AVID National Demonstration School

What is an AVID National Demonstration School?

AVID National Demonstration Schools are exemplary models of the AVID College Readiness System for ALL students in the school

Demonstration Schools undergo a rigorous validation process and are required to be revalidated every few years to ensure high levels of implementation, with quality and fidelity to AVID strategies schoolwide.

While visiting a National Demonstration School, such as Corkran Middle, you can observe:

• AVID as a schoolwide approach to school/campus teaching and learning improvement

• Evidence of student achievement schoolwide

• Strong and committed leadership to college readiness for all students at both school and district levels

• A center of learning for AVID best practices schoolwide

• A committed team of trained AVID educators dedicated to successful implementation of the AVID College Readiness System for all students

• Models for excellent inquiry-based AVID tutorials and collaborative study groups

• A dedication to student success and career and college readiness

AVID Strategies used School-wide in all classes:

• Writing to Learn Strategies (Note Taking, Quick writes, summaries, reflections, graphic organizers)

• Inquiry (Socratic Seminars, Philosophical Chairs, One Pagers, Artful Thinking, High level questioning)

• Collaboration (Jigsaw, Tutorials, Collaborative Study Groups, World Cafe, Gallery Walks, Relational Capacity)

• Organization (Binders, Agenda Books, Goal Setting, Graphic Organizers, Note taking)

• Reading to Learn Strategies (Pre-Reading strategies, vocabulary development, marking the text, Annotating, Stop and Think)

AVID Strategies for ALL students during Advisory and Tools For Success Class

• Organization (Binder and Digital Drive)

• Using the Agenda Book

• Time Management

• Goal Setting and Grade Tracking

• College an Career Exploration

• Students Success Strategies