AVID Program

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AVID Program Advancement Via
Individual Determination L. avidus eager for
knowledge
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What is AVID?

• A structured, college preparatory program working
  directly with schools and districts
• A direct support structure for first-generation
  college goers, grade 8-12
• A schoolwide approach to curriculum and rigor
  working in over 2,700 middle schools and high
  schools in 39 states and 15 countries
• A professional development program providing
  training throughout the U.S.

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The Mission of AVID

• The mission of AVID is to ensure that ALL
  students, and most especially the least served
  students who are in the middle
• will succeed in rigorous curriculum
• will complete a rigorous college preparatory
  path
• will enter mainstream activities of the school
• will increase their enrollment in four-year
  colleges and
• will become educated and responsible participants
  and leaders in a democratic society.
• AVIDs systemic approach is designed to support
  students and educators as they increase
  schoolwide/districtwide learning and performance.

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The AVID Student Profile

• Students With Academic Potential
• Average to high test scores
• 2.0-3.5 GPA
• College potential with support
• Desire and determination
• Meets One or More of the Following Criteria
• First to attend college
• Historically underserved in four-year colleges
• Low income
• Special circumstances

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A Sample Week in AVID Elective
Daily or Block Schedule

• AVID Curriculum includes
• Writing Curriculum
• College and Careers
• Strategies for Success

• AVID Tutorials Include
• Collaborative Study Groups
• Writing Groups
• Socratic Seminars

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• Writing Curriculum
• Writing to Learn
• Writing Process
• Focus Lessons
• Timed Writing

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• Inquiry Method
• Engage in skillful questioning
• Higher level thinking
• Respectful dialogue

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• Socratic Seminars
• A form of structured discourse about ideas and
  moral dilemmas.
• Contribute to the development of vocabulary,
  listening skills, interpretive and comparative
  reading, textual analysis, synthesis and
  evaluation.
• Develop student-centered dialogue which is at the
  heart of rigor.
• Foster understanding of complex ideas and
  information.

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• Collaboration
• Students ask, explore and answer questions.
• Students are listeners, thinkers, speakers, and
  writers.
• Students discover ideas and remember because they
  are actively involved.
• Teacher becomes a coach, guiding students in
  their learning.

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• Tutorials
• Purpose
• Create deeper understanding of concepts
  coveredin core content classes.
• Develop skills necessary to become self-directed
  learners.
• It's not just homework help!
• Process
• To push each other's thinking. AVID tutorials
  utilize an inquiry process.
• Tutors do not give answers they facilitate the
  group's discovery with critical questions.
• Students reflect on their learning.

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• Reading to Learn
• Connect to prior knowledge
• Understand text structure
• Use text-processing strategies (during and after
  reading)

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• Reciprocal Teaching
• Reciprocal teaching is an instructional approach
  characterized by an interactive dialogue between
  the teacher and students in response to segments
  of a reading selection.
• The dialogue is based on four processes
• Questioning
• Summarizing
• Clarifying
• Predicting

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Barbara Fengya Director of Secondary
Education Barbara.fengya_at_ftcsc.k12.in.us