I. SCHOOLWIDE INSTRUCTION
Emerson's schoolwide instruction includes the entire instructional staff utilizing AVID strategies, other best instructional practices, and 21st century tools to ensure college readiness for AVID Elective students and improved academic performance for all students.
AVID INSTRUCTION promotes:
WICOR Strategies
21st Century Skills
Student Leadership Skills
Goal Setting/Monitoring
Rigor for All
Some of the particular strengths of AVID School wide instruction at Emerson are:
- #8 structures for collaboration
- #9 collaborative study groups
- #10 leadership skills
- #12 AVID organizational tools
- #13 Arrive prepared with Course materials
The aspects of AVID School wide instruction at Emerson that have room for growth are:
- #4 higher level thinking
- #5 structures for inquiry
- #6 access digital information
- #11 organizational methods/goal setting
- #14 Critical reading process
- #15 WICOR strategies
The aspects of AVID School wide instruction at Emerson addressed in our Site Plan are:
EJH will increase to 50% the number of teachers who are WICOR trained AND at least 50% of teachers throughtout EJH routinely use WICOR strategies in AVID Elective, AVID Site Team instructed and core academic classes.
The supporting data supporting our goals in AVID School wide instruction at Emerson as addressed in our Site Plan are:
- Under 50% of our staff is WICOR trained.
- We don't have a baseline data established with evidence for use of WICOR strategies outside AVID Elective, AVID Site Team instructed classes.
The action steps supporting our goals in AVID School wide instruction at Emerson as addressed in our Site Plan are:
- Staff meetings will include PD on WICOR training activities as determined by PD sign ups, survey responses.
- Staff will attend SCOE PATH trainings and Summer Institute.
- WICOR use awards will be created to show support for WICOR bulletin boards, collection of evidence and WICOR winner signs.
