Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here we go again, why come on this forum if your child is not in AAP and you don't have a basic understanding of the need for the program?! "Different" is not special or better. It's just appropriate education for each and every public school child as suits their needs. We should all be happy to be in a school system that seeks to provide appropriate challenge & education for every child.
OP, to answer your question, FCPS allows teachers 5 years to obtain the additional training for AAP education. Since many teachers move in and out of AAP classrooms, the number of teachers with long-time AAP experience and/or certification is very low & seems to me to be decreasing (I say this as FCPS of many years). As previous posters said, quality varies just as with GE classroom teachers.
I understand the "need" for the program for a minority in it; the "want" for the program by the majority. Different, increasingly does mean better for children who are no more "advanced" or "smarter" than many kids in GE. I think that's what rankles.
btw, I had a child in GT and continue to be involved with his school, so I am very aware of the program and the course of its evolution. if AAP was still a program for kids who really "needed" it, I don't think most people would care.
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