCPS Program of Studies.

[Anonymous]

Level III is pull out once or twice a week and I found it to be waist of kids time sometimes. These are above 90% kids that did not make the cut for Level IV program due to sometimes subjective selection process. They deserve more than couple of hours of enrichment program and sometimes, it's all about playing games or useless activities. The program pretty much depends on GT resource teacher at your school. You are lucky if you have a good one at your school. If you think your kid belongs in full-time GT, I strongly recommend applying next year. (too late for this year)

[Anonymous]

Level III differs by school. In our kids' elementary (Chesterbrook), we have a Local Level IV program. For Level IV kids, all 4 core subjects are AAP (math, social studies, science, and language arts). Kids who qualify for Level III can attend up to 3 AAP classes. So Level III is not just pull out once or twice a week. Our oldest son is in the Level IV program (3rd grade), but we have 2 other younger kids. I don't know that they will test into the Level IV progam (one is in K and the other PS so too early to know). I like knowing that if they are super bright in math or another subject the school will ensure that the kid is challenged. The Level IV classes are HARD, but this is what our oldest DS needed as he coasted in school up until now. The science and social studies tests are similar to the tests and material I had in middle school back in the 70s, and the 3rd graders basically skipped 3rd grade math and started right in to 4th grade math.