AAP - do you bring this up during parent-teacher conferences (2nd graders)?
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Anonymous
DCs teacher brought up how DC should be in AAP- does that indicate a hopefully good GBRS? |
Anonymous
Based on what? Just curious.. please elaborate - thanks |
Anonymous
| Our teacher didn't bring up at all-she said child working on grade level and may need some enrichment activities in math. In pool based on NNAT scores. Didn't take it as a good sign that teacher said child worked very, very hard.. |
Anonymous
How do you know? |
Anonymous
| You all can't count on the cut-off for the NNAT remaining the same. It can fluctuate year to year. |
Anonymous
| I'm not PP talking about NNAT score but DC's score was 155- it looks very likely that DC will be in the pool. |
Anonymous
| When your kid is in the 99th percentile, I think you know they will be in the pool. If not, there is something very wrong with the standards (in fact, I already think there is something wrong with the standards given that kids scoring in the top 5% of the nation are not automatically considered... but surely the top 1% qualifies to be in the pool!!) |
Anonymous
She listed a lot- I'm more surprised the teacher brought it up rather than us asking. It was a good surprise since now we know she'll be an advocate. |
Anonymous
| In my experience, having had kids in the pool who went on to AAP, I would say do NOT be the one to bring it up at the teacher conference. Most teachers don't want to get cornered on this subject, and it's not going to help your child. You can talk about general things regarding your child that are related to giftedness without ever directly discussing it. |
Anonymous
| I never brought it up at November conferences. I would schedule a follow up conference in the beginning of January. You can ask then and |
Anonymous
Agree with PP. It's been my experience with kids in AAP/GT that teachers will bring it up if they think your child is a candidate. |
Anonymous
| We asked "what the process is" for AAP. That way she could either (a) just tell us what the process is or (b) give us feedback on our child in regards to AAP. She ended up doing a little of both. I figure it is not bad to get information from the very person who assesses our child's academically. |
Anonymous
| PP here - And the teacher was the one who brought up that she was keeping a folder on AAP, so our question was a follow-up. |