AVID provides scaffolded support that educators and students need to encourage college and career readiness and success. With AVID, school leaders have the flexibility to start small and can deepen AVID’s impact on their campus over time.
Our nation’s schools are full of students who possess a desire to go to college and the willingness to work hard, but many of them do not truly have the opportunity to be college-ready. These are often the students who will be the first in their families to attend college and are from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education. AVID Secondary equips teachers and schools with what they need to help these students succeed on a path to college and career success.
To address this need, AVID has developed the AVID Elective course. For one period a day, students receive the additional academic, social, and emotional support that will help them succeed in their school’s most rigorous courses. Districts have the flexibility to decide how many AVID Elective classes to start and which grade levels will implement AVID first. Additionally, in middle school, the language and literacy needs of long-term English language learners can be addressed through the AVID Excel elective class.
The power of AVID Secondary is the ability to impact students in the AVID Elective class and all students throughout the campus. AVID Secondary can have an effect on the entire school by providing classroom activities, teaching practices, and academic behaviors that can be incorporated into any classroom to improve engagement and success for all students. Teachers can take what they've learned at AVID training back to any classroom to help all students, not just those in AVID, to become more college- and career-ready.
The training can start with a group as small as eight participating in three days of AVID professional learning.
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How do I benefit by joining AVID?
AVID is a class community of stakeholders: AVID students, their guardians and families, AVID teachers and tutors, Seabreeze AVID-trained faculty and staff, local business sponsors, and community members. Students will receive the benefits of a close classroom community, a supportive environment, academic strategies and study skills, self-motivation and confidence, and a four-year bond with their cohort.
Am I a good fit for the AVID program? Does this list describe you?
You enjoy collaborating with others.
You enjoy learning and being at school.
You try your best in every class.
You hope to challenge yourself.
You are open to learning new skills and study methods.
You want to achieve even more than you are now.
You may not have support at home for academic and college planning.
You intend to apply to college, and you intend to apply for scholarships and financial aid.
You would enjoy being a part of a strong class community while in high school.
If multiple of these apply to you, you'd be a great fit for AVID!
Who not well-suited for AVID?
This class is not for you if: you prefer to work alone, you do not plan to go to a four-year university or career training program, you are not passionate about learning, or you repeatedly neglect schoolwork and grades. This is not a course for remediation of past failed coursework - it is not intended as a last-resort, but as a stepping stone to the future.
What is WICOR?
Writing: Focus on writing skills, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, clarity of written text, writing high-level reflections, reports, and essays
Inquiry: Includes Costa's Levels of Questioning, the Socratic Method, and other methods of learning to think critically, question, and foster lifelong curiosity
Collaboration: Working together with others to brainstorm, develop study strategies and life skills, foster meaningful classroom community, and learn the social skills needed to excel in college campus and in the workforce
Organization: Learn to organize study materials, maintain effective study schedules and healthy habits, and track academic deadlines
Reading: Developing reading comprehension skills, analyze written texts, and access supports to help students excel in any coursework