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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is the cluster model going after a quarter into the year? [/quote]

It's going great! Our school is teaching the AAP curriculum to all children and then sending them to different classrooms if they are advanced math.[/quote]

It was my understanding, based on the info session for our new this year local level iv, that the cluster model does not involve or include sending kids to different classrooms. There is just supposed to be in class differentiation. (we opted for center instead so I can’t comment first hand how it’s going)[/quote]

I'm the one who said it's going great -- every school is doing it differently. Ours has had LLIV for a long time and this is the first year of clustering. As I said already, everyone is learning the same curriculum (the AAP curriculum), but the kids switch teachers for math only, presumably so that only one teacher has to teach advanced math. Other than one dud teacher (unrelated to clustering) everyone seems pleased with how it has turned out.[/quote]

I am glad to hear your child’s experience is going well. I am a teacher in the county and have children in the school system. My older son is in the level IV program, and my youngest is in the general Ed classroom. I cannot imagine the differentiator that must occur to make this program work. Kudos to the teachers for being able to meet the needs of such a range of learners. [/quote]

I don't really understand this comment because this is how most school districts do it. Most school districts don't have a completely separate class for advanced learners, they will have like a half day gifted program and math pull outs. I don't see how this "new/old" way of doing things in FCPS is any different than that.[/quote]

There are close to 30 (elementary) center schools in FCPS and many more base school programs. Other districts may offer advanced services using the model you mentioned, but I’m not familiar with those districts. In order for typical learners to succeed being instructed with only advanced materials, lots of scaffolding and front loading must occur. These curriculums were designed for the advanced learner, not for ‘on level’ or struggling students. My comment was specific— in order to properly support the variety of learners using this model, an incredible amount of differentiation must occur. (Much more than the typical classroom.)  
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I would guess that most of the schools using the AAP-curriculum-for-all approach are the high SES schools with no ESOL kids and with almost all kids in the average to above average range.  If the classroom has no struggling students, it wouldn't be that difficult to provide enough scaffolding for "on level" learners to access AAP materials.  AAP isn't honestly that advanced.  [/quote]

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