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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP teachers are supposed to get certified within three years. There are many AAP teachers that aren’t certified and this includes centers. Especially now with the teaching shortage, I would expect fewer AAP teachers to have certification. [/quote]

FCPS also only requires them to be “FCPS certified” not VA AAP endorsed. The FCPS certified is a total joke. AARTs can give trainings that count. The AAP endorsement via actual state licensure requires college credits in gifted ed. With the 3 years to get FCPs endorsed and the lrvel of teacher turnover, there are a ton of teachers teaching AAP that have no training in gifted education. [/quote]

+1 I actually got the state certification in gifted ed years ago. Back then we had 5 years to do it. I learned a lot. Now I see so many teachers who have no idea how to teach gifted kids and it’s just awful to see. Many of them think AAP simply means assign more work.[/quote]

Well. It's a good thing that AAP isn't a gifted program, isn't it?[/quote]

DP.  It is a gifted program.  Maybe you are quibbling over the word gifted?  Do you think other school systems use the word differently?[/quote]

You're both right.  It's how Fairfax County claims to address its state-wide requirement for a gifted program, and that is where the gifted students are placed, but in reality, it's a mildly advanced curriculum befitting the top 20% of students.  Truly gifted kids will be/are just as overqualified in these classes than in general ed. They're reliant on the quality of teacher to differentiate based on needs.[/quote]

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