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What is AVID?

What is AVID?. Background Purpose and Goals. What is AVID?. A college preparatory program A direct support system for students who have a desire to go to college. Provides tools that will help you be successful in all your classes. The AVID mission. A dvancement V ia

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What is AVID?

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  1. What is AVID? Background Purpose and Goals

  2. What is AVID? • A college preparatory program • A direct support system for students who have a desire to go to college. • Provides tools that will help you be successful in all your classes.

  3. The AVID mission Advancement Via Individual Determination AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

  4. More than 30 years of success In just over 30 years, AVID has become one of the most successful college-preparatory programs for low-income, underserved students, and today reaches more than 425,000 students in approximately 4,800 schools in 48 states and 16 other countries/territories. Since 1990, more than 110,000 AVID students have graduated from high school and planned to attend college.

  5. The AVID elective student profile Has academic potential • Average to high test scores • C-/B average students • Middle of the road • College potential with support • Desire and determination

  6. Pre-AP Classes • AVID students are enrolled in at least ONE Pre-AP class, of THEIR choice. • Math, Science, History, ELA • Consider strengths when deciding • To push the student • To show them that they are capable

  7. What do we learn in the AVID elective? Curriculum Structure of the class

  8. Organization Strategies • Every AVID student keeps an AVID binder • 3 inch binder • Notebook paper • Tab dividers – one for every class • Pencil pouch complete with at least two pencils, pens and highlighters all year • Planner to write down assignments • Please see student examples

  9. Examples of Student Binders 3 inch Binder Planner Use Tabs for each class

  10. Focused Note Taking Focused note-taking empowers students to take charge of their learning. It teaches them to OWN their learning.

  11. A sample week in the AVID Elective Sample DailySchedule Curriculum: • Writing • College and Careers • Strategies for Success • Critical Reading Tutorials: • Collaborative Study Groups • Writing Groups • Socratic Seminars

  12. AVID at FCMS

  13. Parent Testimony How has AVID helped your student this year? He’s more mature and he can handle his priorities. Avid has helped my student to be more organized. AVID has been a great experience for my son, teaching him better study and homework habits and holding him accountable for writing assignments down in his agenda. AVID is helping him develop the skills and habits he needs to be a successful student. His grades are up, his confidence is boosted… My Student has enjoyed the class.

  14. Student Testimony How has AVID helped you this year? It has helped keep me organized. My binder doesn’t look like it exploded. I actually use my planner. I like tutorial days! Getting help from peers is the best! It helped teach me how to take good notes. I like AVID and can’t wait to take it again next year. I like the grade challenge we are doing because I like to compete and win!

  15. AVID at FCMS Problem Solving Critical Thinking Interpersonal Skills Communication Skills Please contact Dawne Sanders with any questions. Please visit our campus website for more information and to apply.

  16. Applications and Interviews To apply please visit: https://www.fortbendisd.com/domain/13438 Application are due February 20th Interviews will be February 28th during the school day

  17. AVID Site Team • Admin - Dr. Shannon Williams • Counselor – Liz Tanaka • Site Coordinator/Elective Teacher – Dawne Sanders • Math – Melanie Bates, Lester McCoy, Jennifer Pijanowski • Science – Sandrea Cheek, Fauzia Haque, Steven Zbranek • ELA – Pamela Guidry, Meygan Taylor • Social Studies – coming 2019

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