AAP and tutors

[Anonymous]

Just wondering how many students are in elementary AAP and have tutors? Is the tutoring for remediation? Or to teach high level reading and math skills? I'm considering sending my DC to a tutor or mathnasium type place, but wondering how it will help my child if theyre struggling at school at center school AAP. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Kids in full time aap shouldn't need tutors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids in full time aap shouldn't need tutors

Agreed and yet many end up with tutors, particularly in math. Parents are set on the idea that their kids have to be in AAP and apply even though it is not a good fit in the one area that they actually accelerate, math. They they get tutors or go to mathnasium or kumon to try and keep up with the pace of math with a kid who was probably doing grade level math work in the regular classroom. But we have to have the kid in AAP so apply and appeal because AAP!

they need to review AAP and place kids appropriatly based ont heir abilities not based on parents wanting their kid in the program. If they kid is struggling in math, then they don't belong in AAP.

[Anonymous]

Also agree, I have heard some parents sending their kids to tutors in K-2 with the hopes that the child will get into AAP. I find this unfair and not a true test of giftedness and will probably need to continue with tutoring if they get into AAP. Am i right?! Maybe reevaluate your child's progress with their AAP teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also agree, I have heard some parents sending their kids to tutors in K-2 with the hopes that the child will get into AAP. I find this unfair and not a true test of giftedness and will probably need to continue with tutoring if they get into AAP. Am i right?! Maybe reevaluate your child's progress with their AAP teacher.

Couldn’t what you think is tutor could be advanced math even beyond AAP class in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also agree, I have heard some parents sending their kids to tutors in K-2 with the hopes that the child will get into AAP. I find this unfair and not a true test of giftedness and will probably need to continue with tutoring if they get into AAP. Am i right?! Maybe reevaluate your child's progress with their AAP teacher.

Couldn’t what you think is tutor could be advanced math even beyond AAP class in?

I think what you're saying here is that they could be tutored in advanced math? Yes, that's true. However, in K-2, if a child is gifted in anything, let them be, have fun, enjoy chlidhood versus sending them to a tutor to advance their education and hope to get into AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also agree, I have heard some parents sending their kids to tutors in K-2 with the hopes that the child will get into AAP. I find this unfair and not a true test of giftedness and will probably need to continue with tutoring if they get into AAP. Am i right?! Maybe reevaluate your child's progress with their AAP teacher.

Couldn’t what you think is tutor could be advanced math even beyond AAP class in?

That's enrichment activities or extracurricular....think math league....not the same as getting/ needing a tutor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering how many students are in elementary AAP and have tutors? Is the tutoring for remediation? Or to teach high level reading and math skills? I'm considering sending my DC to a tutor or mathnasium type place, but wondering how it will help my child if theyre struggling at school at center school AAP. Thank you!

My child doesn't have tutors. There are enrichments, but they are contents that are not taught in school or beyond what's taught in school.

[Anonymous]

Using tutoring doesnt inicate that child is behind or incapable. Tutoring doesn't have to follow curriculum. Can be different aspects of math or different approaches etc. Like AOPS or math competitions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Using tutoring doesnt inicate that child is behind or incapable. Tutoring doesn't have to follow curriculum. Can be different aspects of math or different approaches etc. Like AOPS or math competitions.

Math competitions are not the same as tutoring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Using tutoring doesnt inicate that child is behind or incapable. Tutoring doesn't have to follow curriculum. Can be different aspects of math or different approaches etc. Like AOPS or math competitions.

Math competitions are not the same as tutoring

I meant a genre of math. I guess those are enrichments?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids in full time aap shouldn't need tutors

We had to start Mathnasium this year because the teacher was clearly teaching as a review. More recently, end of year burnout is in full swing. My kid told me frustrated, multiple times so I believe it, the teacher gave them worksheets without a lesson and told the kids to "figure it out" while she did something on the computer. Mind you, there's no textbooks available in class to try to teach yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids in full time aap shouldn't need tutors

We had to start Mathnasium this year because the teacher was clearly teaching as a review. More recently, end of year burnout is in full swing. My kid told me frustrated, multiple times so I believe it, the teacher gave them worksheets without a lesson and told the kids to "figure it out" while she did something on the computer. Mind you, there's no textbooks available in class to try to teach yourself.

Burnout from not doing any math and no teaching?

Solution to burnout is more math at Mathnasium!

Surely a kid is more likely to have missed the lesson from being distracted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids in full time aap shouldn't need tutors

We had to start Mathnasium this year because the teacher was clearly teaching as a review. More recently, end of year burnout is in full swing. My kid told me frustrated, multiple times so I believe it, the teacher gave them worksheets without a lesson and told the kids to "figure it out" while she did something on the computer. Mind you, there's no textbooks available in class to try to teach yourself.

Burnout from not doing any math and no teaching?

Solution to burnout is more math at Mathnasium!

Surely a kid is more likely to have missed the lesson from being distracted.

Teacher burnout

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids in full time aap shouldn't need tutors

We had to start Mathnasium this year because the teacher was clearly teaching as a review. More recently, end of year burnout is in full swing. My kid told me frustrated, multiple times so I believe it, the teacher gave them worksheets without a lesson and told the kids to "figure it out" while she did something on the computer. Mind you, there's no textbooks available in class to try to teach yourself.

Burnout from not doing any math and no teaching?

Solution to burnout is more math at Mathnasium!

Surely a kid is more likely to have missed the lesson from being distracted.

Teacher burnout

For aap kids getting to figure out new math might be the extension?