In the 7th grade AVID Elective, students will be able to:

 **Standards in bold font are safety net standards**

Student Empowerment

• Explore & experience extra-curricular & community service activities

• Evaluate the impact of decisions in their lives

• Identify areas that need attention & develop goals to address areas of need

• Develop a support network that includes peers & adults

• Determine personal levels of grit & perseverance

Leadership to Others

• Identify traits connected to responsibility, integrity & ethical interactions

• Pursue leadership opportunities

• Identify personal conflict-management style

WICOR

• Compose first drafts using ideas & information gathered during pre-writing

• Write multiple drafts with increasing depth based on feedback

• Take notes with an emphasis on recording main ideas

• Take notes with an emphasis or condensing information by using symbols, abbreviations & paraphrasing

• Summarize notes by pulling important information related to the Essential Question

• Develop inquiry skills through focused observation

• Identify the specific point of confusion related to a misunderstood concept

• Reflect on learning strategies that were employed, whether those strategies were effective, & how methods could be adjusted in the future

• Determine the relevance, validity & reliability of information found within sources

• Hold self & peers accountable for following group norms

• Deepen relational capacity with classmates

• Establish norms & expectations around respectful interactions

• Ask clarifying questions to group members to facilitate understanding

• Demonstrate active listening skills

• Develop usage of organizational tools (i.e. binder, agenda, learning logs, goal setting forms)

• Demonstrate the process of backward mapping

• Identify the steps necessary to accomplish a goal

• Use tools to deepen understanding of vocabulary

Advancing College Preparedness

• Define key attributes for academic, social & financial fit related to college

• Explore the significance of GPA in academic success

• Explore college options & terminology

• Explore district opportunities to earn college credit while in high school

• Prepare for college entrance exams (PSAT, SAT, ACT)

Building Career Knowledge

• Explore career fields & career pathways based on academic, social & financial fit

In the 8th grade AVID elective, students will be able to:

 **Standards in bold font are safety net standards**

Student Empowerment

• Explore & pursue leadership opportunities & community service activities

• Effectively manage stress & anxiety levels in test-taking

• Maintain a strong support network for academic & career success

• Identify mentors to influence, support, & guide future transitions & success

• Strengthen ability to self-advocate

• Recognize & overcome obstacles that could hinder future success

• Apply self-awareness strategies & skills with a variety of academic challenges

Leadership to Others

• Assess personal traits connected to integrity & ethical leadership

• Reflect on conflict situations to strengthen ability to deal with emotions

WICOR

• Compose first drafts with a focus on establishing clear purpose

• Independently create & execute a plan for revision

• Take notes with an emphasis on selecting the appropriate format for note-taking

• Take notes with an emphasis on using strategies to organize notes (i.e. indentation, bullets, color-coding, etc.)

• Reflect on how notes meet the learning objective

• Use questioning techniques to think critically about content & concepts

• Generate questions based on a misunderstood concept or problem

• Determine the perspective, validity, & reliability of information found within sources

• Construct written claims & support them with reasoning & evidence

• Negotiate roles within a collaborative group through the adoption of effective elements of collaboration

• Integrate multiple perspectives into group products

• Demonstrate active listening by asking clarifying questions

• Develop efficient, individualized routines related to using organizational tools (i.e. binder, agenda, goal-setting forms, etc.)

• Understand & demonstrate the concepts & practices of backward mapping

• Create short & mid-range goals that support the achievement of long-term goals

• Modify goals & actions appropriately based on progress

• Create text-dependent questions while reading that align with the reading purpose

Advancing College Preparedness

• Refine key personal attributes for academic, social & financial fit related to college

• Reflect on your current GPA & how it relates to choosing a college

• Compare various college campus structures & opportunities

• Produce long-term academic plans that align with goals

Building Career Knowledge

• Develop an authentic & personal definition of success

• Gain awareness of how academic performance links to career performance & success

• Identify best-fit career fields based on academic, social, & financial fit to develop short & long-term career pathways

In the 9th-grade AVID elective, students will be able to:

 **Standards in bold font are safety net standards**

Student Empowerment

• Determine their personal interest in extracurricular & community service activities within the school & community

• Explore the importance of healthy, balanced lifestyles, including aspects such as good sleeping, eating & exercise habits

• Understand concept-specific vocabulary related to personal finance

• Identify characteristics of positive, healthy relationships

• Gain awareness of motivators that positively impact performance

• Diagnose areas of academic, personal, social-emotional need

• Explore the relationship between grit & performance

• Identify skills that promote self-awareness

Leadership of Others

• Identify traits connected to personal integrity & ethics

• Identify leadership opportunities in school & in the community

• Determine formal & informal opportunities for leadership

• Select tools to analyze a conflict & identify a positive solution

WICOR

• Develop writing skills

• Gather & analyze feedback from peers & instructors

• Analyze the organizational structure of writing

• Take notes with an emphasis on identifying & recording note-taking Essential Question

• Create questions based on Costa’s Levels of Thinking

• Analyze a research prompt

• Locate sources that are relevant to the topic & support the purpose of the research assignment

• Distinguish between primary & secondary sources

• Establish norms & expectations around shared responsibility among group members

