AVIDBoardReport

Monica Davies AVID Curriculum DeveloperSharon Kautz, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction

The Bellevue School District Mission:   To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory 

education so they can succeed in college, career and life. 

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Agenda

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1. Highlights & Summary Statements2. Additional Information & Data3.Next Steps4.Q & A

Highlights(1/3) How is AVID aligned with district initiatives?

Racial Equity

• AVID in BSD: The Mission  • Professional Development facilitated through the lens of Racial 

Equity and CRT • Curriculum Development in all AVID courses focusing on the 4 

R’s of Culturally Responsive Teaching• Site teams: Beliefs Behaviors Results 

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How is AVID aligned with district initiativesInclusion 

• AVID and Special Education Department partnership• AVID and ELL Department partnership

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Highlights(2/3)

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How are our students in AVID doing?

• Enrollment increase every year• HMS 25% of school in AVID• Strong Senior trends• College persistence• AVID Student Survey• AVID AP/World Cohort at BHS

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GeneralHighlights(3/3)

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For the past 4 years, 35‐50 teachers/administrators have attended AVID summer Institute to learn research based, culturally responsive strategies to increase college/career readiness and ways to ensure equitable access and success in rigorous courses.

New! Stevenson Elementary is building an AVID culture in the upper grades.

BSD has developed a partnership with Northwest University and we train roughly 70 college students every year to serve as academic coaches/mentors in AVID classrooms.

ALL AVID students visit 1‐2 college campuses every year

8th graders shadow an AVID ninth grader at their feeder schools.

Why AVID?

Provides research‐based, culturally responsive strategies to get all students college/career ready

AVID Schoolwide benefits all students

Promotes 100% HS graduation and tools/mindset to persist in college

College mentors, guest speakers and field trips inspire/encourage

Rigor in AVID supports the rigor students face in AP/IB courses/exams

Family within a school

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

AllStudentsbenefitfromAVIDasasystemWhoWouldBenefitfromtheAVIDElective?

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SpringAVIDPD:ThePowerofAffirmingStudentIdentitythroughstory‐tellingwithLuisOrtegafromStoryteller’sForChange

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9th GradeAVIDCurriculumQuarter1

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Grade Level

1st Quarter

9 Intro Unit: Why AVID? The Hero's Journey: Systems of Self‐Empowerment

•Systems for Organization•Systems for Note‐Taking•Systems for Advocacy•Systems for Study Skills and Test Taking•Systems for Goal Setting

Establishing a culture for Peer Study Groups

Building a Sense of Belonging

AVID 9 Community Charter

•Let’s talk about the Why•Use of Storytelling and Story Listening•What do we value as a community and need from each other?

End of First Unit: Journey Map of Middle school years (using the Hero's Journey Cycle)Transition to HS presentation‐Your System that you are most proud of‐why does it work? How can you use your system in different arenas? 

StudentSampleofJourneyMap

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BSDAVIDProfessionalDevAVID=CRT

AVIDDDPD:CourageousConversationsaboutRace

• Theme: Practicing CCAR Protocol; Micro‐aggressions in the Classroom• Beyond Diversity 1 check‐in• What is a Micro‐Aggression and why are we talking about that now?• Defining Micro‐aggressions (condition 3) • Show video clip from Under our Skin – 7 min• https://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/under‐our‐skin/#microaggression• Practice Protocol ‐‐• What is an example of a micro‐aggression you have either witnessed or have been a perpetrator of? What was said, 

what happened? What was the impact?• What's coming up for you after engaging in mindful inquiry?  Compass check‐in• Partner Activity‐Statements‐Possible Interpretations‐Rewrite statements

• Application to classroom –How do you interrupt micro‐aggressions? (student‐student, teacher‐student, hallways, student activities, assemblies etc.)  How can you lead a conversation about micro‐aggressions with students?

• Articles: • Micro‐aggressions Matter by Simba Runyowa• https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/microaggressions‐matter/406090/•• Micro‐Aggressions in the Classroom the Teacher's Role• https://www.noodle.com/articles/microaggressions‐in‐the‐classroom‐the‐teachers‐role

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AVIDDistrictLeadersBeliefStatement

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We believe AVID is a system that supports culturally responsive, equitable instruction to close the opportunity gap for all students.  AVID strives to develop strong leaders and introspective/interdependent learners who are empowered to pursue their goals. By focusing on the whole child and the strengths and unique talents each student brings, AVID provides a community where students feel valued and inspired.

Based on our belief statement, AVID district leaders are moving towards more closely aligning our institutional practices and systems  with our beliefs.

