AVID Elective
Welcome to AVID Elective!
About the Class:
In 7th grade, AVID students work towards their goal of being college and career ready. To help students accomplish this goal, AVID has developed the AVID Elective course. For one period a day, students receive the additional academic, social, and emotional support that will help them succeed in their school’s most rigorous courses. Each day, students will be engaged in work that will help them succeed in their content classes and prepare them for higher levels of education and the workforce.
To do this, AVID elective helps students build their understanding of the following concepts:
Goal-making
Professionalism
Interpersonal and intrapersonal skills
Decision making
Speech skills
The AVID curriculum features activities that will build personal and relational skills for students. The AVID curriculum may feature guest speakers, field trips, research projects, career exploration and more. Tutorials will occur on Thursdays. One of the pillars of the AVID program is the tutorial groups where students are supported in their rigorous coursework through the help of tutors. Tutorials allow students to work with their peers to ask questions about concepts they are struggling with in their core classes. During AVID elective, students will also spend at least 1 hour a week reading a book in which they will summarize on Fridays.
Supplies:
AVID students are required to keep a binder or notebook that separates their core classes from each other. Binders will be checked weekly for organization. Students will have to present a binder each Friday that is organized by class. The binder must be free of loose paper and organized based on the guidelines set in the binder check rubric.
Students will need:
A binder at least 1 inch thick
Dividers between classes
A pencil pouch containing pencils, highlighters and colored pencils
Binder check rubrics will be provided during the 1st week of school. The first binder check will be July 28th.
Contact:
I will be using 2 methods of contacting parents and guardians: Google Classroom and Talking Points. I strongly encourage all parents or guardians to download the talking points app on their phones as that is where it will be easiest for me to communicate. With this letter you will receive instructions on how to access talking points.
Enter the following class code on the talking points app or text the phone number corresponding to your student’s class period.
Talking Point Codes:
AVID Elective: MR9B73 OR (415) 630-2494 text 887910 for English or 100572 for Spanish
Please contact me if you have any questions about how to join Talking Points!
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me through Talking Points after you have registered, or email me at ashleyo@gwd50.org. Talking Points is the fastest way to contact me. It may take 24-48 hours for me to respond to emails.