Our school appreciated a head's up about referrals - meaning telling them before the deadline that we were planning on referring our child. They told us that while it is not required, they do appreciate knowing ahead of time so they can start working on all of the kids ASAP.

Also, both of my children had the same second grade teacher. Whenever I asked her about AAP, she remained solidly neutral - as if she was not supposed to give me her opinion if my kids should be in AAP in case they didn't make it and I had taken her opinion as an endorsement.

Even though both kids made the program, I understand her neutrality given how intense some parents are.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I please clarify a question I have about GBRs....if my child is in the pool, does his teacher know that and automatically completes the GBRs? Or do I have to tell his teacher that he is in the pool and that I need her to complete the GBRs form?

The teacher does not complete the GBRS -- that is the AART's responsibility.

See:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/RoleofAART.pdf

With teacher input. Sometimes the AART knows nothing about the child and so isn't able to provide useful examples.

If the child has been at the school prior to 2nd grade, the AART has already prepared a GBRS for the student in 1st grade. This starts in Kindergarten.

The screening files for those students in the 2nd grade pool and for those students with referrals include preparation of a GBRS with Commentary, which is assembled by the AART.

This is not true at all schools. And I'm sure that my son's 2nd grade teacher completed his GBRS and the AART signed off on it.

Correct. As stated previously, the AART compiles the GBRS with Commentary. The process is outlined in detail in the Local Plan for the Gifted.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I please clarify a question I have about GBRs....if my child is in the pool, does his teacher know that and automatically completes the GBRs? Or do I have to tell his teacher that he is in the pool and that I need her to complete the GBRs form?

The teacher does not complete the GBRS -- that is the AART's responsibility.

See:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/RoleofAART.pdf

With teacher input. Sometimes the AART knows nothing about the child and so isn't able to provide useful examples.

If the child has been at the school prior to 2nd grade, the AART has already prepared a GBRS for the student in 1st grade. This starts in Kindergarten.

The screening files for those students in the 2nd grade pool and for those students with referrals include preparation of a GBRS with Commentary, which is assembled by the AART.

This is not true at all schools. And I'm sure that my son's 2nd grade teacher completed his GBRS and the AART signed off on it.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I please clarify a question I have about GBRs....if my child is in the pool, does his teacher know that and automatically completes the GBRs? Or do I have to tell his teacher that he is in the pool and that I need her to complete the GBRs form?

The teacher does not complete the GBRS -- that is the AART's responsibility.

See:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/RoleofAART.pdf

With teacher input. Sometimes the AART knows nothing about the child and so isn't able to provide useful examples.

If the child has been at the school prior to 2nd grade, the AART has already prepared a GBRS for the student in 1st grade. This starts in Kindergarten.

The screening files for those students in the 2nd grade pool and for those students with referrals include preparation of a GBRS with Commentary, which is assembled by the AART.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I please clarify a question I have about GBRs....if my child is in the pool, does his teacher know that and automatically completes the GBRs? Or do I have to tell his teacher that he is in the pool and that I need her to complete the GBRs form?

The teacher does not complete the GBRS -- that is the AART's responsibility.

See:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/RoleofAART.pdf

With teacher input. Sometimes the AART knows nothing about the child and so isn't able to provide useful examples.

You don't have to contact the AART ahead of time. Once the parent/guarden paperwork is submitted, it's the AART's responsibility to pull the file together, including the GBRS. The Parent Information Packet on the AAP website says the school screening committee completes the GBRS. I saw my child's GBRS form and it was clear from the comments that the classroom teacher had a great deal of input.

So if you do a parent referral (assuming that my DC may not be in the pool), do you contact AART ahead of time and ask them to complete GBRs, or do you just submit all of the parent/guardian paperwork, then the school contacts AART to do the GBRs?

Anonymous wrote:Can I please clarify a question I have about GBRs....if my child is in the pool, does his teacher know that and automatically completes the GBRs? Or do I have to tell his teacher that he is in the pool and that I need her to complete the GBRs form?

The teacher does not complete the GBRS -- that is the AART's responsibility.

See:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/RoleofAART.pdf

You don't have to tell the teacher. If your child is automatically in the pool (based on test scores) or if you complete a parent referral, the AART will notify the teacher to let him/her know to complete the GBRS.

Can I please clarify a question I have about GBRs....if my child is in the pool, does his teacher know that and automatically completes the GBRs? Or do I have to tell his teacher that he is in the pool and that I need her to complete the GBRs form?

Anonymous wrote:His thought on ASP and GBRS related to your child? Not sure how to approach....first grade teacher mentioned on her own to us that she thought AAP would be a good fit for our kid...but haven't heard anything from 2nd grade teacher other than our child is pulled out for enrichment with the AART for math and language arts weekly.

I think some teachers try to stay neutral by not expressing opinions about AAP. My DS was in-pool, but I didn't find out until late January and was already working on the parent referral. I emailed his second grade teacher to let her know I was planning to refer so she could start thinking about the school-submitted work samples. I had never discussed AAP with her before. She thanked me for the heads-up, but didn't give any indication one way or the other what her opinion was. Neither of us mentioned the GBRS. When I requested the screening file later, the GBRS was 13 and the work samples she provided were excellent.

So, unless you want the teacher's opinion to help you decide whether to parent refer, I don't think you need to ask. However, the teacher might appreciate knowing your plans since he'll have to provide work samples and input for the GBRS. Letting him know now might save him some time later.

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Anonymous wrote:I never talked to any of my child's teachers about this. My child was in pool and was accepted. It is years later now and my child is a student at TJ.
Don't feel that a talk with the child's teacher is necessary. If the child needs this program, he or she will be accepted.

What does your child being at TJ have to do with OP's question? It's amazing how people try to find any opportunity to mention that their child is at TJ . We're impressed

I think the poster's point was that the child has been academically successful without the parent needing to discuss AAP (or probably GT as it was called when present high schoolers were in elementary) with the teacher.

The poster's point was to brag.

Agree. Why was the TJ info necessary?

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Anonymous wrote:I never talked to any of my child's teachers about this. My child was in pool and was accepted. It is years later now and my child is a student at TJ.
Don't feel that a talk with the child's teacher is necessary. If the child needs this program, he or she will be accepted.

What does your child being at TJ have to do with OP's question? It's amazing how people try to find any opportunity to mention that their child is at TJ . We're impressed

I think the poster's point was that the child has been academically successful without the parent needing to discuss AAP (or probably GT as it was called when present high schoolers were in elementary) with the teacher.

The poster's point was to brag.

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Anonymous wrote:I never talked to any of my child's teachers about this. My child was in pool and was accepted. It is years later now and my child is a student at TJ.
Don't feel that a talk with the child's teacher is necessary. If the child needs this program, he or she will be accepted.

What does your child being at TJ have to do with OP's question? It's amazing how people try to find any opportunity to mention that their child is at TJ . We're impressed

I think the poster's point was that the child has been academically successful without the parent needing to discuss AAP (or probably GT as it was called when present high schoolers were in elementary) with the teacher.

Anonymous wrote:I never talked to any of my child's teachers about this. My child was in pool and was accepted. It is years later now and my child is a student at TJ.
Don't feel that a talk with the child's teacher is necessary. If the child needs this program, he or she will be accepted.

What does your child being at TJ have to do with OP's question? It's amazing how people try to find any opportunity to mention that their child is at TJ . We're impressed