Advancement Via Individual Determination

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Advancement Via Individual Determination

• A Catalyst to Provide Rigor for All Students
• AVID is not only preparing me for college, it is
  preparing me for life!
• 8th grade student at LaVenture M.S. in Mount
  Vernon

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

• A districtwide approach to college preparation
• A direct support structure for first-generation
  college goers
• A schoolwide approach to curriculum and
• rigor that is working in over 3500 middle
  schools and high schools in 45 states and 15
  countries
• Longest continuously running School Reform Model
• A professional development program
• providing training throughout the U.S.
• Promising Educational Reform Program
• U.S. Department of Education

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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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Why every student college ready?
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Executive Summary of ACT Study

• Levels of Readiness that high school graduates
  need to be prepared for college and for workforce
  training programs are comparable.
• All high school graduates should have a sound
  foundation of knowledge and skills so that they
  can enter college or workforce training programs
  ready to learn.
• Communicate the common expectation of college
  and workplace training readiness to all
  stakeholders.

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Then and now
Workforce in 1950
Workforce in 2000
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65 Skilled
15
60 Unskilled
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More reasons for being ready

• Employability greatly increases with college
  degree.

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• High Level Skills Identified for Success
• Basic Skills reading, writing and math
• Knowing how to learn
• Listening and oral communication
• Creative thinking and problem solving
• Interpersonal skills, teamwork
• Leadership
• Motivation and goal setting
• Occupational and professional competencies

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Perception of Readiness by Groups
who believe the high school diploma means
students have learned the basics
Source Public Agenda, Reality Check.
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AVID Divisions 2008
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345
788
1380
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Number of Sites
California 1,380 sites 11 regions
Western 11 states 86 districts 345 sites
Central 14 states 143 districts 788 sites
Eastern 19 states DC 123 districts 779 sites
International 15 countries 17 Canadian
districts 107 sites
TOTAL 45 states DC 3,497 sites
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AVID in Washington State 2008-09

• 39 Districts in all regions of the state
• 119 schools
• 8 schools piloting AVID Elementary
• 3500 students in AVID elective classes in
  Washington in 2007-08
• Over 6,000 students projected 2008-09

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The AVID Elective Class

• Relationships
• Relevance
• Scaffolding for the expectation of Rigor

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AVID Program Essentials for the Elective Class
(Grades 6-12)

• AVID student selection
• Voluntary participation
• AVID elective class during the school day
• Rigorous course and study
• Writing and reading curriculum
• Inquiry to promote critical reading
• Collaboration
• Trained tutors
• Data collection and analysis
• District and school commitment
• Active and interdisciplinary site team

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The AVID Elective Class 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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Keys to Success of the AVID Elective Class

• Places AVID students in rigorous curriculum and
  gives them the support to achieve
• Provides the explicit hidden curriculum of
  schools
• Provides a team of students for positive peer
  identification and
• Redefines teachers role as that of student
  advocate.
• Scaffolds AP curriculum and encourages open
  access to these courses

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• My goal was to ensure that every student has the
  education necessary to realize their dream
  including a four-year college education whether
  they think they are going to college now or in
  the future. This is my charge as a high school
  principal.
• -Former Principal, Southwest High School
• (2 miles from Tijuana, Mexico AVID National
  Demonstration School - 1200 students in AP
  courses)

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Foundation of AVID WICR

• Writing
• Inquiry
• Collaboration
• Reading
• In the elective class and the content area
  classrooms

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Sample Cornell Notes 9th grade Biology
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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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Schoolwide

• Tutors
• WICR
• Informed families
• Subject area training
• Schoolwide note taking
• Schoolwide binders

• College going culture
• Increased rigor
• A new academic group
• Higher expectations

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Development of AVID in a District
Core AVID Program
Schoolwide Effort
Districtwide Reform

• MATURITY
• Executive leaders actively
• participate in AVID
• College-readiness articulation
• 4-12
• Expanded AVID Path
• Summer Institute training
• College-going culture
• and AP/IB enrollment routine
• District policies reinforce
• college-readiness at all levels
• District level multi-year plan

• DEVELOPMENT
• Multiple AVID sections
• teachers
• Systemic access to rigorous
• curriculum
• Increased site team leadership
• All teachers AVID trained
• WICR across the curriculum
• Schoolwide college-going
• culture
• Multi-year site plan
• AVID counselor in place

