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Jeff Cranmore and Denise Rupert
Destination Equity 2012
School-Wide Implementation of AVID
Counseling Strategies
Mission
History
Growth
What is AVID
A non-profit, college readiness system
A support structure for typically low-income,
underserved students
For elementary through postsecondary
grade levels
A schoolwide approach to rigorous curriculum
Professional development for educators
AVID – The System
College Readiness System
Elementary Secondary
AVID’s Mission
AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by
preparing all students for college readiness and success
in a global society.
Postsecondary
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A System
Elementary through Postsecondary
A Program
AVID Strategies (WICOR, Cornell Notes, Socratic
Seminars)
A Curriculum
Written Curriculum provided by the AVID Center
A Method
Each Week
Two days of instruction
Two days of tutoring
One day of team building.
What is AVID?
Where in the world is AVID?
*Numbers as of 10/1/11
Structure
AVID Center
Regional/State Offices
District/Campus Site Teams
A sample week in the AVID Elective
Curriculum:
Writing
College and Careers
Strategies for Success
Critical Reading
Tutorials:
Collaborative Study Groups
Writing Groups
Socratic Seminars
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
AVID Curriculum Tutorials AVID Curriculum Tutorials Binder
Evaluation
Field Trips
Media Center
Speakers
Motivational
Activities
(within block)
Combination for
Block Schedule
Combination for
block schedule
AVID Elective
Preparing Students
for Higher Level
Thinking Identifying their preferred
learning style
Building better
communication skills
Organization
Goal setting/prioritizing
Ensuring future success of
students in their endeavors
Meets Daily
Avid Curriculum
Tutoring Twice
Weekly
AVID Binder
Fridays- Guest
Speaker, Team
Building, College
Visits
Writing
Writing process (prewrite to final draft)
Respond, revise
Edit, final draft
Cornell notes
Quickwrites
Learning logs, journals
WICOR
Inquiry
Skilled questioning
Socratic Seminars
Quickwrites/discussions
Critical-thinking
activities
Writing questions
Open-minded activities
WICOR
Collaboration
Group projects
Response/edit/revision groups
Collaboration activities
Tutorials
Study groups
Jigsaw activities
Read-arounds
WICOR
Tools
Binders
Calendars, planners, agendas
Graphic organizers
Methods
Focused note-taking system
Tutorials, study groups
Project planning, SMART goals
WICOR
Organization
Reading
SQ5R (Survey, Question, Read, Record, Recite,
Review, Reflect)
KWL (What I Know; What to Learn; Learned)
Reciprocal teaching
“Think-alouds”
Text structure
Critical reading
WICOR
All racial groups complete four-year college entrance requirements at a rate of 84% or higher
AVID closes the achievement gap
84% 93% 93% 89% 89% 88% 90% 90%
21%
49%
25% 22%39% 36%
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian Black or African
American
Filipino* Hispanic or Latino
Other* White (not Hispanic)
Total
Seniors Completing Four-Year College Entrance Requirements
AVID U.S. U.S. Overall
AVID Center. AVID Senior Data Collection. Study of 27,891 AVID Seniors, [Electronic Database]. (2010 - 2011).Manhattan Institute, Education Working Paper 3. 2003. Greene, J.P., Forster, G. "Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the U.S.”*(Filipino and Other not classified in Manhattan Institute study.)National data represents the most current comprehensive data available
Role of the Counselor
Taking Counseling Campus-Wide
AVID Counseling
Role of the Counselor
Site Team
Teaching parts of the AVID Curriculum
Group Guidance
Reality Check
My Quick Start
Meet with students (Credit Checks)
Letters of Recommendations
College/Career Search
Scholarships
Reality Check
Sponsored by
Texas
Workforce
Commission
Allows students
to Look at Cost
of Living
Expenses, and
Match CareersExample: $60,000
http://www.jumpstart.org/reality-check.html
http://www.californiarealitycheck.com/
http://www.cdr.state.tx.us/realitycheck/
My College Quick Start
Associated with
PSAT Scores
Allows Students to
Begin College
Search
Compare Multiple
Schools at One
Time
Cost
Major
Size
Letters of Recommendation
Have Students
Request Letters
Students Provide
Resume
Goals/Philosophy
Statement
Where They See
Themselves in 10
years?