• Develop foundational familiarity & comfort with classmates

• Identify respectful & disrespectful actions of self & others

• Utilize technology to collaborate with classmates

• Apply a basic understanding of public speaking

• Describe the characteristics of effective listening, such as eye contact & mirroring

• Begin implementation of organizational tools (i.e. binders, agendas, learning logs, goal setting forms)

• Set personal, academic & career goals

• Monitor progress toward goals

Advancing College Preparedness

• Identify personal interests & skills related to future college aspirations

• Know how to determine GPA

• Develop familiarity with college terminology

• Understand scholarships & the role they play in college finance

• Understand the different college entrance exams: PSAT, ACT, SAT

Building Career Knowledge

• Identify personal interests & skills related to future career aspirations

• Distinguish between jobs, careers & career fields

• Explore the net cost of attending college

In the 10th grade AVID elective, students will be able to:

 **Standards in bold font are safety net standards**

Student Empowerment

• Evaluate the impact of decisions on the environment

• Identify activities that assist with self-care & healthy habits

• Increase basic concepts of budgeting & spending

• Determine personal level of grit & perseverance in relation to growth mindset

Leadership to Others

• Pursue leadership opportunities in school

• Identify personal conflict-management style

WICOR

• Develop writing skills related to argumentative writing

• Take notes with an emphasis on recording main ideas & important information

• Condense information in notes by using symbols, abbreviations & paraphrasing

• Summarize notes by pulling together most important information & personal connections related to Essential Question

• Develop inquiry skills through focused observation & analyses

• Identify specific points of confusion

• Determine whether similar problems can be solved using the same process

• Determine the relevance, validity & reliability of information found within sources

• Integrate quotes to support claims, citing references for texts

• Hold self & peers accountable for following group norms

• Summarize points of agreement & disagreement

• Depend relational capacity with classmates through effective conflict management

• Refine use of nonverbal communication when speaking

• Refine usage of organizational tools (i.e. binders, agendas, learning logs & goal setting forms)

• Employ backward mapping skills to plan for projects

• Identify the steps necessary to accomplish a goal

• Assess prior knowledge & identify gaps

• Extend beyond the text by evaluating & synthesizing key learning

Advancing College Preparedness

• Explore the significance of GPA at different stages of the academic journey

• Explore college options & terminology

• Explore district opportunities to earn college credit while in high school

• Prepare for college entrance exams

Building Career Knowledge

• Investigate best-fit career fields based on academic, social & financial fit

In the 11th grade AVID elective, students will be able to:

 **Standards in bold font are safety net standards**

Student Empowerment

• Explore & pursue leadership opportunities in extracurricular & community service activities

• Effectively manage stress & anxiety levels

• Identify mentors to influence, support & guide future success

• Strengthen ability to self-advocate

• Recognize & overcome obstacles

Leadership to Others

• Assess personal traits connected to integrity & ethical leadership

• Pursue leadership & mentorship opportunities in school & the community

WICOR

• Develop skills in citing information in MLA and/or APA format

• Analyze the language of writing & edit for voice, flow & clarity

• Take notes with an emphasis on selecting the appropriate format for note-taking

• Use questioning techniques to think critically

• Generate questions based on a misunderstood concept or problem

• Develop research questions that effectively address prompts

• Negotiate roles within collaborative groups

• Integrate multiple perspectives into group products

• Deepen relational capacity

• Demonstrate active listening skills

• Speak effectively in front of the class

• Develop efficient, effective routines

• Understand & demonstrate the concepts & practices of backward mapping

• Create short & mid-range goals that support the achievement of long-term goals

• Connect vocabulary within texts to broader concepts in a text

Advancing College Preparedness

• Reflect on your current GPA & how it relates to choosing a college & career path

• Research & evaluate scholarship offerings, including FAFSA

• Determine whether additional test prep & testing is needed to reach scholarship goals

Building Career Knowledge

• Develop an authentic & personal definition of success

• Refine key personal attributes for academic, social & financial fit related to career selection

In the 12th grade AVID Elective, students will be able to:

 **Standards in bold font are safety net standards**

Student Agency

• Attend to personal health, safety & balance

• Self-monitor & seek help when necessary

• Demonstrate persistence, flexibility & adaptability

Leadership to Others

• Demonstrate integrity & ethical leadership in person & online

• Pursue leadership opportunities & hold leadership positions

WICOR

• Analyze a writing task

• Polish writing through editing & proofreading

• Take notes to meet the note-taking objective

• Make connections between new learning & previous learning, experiences, self, & the world

• Continuously reflect & modify actions to promote learning & academic success

• Share responsibility among group members

• Work productively & effectively in diverse teams with diverse perspectives

• Clearly communicate verbally & nonverbally

• Adapt speech to a variety of contexts & communicative tasks

• Routinely organize systems to access & archive materials efficiently

• Identify & plan for the steps necessary to accomplish various types of goals

• Interact with the text to process information as it is read

Advancing College Preparedness

• Develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills & interests related to college selection

• Plan a path for education & college aligned to personal goals

• Complete the college admission requirements, including testing & application

Building Career Knowledge

• Plan a path for education & career aligned to personal goals