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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread just shows how poorly FCPS communicates about AAP services.  It's appalling that almost every few weeks, parents are asking similar questions trying to figure out AAP.  It shouldn't be that hard.  I don't see as many posts regarding LCPS or APS or ACPS 'gifted' programs.

Level II, Level III and Level IV are all dependent on which school one attends.  They are vastly different at different schools, and among the teachers who teach the curriculum.  While the AART tries to set a curriculum, and Gatehouse provides some help with training for AAP teachers (i.e., training on where to find content to teach), the program is a "do it yourself" sort of program both in that the teachers have to fend for themselves on how they structure content and curriculum and with how the students process the information which is mainly through individualized pacing and learning.  To get any AAP teacher or AART or Kristen (the FCPS AAP program manager) at Gatehouse to talk freely and openly about curriculum and content and delivery will be a miracle.  FCPS parents just need to understand the program isn't all that it has been made out to be, and whether your kid gets into it or not is not as big of a deal as whether your kid's teacher (whatever elementary grade they are in) is a GOOD teacher who can maneuver the chaos that is the FCPS elementary curriculum.  If you're having to go fishing for content for individualized student learning, imagine how well a teacher with 22+ kids is going to do that.  [/quote]

I accepted a job offer for the county and was assigned to teach AAP without having any idea what it truly was. Essentially I’ve been told they just learn some math standards from the next grade up too. I could surely see how it might seem like a mess to parents. Teaching here in general has this vibe of “just figure everything out for yourself and when you ask questions we’ll answer so rudely that you’ll eventually stop asking.” I can understand how this area had high turnover. I have suggestions that could help decrease that I think, but do you think anyone wants to hear that? They don’t. The kids in VA deserve better in my opinion. It’s a shame my voice doesn’t matter one bit. I’ve seen education done much, much better. They don’t give teachers here manuals for anything. It’s probably hilarious I asked where my teacher editions books and texts were. The pacing guide has a list of many resources that don’t all align. The teachers aren’t given these. You’ll be told to check it out of the professional library. You’ll go to the library during planning time because it closes after school and they won’t have it. They’ll try to find it from another school library and by the time it arrives the unit it was for it over anyway. It’s essentially a s**t show. Sorry.[/quote]

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