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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would choose the center because the teachers are usually better prepared to work with this group. 
The teachers at a center usually have done graduate level coursework in teaching the gifted. Local level IV teachers frequently have not finished their AAP certificates.
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DW of a teacher at an AAP center.  This absolutely NOT true - at least at our center.  DH has a masters degree - but it's not in anything having to do with education, much less "gifted" children.  He has a required AAP certification or endorsement (I forget what they call it) - but it only required him taking a few classes and the county let him start teaching AAP kids while he worked on getting the certification.  They give teachers a period of time to get it and it was more than a year - maybe 3?  I forget how long.  Anyhow, I didn't want anyone to have the misguided idea that somehow AAP teachers have more specialization than they do.[/quote]

The state endorsement requires graduate level courses and is transferrable to any other state. The FCPS endorsement can be earned with local "Fairfax Academy" courses and is not transferrable. 
They have five years to earn the endorsement. I like knowing a teacher has completed the endorsement, particularly the state endorsement. My child's teachers have mentioned the endorsement if they have it in their intro at Back-to-School Night.

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