AVID

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AVID
Students on the College Path
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AVID MISSION STATEMENT

• AVID is designed to increase school-wide
  learning and performance. The mission of AVID is
  to ensure that all students, and most especially
  the least served students in the middle capable
  of completing a college path

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AVID MISSION STATEMENT

• Students
• Will succeed in rigorous curriculum,
• 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.

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AVID Student Profile

• Students with Academic Potential
• Average to High Test Scores
• 2.0 - 3.5 GPA
• College Potential with Support
• Desire and Determination

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AVID Student Profile

• Meets One or More of the Following Criteria
• First to Attend College
• Historically Underrepresented in 4- year
  Colleges
• Low Income
• Special Circumstances

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Recruitment

• Identify potential AVID students.
• Provide program information to potential AVID
  students and parents.
• Select AVID students.

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Identify Potential AVID Students

• Talk to counselors and teachers. Use
  Teacher/Counselor Recommendation Form.
• Examine Student records participation in free
  or reduced lunch program, GPA, SAT 9 scores,
  class schedule, behavior and attendance records.

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Provide Program Information to Potential AVID
Students and Parents

• Have a group meeting of potential AVID
  candidates and their parents to explain
  program.
• Pass out AVID program fliers and applications.

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Select AVID Students

• Distribute teacher/counselor recommendation
  forms.
• Once students return applications, begin the
  interview process.
• Send letters of acceptance or non- acceptance.

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Schedule and Develop Plan for each AVID student

• Plan a welcome reception.
• Distribute Student/parent AVID contract.
• Help students develop their 4 - 6 year plan.
• Help students set their goals.

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Rigoris the goal of helping students
develop the capacity to understand content that is
complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally
or emotionally challenging.
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Complex Contentis composed of overlapping and
perhaps paradoxical ideas.
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Ambiguous Contentis found in poetry,
statistics, and primary documents which are
packed with multiple levels of meaning.
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Provocative Contentis conceptually
challenging, and deals with dilemmas. Students
conduct inquiry and work on solving real world
problems.
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Personally or Emotionally Challenging
ContentStudents study books, events or
problems that challenge them to understand how
the world works.
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Rigor in AVIDAll AVID students
enrolled inAlgebra Foreign Language in 8th
Pre-AP/Honors classes in 9th - 11th AP
classes in 11th - 12th
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Rigor in AVIDWe found that greater
percentages of students with two years of middle
school AVID continued to accumulate larger
numbers of college prep credits.
Office of CREATE, UCSD Center for Research on
Educational Equity, Assessment Teaching
Excellence
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Rigor in AVID40 of AVID students enrolled
in AP courses. More of the students with two
years of middle school AVID took several AP
classes.
Office of CREATE, UCSD Center for Research on
Educational Equity, Assessment Teaching
Excellence
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Retention

• Research shows that two years of middle school
  AVID has a positive impact on students
  course-taking patterns and academic performance
  in high school.

Office of CREATE, UCSD Center for Research on
Educational Equity, Assessment Teaching
Excellence
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Retention

• Progressively different and rigorous 7 - 12
  program.
• Address increasing anxiety and fear of change and
  leaving.
• Team Building Community Building We are all
  in this together.
• Encouragement Giving courage to others.

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How can counselors and teachers, throughout
grades 7 - 12, work together to ensure that all
students will increase their enrollment in 4 year
colleges?
Critical Question