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AVID recruitment at the secondary level focuses on identifying and encouraging students who demonstrate potential for academic success but may need additional support to reach their goals. Through targeted outreach, AVID recruitment aims to build diverse, motivated cohorts of students who can benefit from the program's rigorous curriculum, mentorship, and college readiness resources. By providing students with the tools and guidance they need, Avid helps prepare them for higher education and future success.
HANDOUTS and RESOURCES:
Who is the AVID Student?
To thrive in AVID, the recommended student:
Someone who WANTS to do well in school
They WANT to go to college or have higher education goals
They are MOTIVATED
Someone who is DRIVEN and/or FOCUSED
A person who has SO MUCH potential
Other Identifiers of the targeted AVID Student that does not necessarily need to be met:
Student has the potential to do well in school but may need additional academic/social support to thrive.
Proficient or “on the bubble” with state tests
Comes from low income or single-family home
Is a first-generation college going student
Has a 2.0-3.5 GPA
Is underrepresented racially, culturally, or economically in colleges/universities
What an AVID student IS NOT:
AVID is not appropriate for unmotivated students. They must be independently motivated in order to thrive in AVID.
AVID is not appropriate for students who don't turn in work.
AVID is not appropriate for the consistently D or F student.
Suggested TIMELINE for Recruitment
OCTOBER:
Prepare Application - same application as last year? Paper? Digital?
Discuss possibilities/limitations of how many sections of AVID you have
NOVEMBER:
Email feeder schools about presenting AVID at their sites
DECEMBER:
Talk to Counselors about due dates for submission of AVID Students
Finalize AVID Visits
Plan any Information meetings or other events where you can recruit for AVID
JANUARY:
Begin in-house recruitment with current AVID students and other students who would be interested in joining the program
Engage in any recruitment or rush-days that exist at your site
FEBRUARY:
Visit Feeder schools to present about AVID
Host an AVID Information Meeting
MARCH:
Start collecting and filtering AVID applications
Begin interviews of AVID Applicants (visit schools and pull out students from class to spot-interview, set up interview stations in a library and invite students to attend at a certain time)
If not enough students, ask teachers for recommendations
APRIL:
Finish interviewing
Finalize lists and turn them in
MAY:
Double check your lists and school lists to make sure all students turned in applications
Send Acceptance letters to students
JUNE:
Double check lists again, you never know what can happen!
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