Reply to APS — gifted tracking?

Forum Index » VA Public Schools other than FCPS

Reply to "APS — gifted tracking?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree and this has always been a problem with APS especially at the elementary level.... Every school is an island. ++++++ This!

[quote=Anonymous]This is an example of the school not following the model with fidelity. The model has not been "pull-out" for many years, but again, some schools ignored the model. Maybe the change in department name and job title for the AAC encouraged the administration to finally support the shift to happen at your child's elementary school. The difference with schools implementing the model differently over the past X number of years is the reason why this discussion is still happening and parents are still surprised when their kid is no longer getting "pulled out."

[quote=Anonymous]
This is wrong. [b]My gifted child was being pulled out last year.[/b] The "program," or whatever you liked to call it, wasn't super robust, but I guess I felt better knowing that at least once a week my child was being challenged. Now teachers are expected, during class, to offer those identified as "gifted" more challenging work when they've completed their normal curriculum.  The child is not required to do the work. I know my child isn't going to take on more challenging/extra work if they don't have to. My understanding is that sometimes the AAC is in the classroom helping, but I know that in our elementary school, the AAC is often in the classes with more needs (or less experienced teachers). And with one AAC for a whole elementary school, I don't know how they could possibly meaningfully service so many classrooms without pulling out. This is putting one more thing on teachers.

PLUS With a class of 25+ kids, I have no idea how any teacher is able to offer more challenging work. This isn't a knock on teachers, but I agree with the previous poster that we need smaller class sizes!

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what equity does for schools. Race to the bottom[/quote]

This precedes the equity movement so no need to bash your low hanging fruit. Based upon personal observation and experience, this descent began way before covid with umc white parents who me-too'ed their kids into gifted classes. [/quote]
There's been a big change just as of this fall.  APS totally changed what they're calling the program and who it serves.  The AACs explained to PTAs that they now provide enrichment to all students and do not focus on those who are tagged as gifted.  That's a huge change and it was described as being more equitable.[/quote]

It sounds like you have a misunderstanding, which may be based on how the information was delivered at your specific school. Really, there hasn't been a "big change" this school year. The only change this fall is the actual name of the department shifted from Gifted Services to Advanced Academics and Talent Development and name of the Resources Teacher for the Gifted (RTG) shifted to Advanced Academics Coach (AAC). [b]The changes in the names were made to represent the model used in APS-- a model that has been in place for many years, but may not have been implemented with fidelity across all schools.[/b] With the change in department name and job title, parents seem to have a better understanding of what the service delivery model is in APS. APS has been clear for years they they do not have a pull-out program. In fact, it has not been marketed as a "program" that kids are "getting into", but rather a way to identify specific talents and cluster kids appropriately to better support needs within the classroom so kids aren't outliers in the group.[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics