AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Overview for Parents & Staff RCOE Fall 2014

The Mission of AVID AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

What is AVID? Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybaW1PBgMyo 6:36 minute video

What is AVID? A structured, college preparatory system working directly with schools and districts A direct support structure for first-generation college goers, grades 4-16 A schoolwide approach to curriculum and rigor adopted by more than 4,500 schools in 47 states and 16 countries A professional development program providing training throughout the world

What is Avid? AVID: Teaches skills and behaviors for academic success Provides intensive support with tutorials and strong student/teacher relationships Creates a positive peer group for students Develops a sense of hope for personal achievement gained through hard work and determination As a result, policymakers and educators now consider AVID's mission to be an essential strategy for closing the achievement gap, making college access and success available to all students.

AVID Culture AVID system is helpful for everyone College Readiness Focus on Communication Skill Training for Staff & Volunteers Student and Parent Involvement Professional Learning Communities

AVID Selection Students who are in the academic “middle” Those who have a desire to go to college Willingness to work hard Often the first in the family to go to college Many from a socio-economically disadvantaged family One or more special factors that have influenced their life

The 11 Essentials 1. Avid student selection 2. Voluntary participation 3. AVID elective class offered during the school day 4. Rigorous course of study 5. Strong, relevant, writing and reading curriculum

The 11 Essentials 6. Inquiry to promote critical thinking 7. Collaboration as a basis of instruction 8. Trained tutors 9. Data collection and analysis 10. District and school commitment 11. Active, interdisciplinary site team

WICOR Writing Writing process Respond, revise Edit, final draft Cornell Notes Quickwrites Learning logs, journals

WICOR Inquiry Skilled questioning Socratic Seminars Quickwrites/discussions Critical-thinking activities Writing questions Open-minded activities

WICOR Collaboration Group projects Response/edit/revision groups Collaboration Activities Tutorials Jigsaw activities Read-arounds

WICOR Organization Binders Planners Focused note-taking Project planning

WICOR Reading SQ5R (Survey, Question, Read, Record, Recite, Review, Reflect) KWL Reciprocal teaching “Think-alouds” Text structure Critical reading

Taking rigorous courses opens doors! What is Academic Rigor? Rigor is the goal of helping students develop the capacity to understand content that is complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally or emotionally challenging. Taking rigorous courses opens doors! Source: Teaching What Matters Most; Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement by Strong, Silver and Perini, ASCD, 2001.

AVID AVID supports English Language Learners AVID helps encourage the use of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Standards AVID fits with the Common Core AVID is a free program at your school How does AVID support English language learners?   As part of AVID’s English Learner College Readiness (ELCR), AVID Excel works to ensure middle school English language learner (ELL) students can succeed in high school college preparatory coursework. AVID Excel interrupts students’ long-term ELL (L-TELL) status and accelerates their academic language acquisition, while giving them the strategies and supports which are the hallmarks of the AVID College Readiness System. How does AVID help with STEM? (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) AVID Center developed four STEM Math and Science Summer Bridge Programs to strengthen AVID’s support for middle level student achievement in math and science and to encourage student acceleration and interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. The AVID STEM Summer Bridge Programs offer rigorous math and science content incorporating WICOR strategies in engaging, collaborative lessons and activities. Where does AVID fit in with the Common Core? While the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) describe “what” students should know, AVID strategies provide “how” students will learn and master the knowledge and skills needed to meet the standards. The expectations of AVID align with CCSS in many ways and are embedded within the curriculum to meet the rigorous expectations. For example, the higher-level thinking skills required by the CCSS (i.e., analyzing, comparing, inferring) are the exact skills that AVID has promoted and used to design its curriculum for the last 30 years.

AVID Closes the Achievement Gap for ALL Students AVID Center. AVID Senior Data Collection. Study of 22,210 AVID Seniors, [Electronic Database]. (2009 - 2010). Manhattan Institute, Education Working Paper 3. 2003. Greene, J.P., Forster, G. "Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the U.S.“ (The most recent national data available.) *Filipino and Other not classified in Manhattan Institute study.

AVID Closes the Achievement Gap for ALL Students AVID Center. AVID Senior Data Collection. Study of 22,210 AVID Seniors, [Electronic Database]. (2009 - 2010). California Department of Education. Dataquest. 12th Grade Graduates Completing all Courses Required for U.C. and/or C.S.U. Entrance Requirements, 2008. n = 376,393 Manhattan Institute, Education Working Paper 3. 2003. Greene, J.P., Forster, G. "Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the U.S.“ (The most recent national data available.) *Filipino and Other not classified in Manhattan Institute study.

Proportion of AVID Seniors Completing College Entrance Requirements AVID Center. Senior Data Collection System, 2006 – 2010. n=75,081. Manhattan Institute, Education Working Paper 3. 2003. Greene, J.P., Forster, G. "Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the U.S.“ (The most recent national data available.) Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole percent.

Percent of Students Applying and Getting Accepted to University of California System AVID Center. AVID Senior Data Collection, CA Seniors, 2009-2010. n = 13,985 California Post-Secondary Education System (CPEC). Enrollment of First-Time Freshmen age 19 and under in Public Institutions For 2008. Aggregated by Higher Education System Where High School County is All Known School Type is Any Public School Including Total of Public High School Graduates. n = 375,973 http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/SelectFinalOptions.asp

Percent of Students Applying and Getting Accepted to California State University System AVID Center. AVID Senior Data Collection, CA Seniors, 2009-2010. n = 13,985 California Post-Secondary Education System (CPEC). Enrollment of First-Time Freshmen age 19 and under in Public Institutions For 2008. Aggregated by Higher Education System Where High School County is All Known School Type is Any Public School Including Total of Public High School Graduates. n = 375,973 http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/SelectFinalOptions.asp

Percent of Students Completing the California “a-g” Requirements AVID Center. AVID Senior Data Collection, CA Seniors, 2009-2010. n = 13,985 California Post-Secondary Education System (CPEC). Enrollment of First-Time Freshmen age 19 and under in Public Institutions For 2008. Aggregated by Higher Education System Where High School County is All Known School Type is Any Public School Including Total of Public High School Graduates. n = 375,973 http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/SelectFinalOptions.asp

More than 30 years of Success In just over 30 years, AVID has become one of the most successful college-preparatory programs for low-income underserved students, and today reaches more than 425,000 students in approximately 4,800 schools in 48 states and 16 other countries/territories Since 1990, more than 85,500 AVID students have graduated from high school and planned to attend college.

AVID Real Life Vanessa’s story http://bcove.me/k6moe7x6 6:18