Our Mission: AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. A structured college preparatory system working directly with schools and districts A direct support structure for first-generation college goers A school wide approach to curriculum and rigorous academic approaches.(Honors and advanced placement(AP))
Rigor is the goal of helping students develop the capacity to understand content that is complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally or emotionally challenging.
Mondays & Wednesdays- AVID curriculum Tuesday and Thursdays- Tutorials Fridays- motivational Fridays
The AVID curriculum varies on students’ grades. Curriculum: Writing/ personal statements, resumes and scholarship essays College and Careers/ scholarship opportunities Strategies for Success Critical Reading/ weekly newspaper stories
To use as a training tool with AVID tutors to ensure they are equipped to conduct collaborative tutorials that lead to increased student achievement in academic classes. Collaborative Study Groups Writing Groups Socratic Seminars based on questions that remain unanswered
Binder checks Field Trips Media center College speakers Motivational activities that involve academic resoures
Writing process (prewrite to final draft) Respond, revise Edit, final draft Cornell notes Quick writes based on weekly articles Learning logs, journals
Inquiry Skilled questioning Socratic Seminars Quick writes/discussions Critical-thinking activities Writing questions Open-minded activities
Collaboration Group projects Response/edit/revision groups Collaboration activities Tutorials Study groups Jigsaw activities Read-arounds
Organization: Tools Binders Calendars, planners, agendas Graphic organizers Methods: Focused note-taking system Tutorials, study groups Project planning, SMART goals
Reading SQ5R (Survey, Question, Read, Record, Recite, Review, Reflect) KWL (What I Know; What to Learn; Learned) Reciprocal teaching “Think-alouds” Text structure Critical reading