Beliefs  Behaviors Results

Inclusion• Site teams examine how to increase students who receive ELL/SPED services in the AVID 

elective and how to spread AVID strategies schoolwide

• Site teams Ensure that a SPED teacher ELL teacher are on the site team 

• 15 Middle School/High School SPED teachers attended AVID Summer Institute 2016 and 2017

• AVID strategies pilot in 3 High Schools (NHS, SHS, Interlake) for Targeted Academic Skills and Strategies for School Success courses, include SPED teachers in AVID PD

• Examine how to increase students who receive services in ELL/SPED numbers in AVID • A plan to visit all the Middle School TAS/SFS courses to gather data about how to best 

support student’s individual needs in these courses

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AVIDSecondaryDemographicscomparedtoGeneralBSDdata

15.89%

7.49%

0.39%

30.10%

9.82%

36.30%37.12%

2.81%0.18%

10.81%8.97%

40.11%

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

Asian Black Hawaiian/P.I. Hispanic Multi Ethnic White

AVID BSD

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774 students 2017-18

25%ofHMSstudentpopulationisinAVID

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AVIDSeniorTrends

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A full year course that supports students in the college admissions process as well as the skills and strategies to transition to college and beyond.

100% apply to one or more colleges compared to 80% AVID WA

100% took at least one AP/IB course compared to 79% AVID WA

96% took either the ACT or SAT or both

95-100% completed FAFSA or State financial aid

100% accepted and plan to attend a 2 or 4 year College/University compared to 67% AVID WA

Nationally,AVIDstudentshavehighercollegepersistencerates

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BSDAVIDCollegePersistenceClassof2012• 37 AVID seniors graduated in the class of 2012

• 73% had parents who did not graduate college• 65% eligible for free/reduced meals• 32% English Language Learners

• Of those graduates, 23 (62%) enrolled in college the first year after graduation

• 17 (74%) persisted into their third year of college (we don’t have more recent data)• For reference, 11% of first generation college‐attenders complete their degrees

• Overall, on average just 50% of students across the country who start college complete it within 6 years

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AVID has been very helpful to me in high school and beyond. I found use with the skills they taught me, such as note taking and making questions for Peer Study Groups. They both helped me stay organized during classes and kept me on my feet to be engaged during class. Finishing my first quarter of college, I continued to find these skills from AVID very useful. I continue to take notes everyday in class, use the methods my AVID teachers suggested us students use to study (such as utilizing the library and various forms of tutoring), and keep myself motivated with knowing that I can accomplish anything while in college.

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AVIDSurvey2016‐17Grades7‐11,352Respondents

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WhytakeAVID?

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Because it helps me build relationships and its very fun and I learn more about college/university like the information most students don’t know.

Because it helps me prepare for my classes and become a stronger student. It also helps me look into the future and get prepared for what life has to offer.

I love AVID. I am in AVID because I believe AVID is a place filled with opportunities. AVID will help me be prepared for my future and make steps easier for me and help me become a better person. AVID is the best place and thing that has ever happened to me for my education

I'm in AVID because I have an older cousin who was in it from grades 7-12 and it really helped her and now she is very successful in college right now.

I am in AVID because it’s a class that motivates me to feel and be more confident with what I do and also it has shown me many different opportunities I can have with my future.

AVIDAPWorldHistoryCohortatBHS

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I wanted to take an AP class, and I had friends in the class. I strongly believe in college education, so I wanted to take a class that would make me feel as prepared and motivated to go to college as possible.

AVID/APWorldHistoryCohortatBHS

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Being able to create a safe group environment where I know that I have resources other than my teacher (even though he is a great resource) and I am able to use my peers. In AVID we all help in each other in AVID and outside of AVID in our other classrooms. By joining this class at the beginning of the year I automatically had a academically diverse group of kids I knew I could go to for help. The group environment and team that we as a class have created.

BHSAVID/APWorldHistoryvs.Non‐AVIDAPWorldHistoryDemographics/Grades2017‐18,Qtr1

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14.89%

6.38%

21.28%25.53%

31.91%

40.69%

1.30%4.33% 5.19%

48.48%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

Asian Black Hispanic Multi Ethnic White

AVID AP/World Non‐AVID AP World

96% of AVID/AP World students are achieving a C or above, 41% are receiving an A compared to BHS Non-AVID AP World courses 88% are receiving C or above, 30% are receiving A’s

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NextSteps• Continue to develop Curriculum around the 4 R’s of CRT with

AVID teachers

• Continue to support AVID Site teams as they increase AVID/CRT strategies schoolwide

• Explore possible expansion of AP/World in other schools

• Continue exploration of AVID in Elementary

• Release day for AVID Spring PD

• SPED/AVID planning and visioning

Questions/Answers

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For additional information regarding this presentation contact:

The Bellevue School District Mission:   To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory 

education so they can succeed in college, career and life. 

Name: Monica DaviesEmail:daviesm@bsd405.orgPhone: 425 456 4268