What is APS gifted service like for second graders?
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Anonymous
| My son's first-grade teacher flagged him for gifted testing a few months ago, and we just learned that they are placing him in gifted services for the four academic subjects. From the APS website, I can't tell what this will mean for his daily experiences at school. Would love to hear about anyone's experience with this. |
Anonymous
| At our school it just meant that the gifted teacher came into the classroom a few times a week to give the gifted kids specialized instruction. It doesn’t sound like much but it made DD so much happier with school, and I liked that the whole thing was really casual. |
Anonymous
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It doesn't mean much. It makes the parents feel their kids are getting something more advanced than their peers when it is simply an additional worksheet that is not very challenging.
It keeps down the parental complaints, but you need to supplement elementary math on your own in APS if your kid has real math ability. |
Anonymous
Same. |
Anonymous
| Our experience was similar to the other posters - daughter was informally identified as gifted in K and 1st and formally identified in 2nd. (no surprise - both parents were G&T.) Unlike FFX, APS is pretty low-key. There was some differentiated homework from her regular teachers and some time spent with the gifted teacher, but again, low-key. Part of the reason we moved out of FFX was because I wasn't super into the hysteria over AAP centers and TJ, so it works for us. |
Anonymous
Same. I think it is highly dependent on how good the gifted teacher(s) is at your kids school. Ours is great so our kids love it. |
Anonymous
| The thing to keep in mind is that everyone in the class gets gifted services. Its a push in model, so the rtg comes into a class and teaches extension activities to the entire class. They cluster the gifted kids in one or two classrooms. |
Anonymous
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All gifted programs have disparate racial impact.
Equity dictates they will be phased out entirely in APS. |
Anonymous
crabs in a bucket mentality, gotta love it |
Anonymous
| In DD's 2nd grade class, the RTG gave them Jacob's Ladder exercises in reading and they learnt, what I googled out, to be a 4th grade poetry assignment (elsewhere) for the language arts. It was challenging enough for DD, as these were lessons in critical thinking. I do think it's dependent on what your school's RTG offers the students. |
Anonymous
| Laughable. "Gifted" in APS is just a term. There's nothing behind it. |
Anonymous
| It stepped up more in third grade and then progressed. I became a fan of the push in method |
Anonymous
+1. They just say they have it to be in compliance with state law. It is a joke and pretty much nonexistent. |
Anonymous
If it's non-existent or ineffective, did you bring this up to the RTG or the principal? I can't believe the school can go about not caring about offering gifted services, even if it's shallow compared with FCPS' AAP. What materials have your student been given? |
Anonymous
You must be new here. They absolutely don’t care. They have too many kids to deal with. |