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AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. The core purpose of AVID College readiness is to provide the skills to not just get to college, but to be able to GRADUATE from college. 

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AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. The core purpose of AVID College readiness is to provide the skills to not just get to college, but to be able to GRADUATE from college. 

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AVID Supports College and Career Readiness.

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AVID Supports College and Career Readiness.

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Equity / Create an Equitable Classroom - Equity in Education | AVID

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AVID works with teachers to examine their school through an equity lens. AVID provides training for teachers to authentically connect with their students.

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AVID levels the playing field for minority, rural, low-income and other students without a college-going tradition in their families.

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AVID levels the playing field for minority, rural, low-income and other students without a college-going tradition in their families.

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*The AVID Elective class places students on the college track, requiring students to enroll in the most rigorous courses that are appropriate for them, such as Honors and Advanced Placement®.                            *To support students in their rigorous coursework, AVID students learn organizational and study skills, develop critical thinking, learn to ask probing questions, receive academic help from peers and college tutors, and participate in enrichment and motivational activities to make their college dreams reality.                     *The AVID curriculum, based on rigorous standards, was developed by middle and high school teachers in collaboration with college professors. It is based on best teaching practices in writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading, and it is supported by state and national content standards. AVID curriculum is used in the AVID Elective and content-area classes in AVID schools to guide teachers and students, while planning strategies for success, by focusing on time management and study skills.

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*The AVID Elective class places students on the college track, requiring students to enroll in the most rigorous courses that are appropriate for them, such as Honors and Advanced Placement®.                            *To support students in their rigorous coursework, AVID students learn organizational and study skills, develop critical thinking, learn to ask probing questions, receive academic help from peers and college tutors, and participate in enrichment and motivational activities to make their college dreams reality.                     *The AVID curriculum, based on rigorous standards, was developed by middle and high school teachers in collaboration with college professors. It is based on best teaching practices in writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading, and it is supported by state and national content standards. AVID curriculum is used in the AVID Elective and content-area classes in AVID schools to guide teachers and students, while planning strategies for success, by focusing on time management and study skills.

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A Week in AVID

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Resources for COVID-19 Instruction.                               As educators prepare for distance learning during school closures, AVID has compiled these resources to support remote instruction. 

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Resources for COVID-19 Instruction.                               As educators prepare for distance learning during school closures, AVID has compiled these resources to support remote instruction. 

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A match made in Heaven (AVID + Kagan)

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WICOR Handouts

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WHEN TEACHERS ARE ENGAGED, STUDENTS SUCCEED

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WHEN TEACHERS ARE ENGAGED, STUDENTS SUCCEED

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The AVID Effect / Student Success & Promoting a Growth Mindset | AVID

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See how AVID provides teachers the right tools to help them connect with their students. Student success has always directed AVID's mission.

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The AVID College and Career Readiness Framework

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Our Beliefs / Collaborative & Inquiry-Based Teaching | AVID

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AVID increases teacher leadership by delivering collaborative content resulting in inquiry-based teaching. See how AVID helps teachers relate to all students.

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As schools and districts identify initiatives to meet their local needs, the AVID system can be utilized as a lever to support the implementation and acceleration of those initiatives.

TARGETED ACADEMIC INITIATIVES

Targeted academic initiatives are implemented to address a specific academic need. They may be curriculum programs for specific content areas or programs targeted to specific student groups (e.g., Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), Career and Technical Education, International Baccalaureate (IB) ®). AVID serves to accelerate targeted academic initiatives by providing resources that can be utilized within these specific programs to support improved academic performance and student success.

CROSS-CURRICULAR INITIATIVES

Cross-curricular initiatives are put in place to improve teaching and learning schoolwide. These may be teaching strategies for improving disciplinary literacy, supporting college and career readiness for all students, or professional learning communities. AVID serves to accelerate cross-curricular initiatives by providing schoolwide systems and methodologies that can be flexibly implemented across all content areas.

SCHOOL CLIMATE OR CULTURE INITIATIVES

School climate or culture initiatives are broader initiatives that go beyond academic goals. They may include behavioral or social/emotional programs and initiatives designed to improve academic equity or cultural relevance and responsiveness. AVID serves to accelerate school climate or culture initiatives by providing an aligned philosophy that progressively shifts beliefs and behaviors.

As schools and districts identify initiatives to meet their local needs, the AVID system can be utilized as a lever to support the implementation and acceleration of those initiatives.

TARGETED ACADEMIC INITIATIVES

Targeted academic initiatives are implemented to address a specific academic need. They may be curriculum programs for specific content areas or programs targeted to specific student groups (e.g., Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), Career and Technical Education, International Baccalaureate (IB)®). AVID serves to accelerate targeted academic initiatives by providing resources that can be utilized within these specific programs to support improved academic performance and student success.
STEM CTE
IB (coming soon!)

