AVID September 2016

KHS AVID Site Team Meeting

Kennedy High School used some of their site team time at the summer institute to develop their own AVID Mission! The AVID site team at Kennedy High School will create a culture of equity and achievement through shared learning so that all students have academic success and are college ready. The team met during workshop week to discuss their 2016-17 AVID goals and begin making plans for action steps!

VVM Cornell Notes Workshop

This year, Valley View Middle is working hard to take Cornell Notes school-wide. They have identified a school wide SMART goal, and have broken that into targets by grade level. During workshop week, VVM teams took some time to begin developing an implementation plan with action steps and timelines for accomplishing this goal so that by the end of the 2016-17 school year, all VVM students will be taking Cornell Notes!

AVID Weekly Article of the Month

Elementary: What is Pokemon Go?

This graphic describes the major features of the popular augmented reality game, Pokemon Go, played on a mobile phone.

Secondary: The 7 Things New College Students Don’t Know That Drive Professors Crazy

This article offers advice for incoming college freshmen.

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:

Elementary

Secondary

Collaborative Study Groups

AVID’s new Collaborative Study Group (CSG) strategy allows all students in ALL classrooms to gain a deeper understanding of content through collaborative inquiry with their classmates. AVID CSGs are also designed to reinforce important academic behaviors, such as inquiry, note-taking, organization, collaboration, communication, and other skills necessary for college readiness.

3 Steps to Get Started:

• Access the materials on MyAVID
• Download and read the CSG Overview
• Watch the CSG Overview Video

Upcoming FREE AVID Training Opportunities

Register on MyAVID

Online AVID Support

Weeks at a Glance

Daily/weekly elective class lesson plans

On-Demand Modules

Informational/instructional videos, handouts and downloads covering many AVID Essentials, including Writing, Inquiry, Tutorials, Data and Site Teams.

AVID Live!

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

ALL AVID: Site Team Workshop

Modules include: Designing WICOR Based Lessons, Collaborative Study Groups, STAR Note-Taking, Fostering a Growth Mindset

• Maplewood, November 3

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)

• Fairbault, October 6
• Roseville, October 12
• Circle Pines, October 25
• Shakopee, 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.

ELEMENTARY: AVID Elementary Workshops

Modules include: Designing WICOR Based Lessons, Writing to Learn, and Interactive Notebooks (select one date to attend)

• South St. Paul, September 27
• Fairbault, October 26