AVID: How Do We Meet the Challenge of College and Career Readiness for All?

1. AVID: How Do We Meet the Challenge of College and Career Readinessfor All? Barbara Dittrich, Program Supervisor, Advanced Placement, Special Programs & Federal Accountability OSPI Sue Bergman, Washington state avid director

2. Our Mission AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

3. About AVID AVID is a nonprofit organization that provides educators with proven, real-world strategies to accelerate the performance of underrepresented students so that these students and all students across the entire campus succeed in college, career, and life.

4. AVID College Readiness System

5. AVID in Washington State 2017-18 • 83 Districts • 357 Schools • 16,884 Secondary Students 2016-17 • 19,348 AVID Elementary Students 2016-17

6. Key Components of AVID • Proven educational strategies • Professional staff development and leadership training

7. STUDENTSUCCESS SKILLS AVID Elementary at a Glance AVID Elementary (K–5) is designed to be embedded into the daily instruction of all elementary classrooms across entire grade levels to maintain schoolwide structures. WICORLESSONS ORGANIZATIONALSKILLS PARTNERSHIPS

8. AVID SECONDARY • AVID Schoolwide • AVID is part of a systemic approach to post-secondary success • AVID WICOR strategies are embedded in the SIP and practiced across the campus • Open access to rigorous coursework • Commitment to a college and post-secondary culture AVID Elective Class • Focused attention is given to targeted students • Students commit to take AVID as part of their secondary career OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

9. Maximizing the Impact AVID Secondary Schoolwide CoreContentClasses AVID ElectiveClasses

10. The Foundation: WICOR Strategies • Writing • Inquiry • Collaboration • Organization • Reading Collaboration + Inquiry =Tutorials

11. WRITING • Cornell Note-Taking • Learning Logs • Quickwrites and Reflections • Process Writing • Peer Evaluation • Authentic Writing ORGANIZATION • Binders and Organizational Tools • Calendars, Planners, and Agendas • Graphic Organizers • A Focused Note-Taking System • Tutorials and Study Groups • Project Planning and SMART Goals WICOR COLLABORATION • Socratic Seminars • Tutorials • Philosophical Chairs • Group Activities and Projects • Peer Editing Groups • Service Learning Projects INQUIRY • Skilled Questioning Techniques • Costa’s Levels of Thinking • Socratic Seminars • Tutorials • Investigations • Questions that Guide Research READING • Deep Reading Strategies • Note-Taking • Graphic Organizers • Vocabulary Building • Summarizing • Reciprocal Teaching

12. Schoolwide Results Leadership that sets the vision and tone that promote college readiness and high expectations for all students in the school Instructionthat is rigorous for all students across all disciplines, promotes college readiness skills, and increases academic performance Systemsthat support continuous monitoring and improvement in instruction, academic supports and student outcomes Cultureshifts beliefs and behaviors, resulting in an increase of students meeting college-readiness requirements

13. Professional Learning to Support AVID Schoolwide • Summer Institutes • National Conference • Local Workshops • Regional Path trainings • Contracted and planning sites

14. AVID Professional Learning Making good teachers great! AVID PL IS NOT… Flavor of the Day One Shot Disconnected Sit & Get AVID PL IS… Integrated Site Team Planning Proven, Best Practices Ongoing Coaching & Support Highly Interactive

15. The AVID Elective Class

16. Who an the AVID Elective student? These are capable students in the academic middle, often not realizing their full academic potential. Criteria to consider include: • Standardized Test Scores • Grades • Behavior • Attendance • College Potential • Desire and Determination • Family Support • Historically Under-represented in 4-year Colleges • Economic Situation • Other Special Circumstances

17. How the AVID Elective Works • Accelerates under-achieving students, who have potential, into more rigorous courses • Teaches academic and social skills not targeted in other classes • Provides intensive support with in-class tutors and a strong student/teacher relationship • Creates a positive peer group for students • Develops a sense of hope and personal achievementgained through hard work and determination

18. A Sample Week in the AVID Elective DailyorBlock Schedule The integration of the AVID Elective and advanced courses into the master schedule is critical.

19. AVID Results: Seven Year College Readiness Initiative Study

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23. Social and Cultural Impact

25. What is Readiness?

26. Remediation Does not Mean Ready

27. Rigorous Courses OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

28. Ready for a Four Year College

29. Historically Underrepresented

30. Changing the College Demographics OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

31. Washington State AVID Persistence Data

32. Who Endures?

33. Persistence • 83% of AVID students who enrolled in college in the academic year after high school (either fall or spring) • Persisted into their second year of college

34. Persistence • 70% of AVID students who enrolled in college in the academic year after high school (either fall or spring) • Persisted into their third year and/or graduated by the end of year three • *Note: not tracked are those who graduated from a two year school and thus did not persist to year three at this time.

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36. R.A. Long High School AVID Schoolwide Site of Distinction • Rich Reeves, Principal and AVID District Director • Lacey Griffiths, Associate Principal OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

37. 2017 AVID National Conference Join Us December 7–9, 2017 Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Orlando, Florida

38. Funding Resources • Title 1/LAP • Title 2 A • 21st Century grants • GEAR UP • District Funds • Title 3 • AVID Excel • Summer Institute for ELL strategy strands • Title 4 A

39. Contacts and Links Sue Bergman Washington State AVID Director sbergman@avidcenter.org Barbara Dittrich Program Supervisor, Advanced Placement Special Programs & Federal Accountability barbara.dittrich@k12.wa.us CRI Study: http://avid.org/washington.ashx

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