Background
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Achievement) is an educational non-profit that was established in 1980. It originated with a teacher who recognized a need for a program to assist students who were academically capable, but were under-achieving. They lacked some organizational and study strategies in order to be stronger students. Providing a learning environment with the common goal for all students to attend post-secondary had very positive outcomes. AVID has evolved greatly over the years and is now implemented in 7,000+ schools in 47 States across the U.S., Canada and Australia. AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.
AVID is NOT a remedial program or a program for students who have attendance issues or don't seem to care about school. If anything, AVID students are challenged to work and think differently, therefore, it is important for candidates to be motivated to learn and do better for their goal is to be ready to attend college or university after graduation. Students need to be capable of completing rigorous courses, but may not have realized their full potential and would benefit from the AVID elective focus of college and career-readiness. Priority will be given to students who are underserved in post-secondary institutions.
Students apply to the AVID elective class for their grade. The AVID elective is taught by an AVID trained teacher and the students have this class every other day for the entire school year. In the AVID elective class students learn organizational and study skills, develop critical thinking by asking probing questions, get academic help from peers and tutors, and participate in enrichment and motivational activities which make college and career success attainable. Students enrolled in AVID typically enrol in rigorous academic classes to keep their post-secondary options open and to be ready for the challenges ahead of them. As students progress in AVID, their self-image improves, and they become academically successful students, leaders, and role models for other students. The students in the AVID elective also take an academic class together and this class is also taught by an AVID trained teacher who reinforces the strategies they learn in their AVID elective class.
AVID is NOT a remedial program or a program for students who have attendance issues or don't seem to care about school. If anything, AVID students are challenged to work and think differently, therefore, it is important for candidates to be motivated to learn and do better for their goal is to be ready to attend college or university after graduation. Students need to be capable of completing rigorous courses, but may not have realized their full potential and would benefit from the AVID elective focus of college and career-readiness. Priority will be given to students who are underserved in post-secondary institutions.
Students apply to the AVID elective class for their grade. The AVID elective is taught by an AVID trained teacher and the students have this class every other day for the entire school year. In the AVID elective class students learn organizational and study skills, develop critical thinking by asking probing questions, get academic help from peers and tutors, and participate in enrichment and motivational activities which make college and career success attainable. Students enrolled in AVID typically enrol in rigorous academic classes to keep their post-secondary options open and to be ready for the challenges ahead of them. As students progress in AVID, their self-image improves, and they become academically successful students, leaders, and role models for other students. The students in the AVID elective also take an academic class together and this class is also taught by an AVID trained teacher who reinforces the strategies they learn in their AVID elective class.
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In fact these strategies are beneficial for ALL students. That is why ACSS has taken on the goal of embracing a schoolwide college-going and career-ready culture that supports high expectations and high levels of achievement for ALL students. AVID is schoolwide when a school systemically and intentionally uses AVID approaches across the entire building, setting the foundational transformation of a school through its Instruction, Systems, Leadership and Culture to ensure college and career readiness for ALL students.
The AVID curriculum is based on current educational research and best practice teaching strategies. It is driven by WICOR methodology (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, Reading). WICOR instructional strategies engage students and scaffold instruction to make challenging content accessible. WICOR strategies are used in the AVID elective classes and content-area classes throughout the school when a school is AVID Schoolwide. |
