Understanding AVID: A Comprehensive Approach to College Readiness
AVID is a schoolwide college readiness system that provides structured support for first-generation college students, professional learning for educators, and focuses on developing students' academic potential and skills. It offers a strategic approach to rigorous curriculum, teaching specific strategies for reading, writing, thinking, and speaking, and aims to accelerate underachieving students' potential by providing intensive support and fostering a positive peer group environment. The AVID Elective Student Profile targets students with academic potential, desire, and determination, especially those who are historically underserved or facing special circumstances.
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What is AVID? What is AVID? A schoolwide college readiness system A structured approach to rigorous curriculum Direct support structure for first-generation college students Professional learning for educators 1
Why college readiness? Why college readiness? Will every student pursue higher education? Not necessarily. Not necessarily. Should every student be prepared for and have the option to attend college or pursue higher education? Absolutely! Absolutely! 2
What does AVID do? What does AVID do? Develops readers and writers readers and writers Develops deep content knowledge content knowledge Teaches content content- -specific strategies for reading, writing, thinking, and speaking Develops habits, skills, and habits, skills, and behaviors behaviors to use knowledge and abilities specific strategies 3
How AVID Works How AVID Works Accelerates under Accelerates under- -achieving students potential into more rigorous courses achieving students who have Teaches academic and social skills Teaches academic and social skills not targeted in other classes Provides intensive support Provides intensive support with in-class tutors and a strong student/teacher relationship Creates a positive peer group Creates a positive peer group for students Develops a sense of hope Develops a sense of hope and personal achievement gained through hard work hard work and determination personal achievement determination 4
The AVID Elective Student Profile The AVID Elective Student Profile Has Has academic potential academic potential Average to high test scores 2.0 3.5 GPA College potential with support Desire and determination 5
The AVID Elective Student Profile The AVID Elective Student Profile Meets one or more of the following criteria: First in family to attend college Historically underserved in four-year colleges Low-income Special circumstances
AVID aligns with the State Standards AVID aligns with the State Standards AVID AVID State Standards State Standards Are aligned with college and work expectations Is focused on preparing students to become college and career ready Are clear, understandable, and consistent Is based on a clear set of 11 Essentials Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills Provides rigor in the classroom through higher-level thinking activities Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards Supports the implementation of all state standards in all content areas Expectation that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society Prepares all students for college readiness and success in a global society Are evidenced-based Is based on more than 30 years of data 7
A Sample Week in the AVID Elective A Sample Week in the AVID Elective Daily Dailyor orBlock Schedule Block Schedule Monday Monday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Friday Friday Binder Evaluation Field Trips AVID Curriculum Tutorials AVID Curriculum Tutorials Media Center Speakers Motivational Combination for Block Schedule Combination for Block Schedule Activities (within block) Curriculum: Curriculum: Writing College and Careers Strategies for Success Critical Reading Tutorials: Tutorials: Collaborative Study Groups Writing Groups Socratic Seminars 8
AVID delivers results AVID delivers results Raises Raises student achievement student achievement Ensures Ensures college access college access and success and success Closes opportunity and Closes opportunity and expectation gaps expectation gaps Improves instruction Improves instruction by offering meaningful and lasting meaningful and lasting professional learning learning by offering professional 9
AVID closes the achievement gap AVID closes the achievement gap 2014 AVID Elective seniors completing four-year college entrance requirements AVID U.S. U.S. Overall 95% 95% 100% 93% 92% 92% 92% 91% 89% 80% 60% 49% G A P 39% 36% 40% 25% 22% 21% 20% 0% American Indian or Alaska Native AVID n = 159 U.S. n = 36,808 Asian Black or African American AVID n = 5,384 U.S. n = 569,835 Filipino* AVID n = 448 Hispanic or Latino AVID n = 20,789 U.S. n = 656,297 Other* White (not Hispanic) AVID n = 5,393 U.S. n = 2,537,481 Overall AVID n = 1,913 U.S. n = 159,683 AVID n = 2,108 AVID N = 36,450 U.S. N = 4,051,598 AVID. (2014). AVID senior data collection: Study of 36,450 AVID seniors [Electronic Database]. Greene, J.P. and Forster, G. (2003). Public high school graduation and college readiness rates in the United States (Report No. 3). New York: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. *Filipino and Other not classified by Greene and Forster (2003) National data represents the most current comprehensive data available 10
Carol Hatten jhatten@ems-isd.net Keith Houston khouston@ems-isd.net www.avid.org
