Our school has a group of K students coming in that are 98%+ in IQ, which qualifies them for some kind of (less standardized) early AIG services.
We're all just trying to figure it out. Trying to share information, etc, but we all seem on slightly different paths.
We seem to be looking for different solutions to the same problem, too. Not surprising, right?
Another mom is really looking to set up some differentiation in K via the teacher and I've kind of decided we don't REALLY need that this year. I'm trying to line up SSA in math for next year and prepare DS for testing for that. Another mom is going to volunteer to do some 1-1 AIG pull out stuff and get trained by the AIG teacher in the school to work with the kids on the program. The pull out stuff doesn't wow me as the core instruction at the wrong level is more my concern.
Meanwhile we're still waiting indefinitely on our IDEP that is required by the district, to describe services that were supposed to start in November of this year.
I don't even know what to do next. Lots of moving parts and at the end of the day I'm not sure there's much of a point to ask for much differentiation this year, since DS is being somewhat challenged by his current immersion environment.
So I'm wondering ... what are your experiences? Is it helpful to organize? Or just a distraction? Depends on the situation?
I don't want someone using my chips/placing demands on my behalf. So far I've been quiet because I'm going to fight for the SSA next year. But if I don't speak, someone may say they're representing me as well.
