MAGNET INFORMATION UPDATE
Please check the Program Options page for updated information.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTION
The “Professional Development” section of our webpage has been developed especially for school personnel with informatives and announcements on GATE certification programs for teachers, monthly newsletters, Districtwide meetings for coordinators of SAS and GATE programs, parent workshops, helpful forms, and Power-Point presentations on different subjects.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSE AUDIT 

Local schools may not label courses Advanced Placement (AP) on student transcripts without authorization from the College Board. The College Board has established that the AP course authorization is to be an annual process. Principals must make sure that all courses authorized for 2009-2010 be reauthorized for 2010-2011 school year. All approved AP courses will appear in the ledger of authorized AP courses provided to the college and university admission offices.

NOTE: Advanced Placement has been transferred to the Office of Curriculum, Instruction and School Support, Seconday Instruction.

The Office of Curriculum, Instruction and School Support MEM-5068, “Advanced Placement Audit and Renewing Authorized Courses for 2010-2011,” issued March 3, 2010, contains a timeline of responsibilities and provides information to assist school personnel with the following:

• Ensuring that each teacher who is new or who is teaching an AP course or teaching additional AP courses successfully writes a syllabus and submits it to the College Board in a timely manner so that the authorized course appears on the ledger for colleges and universities in fall/winter 2010.
  
• Understanding the review and approval process by the College Board.
• Reviewing authorized AP courses to ensure the accuracy of the school's status.

The Advanced Studies Program has been implemented to meet the needs of gifted and talented students throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District. It establishes an articulated program at the elementary school, middle school, and senior high school levels. The Advanced Studies Program is designed to expand student assessment and identification and to offer a differentiated instructional program. Gifted learners perform at remarkably high levels when assessed in comparison with others of their age/grade peers. Highly able learners should receive careful attention and differentiated program planning to ensure that their knowledge and skills are extended. Exceedingly high numbers of gifted and potentially gifted students in the District have resulted in a critical need to expand options for appropriate instructional programs to match their levels of learning.

For any other questions or specific details at the school level about the Schools for Advanced Studies (SAS), call the schools directly. Click here for your local district, or call LaRoyce Bell, District Coordinator, Gifted/Talented Programs, (213) 241-6500.

Click here for a list of SAS schools or descriptions of the Supplemental Screening Programs:

or visit our Program Options Web Page No. 1 for unique local school programs and Web Page No. 4 for information concerning the application to the GIFTED/HIGH ABILITY AND HIGHLY GIFTED MAGNET CENTERS.


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