• IMPLEMENTATION
• Trained Regional and District
• Directors
• Academic elective class
• Trained tutors
• Open access to rigorous curriculum with support
• WICR
• Site team leadership
• Parent involvement
• College exploration
• Summer Institute

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RESULTS OF AVID
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Students Prepared to Enter a 4-Year College
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AVID CLOSES THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR ALL STUDENTS
Completion of Four-Year CollegeEntrance
Requirements
AVID Senior Data Collection. Study of 8839
California AVID Seniors, Electronic Database.
(2006 - 2007). AVID Center, CA. California
Postsecondary Education Commission, Custom Data
Reports Website, http//www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData
, 2006 Greene, J.P., Forster, G. "Public High
School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in
the U.S. Manhattan Institute, Education Working
Paper 3. 2003.
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Percent of Students Applying Being Accepted to
Four-Year Colleges
One of the most impressive and consistent
indicators of AVID's success is the rate it sends
students to four-year colleges. 78 of 2007 AVID
graduates were accepted to a four-year college.
AVID Center Senior Data Collection Electronic
Database. (2006 - 2007). n8,839 AVID Seniors
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AVID Students Taking AP or IB Courses
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AVID Seniors Taking AP or IB Exams
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AVID Results

• in
• Washington State

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Wenatchee, WA

• AVID Demographics Orchard M.S.
• 78 Latino
• 78 Free and Reduced Lunch
• 29 have had one year of AVID
• AVID Demographics Wenatchee H.S.
• 75 Latino
• 76 Free and Reduced Lunch
• 100 on track for college prep course completion

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GRADE 7 AVID AT ORCHARD M.S. IN WENATCHEE, WA
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GRADE 8 AVID AT ORCHARD M.S. IN WENATCHEE
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GRADE 10 AVID AT WENATCHEEH.S.
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Mead School DistrictMt. Spokane H.S.

• Demographics
• 99 Caucasian
• 22 Free and Reduced Lunch
• 100 on track for college prep course completion

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Mount Vernon School District

• 5 years of AVID implementation
• AVID at all three secondary sites
• Demographics (H.S./M.S.)
• 76 Latino
• 72 Free and Reduced Lunch
• 100 on track for college prep course completion

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Growth in AP Courses2000-2008 Mt. Vernon H.S.
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• Represents students from two sites as middle
  school students
• One site students have had three years in the
  AVID elective class,
• Other students have had only two years in AVID
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2007 WASL Reading Grade 10
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10TH Grade WASL 2005 - 2008AVID Students Only
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Mount Vernon H.S. AVID Graduates

• Class of 2006
• 96 are still in college
• 85 on track for a transfer degree if at a 2-year
  college (April 2008)
• Class of 2007
• 40 completed their first year at a four-year
  university
• 60 are at a two-year college
• Class of 2008
• 45 scheduled for their first year at a four-year
  university
• 55 are planning to attend a two-year college
• Scholarship total to date over 750,000

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Success Stories

• 3 Dell Scholars
• Student on full scholarship to Georgetown (has
  completed 2 years)
• Students on full scholarships at 4-year schools
  all over the state
• SAT student with highest writing score was an
  AVID student and originally in the ESL program

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Current Initiatives in Washington State

• Moving toward Districtwide AVID
• Grandview, WA (4-12)
• LaConner, WA (4-12)
• New college pilot
• Beginning in California and Minnesota this fall
• Proposed to include Skagit Valley College (Mount
  Vernon, WA
• Will place college students in AVID elective
• Train college professors in instructional
  practices to accelerate and support students
  rather than place in remediation

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• AVID has been the most important initiative we
  have embraced at Mount Vernon High School in my
  16 years of teaching here.
• MVHS AP English teacher who wanted to remove the
  AVID students from his classroom when they first
  were enrolled there.
• He is now an AVID National Trainer

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Funding Sources Used Throughout the State

• Entitlement Grants
• GEAR UP
• Gifted and Talents Funds
• APIP Grants
• Monies unique to state initiatives such as I-728
• Private funders
• Math-science initiatives
• Local dollars
• Foundations

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• Defined outcomes, persistence,
• challenging content, engaged adults, and
  personalization-those are the five things that
  matter most. And they are part of the AVID
  legacy.
• -John Yochelson, 2006
• (Researcher in a report on increasing the number
  of science and math majors in American colleges)

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Questions?

• sbergman_at_avidonline.org
• www.avidonline.org
• 360 593-7175
• 360 391-3109