Anonymous
Post 12/11/2015 20:02     Subject: what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter yesterday mentioned that the class teacher said that she will refer 2 kids for AAP and the current AAP teacher will do the same.
In short, they will refer 4 kids from the class for AAP. What does this mean? I thought teachers only do GBRS rating.


I'm surprised that the teacher would give that information in class.


That jumped out at me too -- why on Earth would this be a topic for discussion between a teacher and students in a group setting?

Maybe a kid asked a question and that's how it came up. Or maybe OP's child asked about it and the teacher was replying to her, alone, not the whole class.

Either way, it's way too much on kids' radar.

You should ask the teacher if that conversation happened in class, and then ask the teacher what he/she meant.

Like another PP, my kid (yes, she did AAP) and her peers would not have dreamed of asking about this nor would teachers have mentioned it to a child or brought it up in class. But that was nearly seven years back, and parents in our school did not even know what GBRS was, we just knew that in second grade, parents would hear if their child was "in the pool" and if so, we'd hear more after that.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2015 09:23     Subject: what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:My daughter yesterday mentioned that the class teacher said that she will refer 2 kids for AAP and the current AAP teacher will do the same.
In short, they will refer 4 kids from the class for AAP. What does this mean? I thought teachers only do GBRS rating.


First, it is not correct that only teachers do the GBRS. Second, it means that you have inappropriately involved your daughter in the process.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 17:10     Subject: what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter yesterday mentioned that the class teacher said that she will refer 2 kids for AAP and the current AAP teacher will do the same.
In short, they will refer 4 kids from the class for AAP. What does this mean? I thought teachers only do GBRS rating.


I'm surprised that the teacher would give that information in class.


That jumped out at me too -- why on Earth would this be a topic for discussion between a teacher and students in a group setting?

Maybe a kid asked a question and that's how it came up. Or maybe OP's child asked about it and the teacher was replying to her, alone, not the whole class.

Either way, it's way too much on kids' radar.

Like another PP, my kid (yes, she did AAP) and her peers would not have dreamed of asking about this nor would teachers have mentioned it to a child or brought it up in class. But that was nearly seven years back, and parents in our school did not even know what GBRS was, we just knew that in second grade, parents would hear if their child was "in the pool" and if so, we'd hear more after that.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 15:42     Subject: what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:My daughter yesterday mentioned that the class teacher said that she will refer 2 kids for AAP and the current AAP teacher will do the same.
In short, they will refer 4 kids from the class for AAP. What does this mean? I thought teachers only do GBRS rating.


I'm surprised that the teacher would give that information in class.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 14:59     Subject: Re:what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:^^ or I should amend that to say someone has talked way too much about AAP in front of her. it's a sad state of affairs that kids are even thinking about this nonsense at ages 7 and 8.


My daughter surprises me with the amount of things she registers in her mind. It's not about AAP but other stuff too. It's probably that her teacher is very good at explaining stuff or the school teaching style. I don't remember grasping this much when I was @ school. But again I was in a country where the teaching style is drastically different....


"AAP" would only register in her mind if she knew what the initials meant. (You aren't born so bright that you know what an acronym means just because of your brightness!) Additionally, even a kid who happened to know what AAP meant, would have no idea what it would mean to be referred into the program OR that it was important enough to report back to mom what the kid heard. My kidS would be clueless about this (the first one, before she got into AAP and the second one, now a second grader.)
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 13:51     Subject: what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter yesterday mentioned that the class teacher said that she will refer 2 kids for AAP and the current AAP teacher will do the same.
In short, they will refer 4 kids from the class for AAP. What does this mean? I thought teachers only do GBRS rating.


This means that you've talked WAY too much about AAP in front of your daughter. This wouldn't even have registered with my kid who went to AAP.


Thank you!
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 13:50     Subject: Re:what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:^^ or I should amend that to say someone has talked way too much about AAP in front of her. it's a sad state of affairs that kids are even thinking about this nonsense at ages 7 and 8.


My daughter surprises me with the amount of things she registers in her mind. It's not about AAP but other stuff too. It's probably that her teacher is very good at explaining stuff or the school teaching style. I don't remember grasping this much when I was @ school. But again I was in a country where the teaching style is drastically different....
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 11:11     Subject: Re:what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote: it's a sad state of affairs that kids are even thinking about this nonsense at ages 7 and 8.


+10000000
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 11:01     Subject: Re:what does this mean?
^^ or I should amend that to say someone has talked way too much about AAP in front of her. it's a sad state of affairs that kids are even thinking about this nonsense at ages 7 and 8.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 10:43     Subject: what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:My daughter yesterday mentioned that the class teacher said that she will refer 2 kids for AAP and the current AAP teacher will do the same.
In short, they will refer 4 kids from the class for AAP. What does this mean? I thought teachers only do GBRS rating.


This means that you've talked WAY too much about AAP in front of your daughter. This wouldn't even have registered with my kid who went to AAP.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 10:32     Subject: what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anyone can refer a student -- a parent, a teacher, or even the student herself/himself (themselves?)

If your use of the word "refer" is referring to a referral (got that? ) then perhaps that's what your daughter heard (or thinks she heard).


I thought FCPS teachers are not allowed to give referrals. Maybe she meant consider for AAP?
I was not aware that teachers are allowed to do that. I thought only thing they can do is work on GBRS


FCPS employees cannot write letters of rec.


+1

A referral is not a letter of recommendation (and vice versa).

See the timeline document:
http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/packet/TestingandIdentificationTimeLineFCPSParents.pdf

Immediately below Documents Needed for Screening File is Advanced Academic Programs Level IV Referral Form where the Source for FCPS-enrolled students is Parents/Guardians/Teacher/Student (if student not in 2nd grade pool)
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 10:25     Subject: what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anyone can refer a student -- a parent, a teacher, or even the student herself/himself (themselves?)

If your use of the word "refer" is referring to a referral (got that? ) then perhaps that's what your daughter heard (or thinks she heard).


I thought FCPS teachers are not allowed to give referrals. Maybe she meant consider for AAP?
I was not aware that teachers are allowed to do that. I thought only thing they can do is work on GBRS


FCPS employees cannot write letters of rec.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2015 09:31     Subject: what does this mean?
Anonymous wrote:Anyone can refer a student -- a parent, a teacher, or even the student herself/himself (themselves?)

If your use of the word "refer" is referring to a referral (got that? ) then perhaps that's what your daughter heard (or thinks she heard).


I thought FCPS teachers are not allowed to give referrals. Maybe she meant consider for AAP?
I was not aware that teachers are allowed to do that. I thought only thing they can do is work on GBRS
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2015 17:38     Subject: what does this mean?
Anyone can refer a student -- a parent, a teacher, or even the student herself/himself (themselves?)

If your use of the word "refer" is referring to a referral (got that? ) then perhaps that's what your daughter heard (or thinks she heard).
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2015 16:29     Subject: what does this mean?
My daughter yesterday mentioned that the class teacher said that she will refer 2 kids for AAP and the current AAP teacher will do the same.
In short, they will refer 4 kids from the class for AAP. What does this mean? I thought teachers only do GBRS rating.