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Post date: Nov 11, 2013 11:36:15 PM
In this month's newsletter, you'll find information about Socratic Seminar, Cornell Notes, and learn what others around the district are doing to promote AVID and WICOR Strategies.
Spotlight on our AVID Students
Bloomington School Board Member, Mark Hibbs, spoke to Valley View Middle AVID Elective Classes on Friday, October 11th about the pathway to his career as an environmental engineer.
Miguel Ramos, spoke to Valley View Middle AVID Elective Classes on Friday, October 25th about the pathway to his career as director of diversity and marketing.
AVID students perform and present!
AVID students in the instrumental music program spoke and performed for the AVID Elective classes at Kennedy High School.
AVID Students at the U of M
Freshmen in Kennedy's AVID Elective recently attended a college tour of the University of Minnesota.
News from the AVID District Office
AVID Events in the District
Cheryl Martin and Kristin Donnelly, AVID Elective Teachers at KHS, conducted a workshop on Cornell Notes during the October workshop day. A variety of different AVID breakout sessions will be offered at KHS throughout the year.
For more information on Cornell Notes, download the presentation from my.Avid.org. If you do not have access to my.Avid.org, contact Kelly Killorn.
AVID Resources
Online AVID Support
WICOR Strategy of the month
Socratic Seminar
Use all the parts of WICOR and improve the depth of student understanding.
- Check out the Socratic Seminar On Demand Modules (ODM)
- Socratic Seminar resources files.
- Read about Socratic Seminar’s part in making AVID go schoolwide in a schoolwide case study.
Collaborative Groupwork
Daily/weekly elective class lesson plans
Informational/instructional videos, handouts and downloads over many AVID Essentials, including Writing, Inquiry, Tutorials, Data and Site Teams.
A time sensitive support and collaboration forum for AVID Elective Teachers and Site Coordinators, providing an opportunity to collaborate with other coordinators and teachers from all over the country about issues and topics affecting their students and classes right now.
This web meeting allows coordinators and teachers a wide variety of dates and times to choose from to best fits their schedule.
*If you would like access to any of these resources and do not currently have an account on my.Avid.org, contact Kelly Killorn
Watch this video for collaborative grouping strategies and ideas
Upcoming AVID Events
AVID District Calendar
Check out the new AVID District Calendar! You have access through your Bloomington Google Apps login/password (the one that ends with @isd271.org). Please feel free to add upcoming events (just make sure to select "AVID District Calendar") and attend anything that is of interest to you!
Welcome, Jerry Standifer!
New AVID Coordinator and AVID Elective Teacher WebEx Workshops
7:00am or 4:00pm
February 3
(Register at www.my.avid.org)
New Site Team Web Meetings
7:00am or 4:00pm
November 18 and April 7
(Register at www.my.avid.org)
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