What is AVID?
- A structured, college preparatory system working directly with schools,
- Support for first /2nd generation college enrollees, grades 4-12
- A schoolwide approach to curriculum and rigor
- Adopted by nearly 4,000 schools in 45 states and 15 countries
- Organization, Time Management, Goal Setting, Fun, Field Trips
What is the Mission of AVID?
To ensure that all students, and most especially the least served students
who are in the middle:
- will succeed in rigorous curriculum;
- will complete a rigorous college preparatory path;
- 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.
LINKS
Want more info? www.avidonline.org
WICR or RIC-W is a component of Rigor used in all AVID classrooms.
These practices are implemented to strengthen the academic levels of students.
W
Writing
- Prewrite Draft
- Respond
- Revise
- Edit
- Final Draft
- Class & Textbook notes
- Learning logs/Journals
I
Inquiry
- Costa’s Levels of Questions
- Skilled Questioning
- Socratic Seminar
- Quickwrite/Discussion
- Critical Thinking Activities
- Writing Questions
- Open-Mindedness Activities
C
Collaboration
- Group Projects
- Study Groups
- Jigsaw Activities
- Response/Edit/Revise
- Groups
- Collaborative Activities
R
Reading
- SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)
- KWL (What I Know, What I want to Learn, What I Learned)
- Reciprocal Teaching
- “Think Alouds”
- Reader Response
- Graphic Organizers
- Vocabulary Building