Cluster Model for AAP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our school teaches everyone the AAP curriculum (all schools should do this) and kids switch for advanced math. It works out really well.

All schools should not do this. The AAP curriculum with fidelity is not appropriate for many students. You may not be aware that some of your DC's peers are struggling and may be unaware that in some schools, many students are struggling. But that doesn't mean that schools should increase the number of students who are struggling.

I read this as: My child is special and deserves a special curriculum that your child should not have access to.

I've had a child go through the AAP curriculum, it's not as complex as you seem to think.

I've had kids go through both. Sorry, I just don't understand parents who want to make elementary school students miserable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the point of the Cluster Model for Local Level IV. How is spreading out the Level IV kids into different classes meeting their needs? Then the teacher has a wide variety of levels to teach to. Why is this done?

It's basically thwarting the intent of AAP and burdening the teachers. Schools that do this don't really buy into AAP.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the point of the Cluster Model for Local Level IV. How is spreading out the Level IV kids into different classes meeting their needs? Then the teacher has a wide variety of levels to teach to. Why is this done?

It's basically thwarting the intent of AAP and burdening the teachers. Schools that do this don't really buy into AAP.

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[Anonymous]

It's a silly model. But so are AAP classrooms full of principally placed kids who only got there because their parents were fundraisers in the PTA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school teaches everyone the AAP curriculum (all schools should do this) and kids switch for advanced math. It works out really well.

All schools should not do this. The AAP curriculum with fidelity is not appropriate for many students. You may not be aware that some of your DC's peers are struggling and may be unaware that in some schools, many students are struggling. But that doesn't mean that schools should increase the number of students who are struggling.

I read this as: My child is special and deserves a special curriculum that your child should not have access to.

I've had a child go through the AAP curriculum, it's not as complex as you seem to think.

Respectfully no. We are new to FCPS and my DD is in third grade, she did not apply for FT APP the previous year. Anyways, she was placed in Level 3 but the way the school is they don't pull the kids out. She barely gets enough attention as it is. When all the kids are learning, she's told to read because she's already completed grade 3 in lexia. they finally just let her do 4th grade lexia while other kids are learning. She's accepted to FT for 4th year- and they said that one teacher will be responsible for teaching all 4 levels. I'm skeptical of this model and this is quite a burden on the teachers.