CROSS-CURRICULAR INITIATIVES

Cross-curricular initiatives are put in place to improve teaching and learning schoolwide. These may be teaching strategies for improving disciplinary literacy, supporting college and career readiness for all students, or professional learning communities. AVID serves to accelerate cross-curricular initiatives by providing schoolwide systems and methodologies that can be flexibly implemented across all content areas.
Literacy College and Career Readiness
PLCs (coming soon!)

SCHOOL CLIMATE OR CULTURE INITIATIVES

School climate or culture initiatives are broader initiatives that go beyond academic goals. They may include behavioral or social/emotional programs and initiatives designed to improve academic equity or cultural relevance and responsiveness. AVID serves to accelerate school climate or culture initiatives by providing an aligned philosophy that progressively shifts beliefs and behaviors.
Social and Emotional Learning Cultural Relevance and Responsiveness
Equity (coming soon!)

PBIS (coming soon!)

Trauma Informed Practive (coming soon!)

Restorative Justice (coming soon!)

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District Initiatives / District Initiatives

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As schools and districts identify initiatives to meet their local needs, the AVID system can be utilized as a lever to support the implementation and acceleration of those initiatives. Targeted academic initiatives are implemented to address a specific academic need.

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Student Learning / Student-Centered Teaching, Learning Activities & Instruction | AVID

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AVID classrooms use student-centered learning to promote team building through active communication strategies. See how schools thrive with AVID.

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AVID Educators , Principals , and District Directors .

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The AVID Difference

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Social & Emotional Learning Archives - AVID

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Preparing students for the future requires more than academic skill development. Learning how to regulate emotions, effectively handle pressure, make tough decisions, and respond to challenges are skills students can take with them wherever they go in life.

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AVID is Responsive to Cultural Relevance

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AVID is Responsive to Cultural Relevance

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The term culturally relevant teaching (CRT) was created by Gloria Ladson-Billings (1994), who says that it is "a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes." Geneva Gay (2010) further explains that CRT "uses the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning more relevant and effective."
The AVID College and Career Readiness Framework How Cultural Relevance Fits into the Framework

What Students Need

Rigorous Academic Preparedness: In a culturally relevant learning environment, students must develop collaboration skills to build relational capacity and respect the diverse experiences of others.

Opportunity Knowledge: Students in culturally relevant learning environments develop high expectations for themselves, allowing them to apply their learning, demonstrate knowledge and achieve success, and feel more in control of their future.

Student Agency: Culturally relevant learning environments empower student voice and engender self-advocacy and leadership.

What Educators Do

Insist on Rigor: AVID encourages educators to consistently evaluate their teaching practices and adopt a willingness to change in order to address the ways in which their students learn.

Break Down Barriers: AVID supports schools in recognizing that "achievement gaps" are often the product of gaps in opportunities and expectations and engaging in courageous conversations to address and close these gaps.

Align the Work: AVID supports educators schoolwide in clarifying how culturally relevant teaching practices are imperative in the mission of college and career readiness for all students.

Advocate for Students: An AVID Schoolwide culture informs culturally relevant teaching practices through a cultural lens, which recognizes that although learning structures differ across cultures, expectations should not be lowered.

The term culturally relevant teaching (CRT) was created by Gloria Ladson-Billings (1994), who says that it is "a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes." Geneva Gay (2010) further explains that CRT "uses the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning more relevant and effective."
The AVID College and Career Readiness Framework How Cultural Relevance Fits into the Framework

What Students Need

What Educators Do

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Cultural Relevance and Responsiveness / Cultural Relevance and Responsiveness

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The term culturally relevant teaching (CRT) was created by Gloria Ladson-Billings (1994), who says that it is "a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes."

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No matter what post-secondary path high school graduates choose, students must develop certain essential skills to design their own futures: critical thinking, collaboration, reading, writing, and relationship building. The development of these skills is rooted in belief in self. If students believe they are capable, there is a foundational confidence to learn and a resiliency to overcome setbacks.

When educators believe in students, learning and confidence are activated. With teacher support for developing a growth mindset and the academic skills they need for future success, students grow to see their capabilities and find their own way.
The AVID College and Career Readiness Framework How College and Career Readiness
Fits into the Framework

What Students Need

Rigorous Academic Preparedness: Students have the academic skills and can successfully complete rigorous college and career preparatory curriculum and experiences.

Opportunity Knowledge: Students research opportunities, set goals, make choices that support their long-term aspirations, and successfully navigate transitions to the next level.

Student Agency: Students believe in and activate their own potential, build relationships, persist through obstacles, and exercise their academic, social, emotional, and professional knowledge and skills.

What Educators Do

Insist on Rigor: Educators across the school provide learning experiences where every student is challenged, engaged, and develops a greater ownership in their learning through increasingly complex levels of understanding.

Break Down Barriers: Educators are champions for equity who actively seek out and eliminate educational barriers that would limit or restrict students' access to meaningful and challenging learning opportunities.

Align the Work: Educators increasingly align their practices and beliefs to the common purpose of preparing all students for college and career readiness as well as students' long-term success in college, career, and life.

