Are any other principals trying to talk families out of A1H for 6th grade?

[Anonymous]

Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These sixth graders are taking Algebra I online, all in the computer lab with a proctor. Unless the school has a staff member certified in secondary math, no teacher can actually teach the course, with discussion and activities that a regular Algebra I teacher would have. So it’s a crappy way to deliver instruction and a poor educational choice. Unless your kid is a true math genius, don’t do it.

Every elementary school was required to get at least one staff member certified to teach algebra (passing the praxis) for next year. Not secondary math, but the praxis does cover pretty solid algebra 2 skills, so it’s not nothing. Even schools expecting to be online have to have a certified teacher in person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These sixth graders are taking Algebra I online, all in the computer lab with a proctor. Unless the school has a staff member certified in secondary math, no teacher can actually teach the course, with discussion and activities that a regular Algebra I teacher would have. So it’s a crappy way to deliver instruction and a poor educational choice. Unless your kid is a true math genius, don’t do it.

Every elementary school was required to get at least one staff member certified to teach algebra (passing the praxis) for next year. Not secondary math, but the praxis does cover pretty solid algebra 2 skills, so it’s not nothing. Even schools expecting to be online have to have a certified teacher in person.

6th Grade AAP teacher here. I am certified but if only 2-3 kids sign up, they can’t have me teach them cause I would need to teach 7th grade math. They said unless 15 kids or more signed up or they got another teacher, they wouldn’t have the staffing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

Well you're being stupid. It's dumb to push kids into Algebra so early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These sixth graders are taking Algebra I online, all in the computer lab with a proctor. Unless the school has a staff member certified in secondary math, no teacher can actually teach the course, with discussion and activities that a regular Algebra I teacher would have. So it’s a crappy way to deliver instruction and a poor educational choice. Unless your kid is a true math genius, don’t do it.

Every elementary school was required to get at least one staff member certified to teach algebra (passing the praxis) for next year. Not secondary math, but the praxis does cover pretty solid algebra 2 skills, so it’s not nothing. Even schools expecting to be online have to have a certified teacher in person.

6th Grade AAP teacher here. I am certified but if only 2-3 kids sign up, they can’t have me teach them cause I would need to teach 7th grade math. They said unless 15 kids or more signed up or they got another teacher, they wouldn’t have the staffing.

My school has the math resource teacher getting the certification which makes the scheduling easier. She can support the algebra kids even if it’s only 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

You're discouraging kids who should not be taking it in 6th from waiting an extra year? Is there a typo here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

You're discouraging kids who should not be taking it in 6th from waiting an extra year? Is there a typo here?

It’s pretty clear she meant they are discouraging kids from taking A1H. Especially if they don’t have high test scores.

[Anonymous]

I know our principal mostly discouraged 6th graders from taking it this past year, because it was so last-minute and disorganized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

You're discouraging kids who should not be taking it in 6th from waiting an extra year? Is there a typo here?

It’s pretty clear she meant they are discouraging kids from taking A1H. Especially if they don’t have high test scores.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

You're discouraging kids who should not be taking it in 6th from waiting an extra year? Is there a typo here?

It’s pretty clear she meant they are discouraging kids from taking A1H. Especially if they don’t have high test scores.

I knew what the PP meant from the rest of the context, but "discouraging this" is ambiguous by itself when the PPP wrote kids were waiting for 7th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

Well you're being stupid. It's dumb to push kids into Algebra so early.

Please read before responding. They said they are discouraging it, not encouraging it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

You're discouraging kids who should not be taking it in 6th from waiting an extra year? Is there a typo here?

They are discouraging kids who just passed the 6th grade SOL in 5th to take Algebra 1 in 6th grade. They need pre algebra.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

You're discouraging kids who should not be taking it in 6th from waiting an extra year? Is there a typo here?

It’s pretty clear she meant they are discouraging kids from taking A1H. Especially if they don’t have high test scores.

I knew what the PP meant from the rest of the context, but "discouraging this" is ambiguous by itself when the PPP wrote kids were waiting for 7th.

The difference between taking it in 6th versus 7th is huge because 7th/8th is prealgebra.

Things tested on in 7th grade - 2 step equations and inequalities, simplifying expressions, evaluating expressions, slope, linear functions, etc.

The only algebra concepts in 6th grade math are one step equations, graphing a basic inequality, and plotting points on coordinate plane.

So yes, a kid scoring a 420 should not be signing up for Algebra 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the parents that I've talked to have decided to wait until 7th. Let kids be kids

Assistant Principal here. We are discouraging this. Especially if the data shows they should not be taking it. We have kids with 420s on SOL who signed up and less than 90th percentiles on MAP.

you sound like the fake assistant principal, who doesn't understand a thing about A1H in 6th grade program. if you were never good at math, doesn’t mean advanced students shouldn’t have opportunities to move ahead at the pace they’re capable of.