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Post date: Nov 14, 2016 4:02:22 PM
In November’s AVID Newsletter you'll find information on VVE’s AVID strategies on the news, an AVID Central workshop coming to IM, VVE’s recent field trip to Richardson Nature Center, VVM’s recent field trip to Base Camp, KHS’s #OBSERVEME iniative, AVID Weekly article information, and AVID professional development opportunities.
Spotlight on AVID
AVID Elementary Workshop at IM
Indian Mounds has been selected to host a regional AVID Elementary Workshop this spring! Teachers and administrators from AVID schools in states throughout the central region of the United States will be coming to Indian Mounds to engage in a hands-on, collaborative training opportunity on March 7, 2017. Any Bloomington AVID teacher is welcome to attend free of charge, but will need to apply for funds to cover substitute costs. More information and the registration process will be made available as soon as it is released from AVID Central!
VVE 5th Graders to Richardson Nature Center
Valley View Elementary 5th graders went to Richardson Nature Center to learn about animals, their adaptations, and their habitats, and to make real-world connections to what they are doing in social studies currently.
Valley View Elementary has launched their "Spotlight on AVID" feature on the Cheetah News each Thursday! Currently, they are selecting one staff member each week to talk about the college they attended. Check out the first episode!
VVM AVID Students go to Base Camp
One of the four pillars of the AVID College Readiness System is cultivating an environment that supports a culture of learning. Valley View Middle Schools students attend Base Camp at Fort Snelling each year a a way to develop collaboration and team-building skills.
Click here to see more pictures from this exciting trip!
#OBSERVEME at KHS
During the AVID Elective, students participate in inquiry-based tutorials where they work with a small group of peers and a tutor to structure higher-level thinking questions to guide one another through points of confusion identified in their daily content area classwork.
Are you interested in observing the AVID Tutorial process? Through #OBSERVEME, teachers voluntarily open their classrooms to be observed by other teachers in the hopes of getting feedback on an area they are working on in their classroom. #OBSERVEME is optional for teachers, but all AVID Elective teachers have agreed to open their classrooms on tutorial days to provide others with an opportunity to get out of the classroom and see what's going on in AVID!
AVID Resources
AVID Weekly Article of the Month
Elementary: Can Gaming at School be Beneficial?
This article describes a gaming club that was founded by a 7th grader.
Secondary: The Merits of Keeping Email Formal
In this article, the author argues that the skill and craft of writing are missing in most day-to-day emails.
All AVID Weekly articles, lesson plans and activities are archived monthly and are available in the following Google Folders for anyone to access and use:
WICOR Strategy of the Month:
AVID Support and Events
Upcoming FREE AVID Training Opportunities
Register on MyAVID
- SECONDARY: AVID Elective Teacher Workshops
Modules include: The AVID Class as a Family: Building Relational Capacity, Developing Teacher Leaders for AVID Implementation Growth and Sustainability, and Coordinator Talk: Best Practices for Documentation and Data Collection (select one date to attend)
- Shakopee & Burnsville, November 17
- MIDDLE SCHOOL: Showcase
The Showcase experience includes AVID Elective and content class observations and a chance to speak with experienced AVID site team members and students.
- Nicollet Middle School Burnsville, December 1
- Oltman Middle School South Washington County, January 18
Online AVID Support
Daily/weekly elective class lesson plans
Informational/instructional videos, handouts and downloads covering 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 fit their schedules.
*If you would like access to any of these resources and do not currently have an account on my.avid.org, contact Kelly Killorn-Moravec
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