Advocate for Students: Educators consistently advocate for equity and access to challenging coursework for all and help students find their voice and achieve their aspirations through creating strong relationships and providing appropriate guidance.

No matter what post-secondary path high school graduates choose, students must develop certain essential skills to design their own futures: critical thinking, collaboration, reading, writing, and relationship building. The development of these skills is rooted in belief in self. If students believe they are capable, there is a foundational confidence to learn and a resiliency to overcome setbacks.

When educators believe in students, learning and confidence are activated. With teacher support for developing a growth mindset and the academic skills they need for future success, students grow to see their capabilities and find their own way.
The AVID College and Career Readiness Framework How College and Career Readiness Fits into the Framework

What Students Need

What Educators Do

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College and Career Readiness / College and Career Readiness

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No matter what post-secondary path high school graduates choose, students must develop certain essential skills to design their own futures: critical thinking, collaboration, reading, writing, and relationship building. The development of these skills is rooted in belief in self. If students believe they are capable, there is a foundational confidence to learn and a resiliency to overcome setbacks.

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Inspiring Teachers

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Leadership / Educational Leadership for Teachers & Principals | AVID

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AVID trainings inspire teachers and principals who drive student success and energize the campus. Register for AVID leadership trainings today!

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Schoolwide and Districtwide AVID Recommendations for Implementation

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AVID Embraces Career and Technical Education

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AVID Embraces Career and Technical Education

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According to the Great Schools Partnership (2014), "Career and technical education (CTE) is a term applied to schools, institutions, and educational programs that specialize in the skilled trades, applied sciences, modern technologies, and career preparation." CTE success is much more than just developing the skills of the discipline!
The AVID College and Career Readiness Framework How CTE Fits into the Framework

What Students Need

Rigorous Academic Preparedness: CTE students must develop the communication and critical thinking skills necessary to be employable.

Opportunity Knowledge: CTE students must be connected with the potential career pathways and postsecondary options related with their course of study.

Student Agency: CTE students need the perseverance and mindsets that allow them to apply their learning and enter the workforce.

What Educators Do

Insist on Rigor: AVID instructional practices, like WICOR®, equip CTE educators to support their students in developing the skills needed to be employable.

Break Down Barriers: AVID supports CTE educators in fostering high expectations for students and addressing barriers to access and equity in CTE programs.

Align the Work: AVID supports CTE educators in clarifying how their work contributes to the mission of college and career readiness for all students.

Advocate for Students: An AVID Schoolwide culture promotes career exploration and connections throughout the school and fosters partnerships with the local community.

According to the Great Schools Partnership (2014), "Career and technical education (CTE) is a term applied to schools, institutions, and educational programs that specialize in the skilled trades, applied sciences, modern technologies, and career preparation." CTE success is much more than just developing the skills of the discipline!
The AVID College and Career Readiness Framework How CTE Fits into the Framework

What Students Need

What Educators Do

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Career and Technical Education / Career and Technical Education

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According to the Great Schools Partnership (2014), "Career and technical education (CTE) is a term applied to schools, institutions, and educational programs that specialize in the skilled trades, applied sciences, modern technologies, and career preparation." CTE success is much more than just developing the skills of the discipline!

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Teacher Effectiveness / Professional Development for Educators | AVID

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AVID offers professional development for teachers. All educators can incorporate classroom strategies. Learn more about AVID's teacher development programs.

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Research / Achievement Gap Research - Proven Results in AVID’s Data Collection

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A Case Study on Increasing College Readiness through AVID (The BERC Study)AVID Schoolwide Impact
The College Readiness Initiative (CRI), sponsored by College Spark Washington (CSW), was launched in 2006 with six-year grants to 39 secondary schools serving low-income students in Washington State. Bak…

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W.I.C.O.R  - WICOR is an acronym for Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading and provides a learning model that educators can use to guide students in comprehending concepts and articulating ideas at increasingly complex levels. Within WICOR are variety of teaching strategies essential to student learning and work well in all types of classrooms. *****Why WICOR?                    WICOR is: A proven learning support structure, for any content area.                ******Teachers who WICORize: Guide students to deeper comprehension and increasing skill levels. Choose WICOR strategies appropriate to the content and skill objectives of their content area.                               *******Students who WICORize: Actively work with new information in order to think, talk, solve, write, read, and ask questions, leading to long-term learning. Develop skills and attitudes that will serve them well in post-secondary life.   

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W.I.C.O.R  - WICOR is an acronym for Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading and provides a learning model that educators can use to guide students in comprehending concepts and articulating ideas at increasingly complex levels. Within WICOR are variety of teaching strategies essential to student learning and work well in all types of classrooms. *****Why WICOR?                    WICOR is: A proven learning support structure, for any content area.                ******Teachers who WICORize: Guide students to deeper comprehension and increasing skill levels. Choose WICOR strategies appropriate to the content and skill objectives of their content area.                               *******Students who WICORize: Actively work with new information in order to think, talk, solve, write, read, and ask questions, leading to long-term learning. Develop skills and attitudes that will serve them well in post-secondary life.   

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