Recommendation Packets
Parent and Student Signature
Release of Rights to View
Letters
College Information
Have Students Provide Postage
and Pre-Addressed Envelopes
College/Scholarship Search
College
What Majors are
Offered
Size, Location
Private/Public
What Programs
Exist to Support
Students?
Scholarships
Major
Student Characteristics
Gender/Ethnicity/SES
Talents/Skills
Standardized Test
Scores
Other Factors
Children of Veterans/
First Generation/ etc…
Taking Counseling Campus-Wide
Class Presentations (Recording/video)
Advisory Period
School Wide College Guidance
Academic Planning Guide (Book and On-line)
College Week
Decorate Teacher Doors
College Shirt Days
Display College Pennants/Posters
Feature College Websites on School Website or
Newsletters
Taking Counseling Campus-Wide
College/Career Fairs
Special Programs for Students
First In Family
IEP Transition Plans
After school/ evening parent workshops
Applications
Scholarships
Financial Aid
Undocumented Students
AVID Center
AVID Post Secondary
AVID Elective and Credits
AVID and Beyond
AVID Center
Data
Graduation Rates
College Entry
Professional
Development
AVID Summer
Institute
AVID National
Conference,
December 2012
www.avid.org
The Need…
The percentage of high school graduates enrolling
in college is increasing for all racial and income
groups.
35% of America’s college students graduate with a
bachelor’s degree within four years.
52% graduate within 6 years.
Less than 25% of part-time college students
graduate within 8 years.
College Board, 2009
AVID
AVID Postsecondary:
From College
Readiness to College
Completion
How does AVID Postsecondary
achieve its vision?
Customizes the Model by creating
partnerships with institutions that
recognize that student success is multi-
faceted and includes academic, social, and cultural components.
Provides both collaborative campus-
wide planning and professional
development designed to create a culture of
high student, faculty and administrative engagement.
Facilitates closing the persistence and completion gap between student groups through
curricular and co-curricular models that
honor diversity.
Creates comprehensive models that begin with a strong foundational
program and adapts to student needs as they
progress to their academic and career
goals.
Creates assessment
models to assure fidelity and
evaluate student and institutional
success.
AVID Postsecondary Essentials
1. Administrative Leadership and Support
2. AVID Campus Team: Campus-Wide Collaboration
3. Faculty and Staff Professional Development
4. AVID Experience: First Year Through Completion
5. Assessment and Research
Required Courses and Electives
AVID Elective and Graduation Credits
In Many States, the AVID Elective can Count as a
Graduation Credit, Usually as an Elective.
Texas AVID Embedded Curriculum
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Business Information Management (BIM)
Professional Communications
Communication Applications
Created classes that receive multiple credits
through embedding the AVID elective in state
required courses.
Required Certifications for
Embedding AVID
Communication Applications- Speech Certification
BIM- Any business or office education certificate, Business
Education: Grades 6-12
Professional Communications-
1. Any career and technical education certificate with six
semester credit hours in speech and a baccalaureate degree
2. Any secondary or all-level speech certificate
3. Any secondary English language arts certificate with six
semester credit hours in speech
4. Mathematics/Physical Science/Engineering: Grades 8-12 with
six semester credit hours in speech
5. Speech: Grades 8-12 or Speech: Grades 7-12
Current Texas Districts
Embedding Classes
Shoemaker H.S. in Killeen ISD
Clark H.S. in Northside ISD
Bay City H.S. in Bay City ISD
Humble H.S. in Humble ISD
McKinney H.S. in McKinney ISD
Richardson HS
Plano ISD
Birdville ISD
Bryan ISD
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Questions?
