Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
AVID is a college readiness system for elementary through higher education that is designed to increase school-wide learning and performance. The AVID College Readiness System (ACRS) accelerates student learning, uses research based methods of effective instruction, provides meaningful and motivational professional learning, and acts as a catalyst for systemic reform and change. AVID enables students to become competitively eligible for entrance to and success in four-year colleges and universities.
- Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Reading (WICR) methodologies are the basis for curriculum instruction
- Students participate in field trips to colleges/universities
- College students act as role models and facilitate academic discussion in regularly scheduled tutorial groups
- Students develop academic and social skills for success in all subject areas
- Guest speakers motivate students and provide college and professional career information
- AVID teacher facilitates and assists as students complete college applications, search for scholarships, and secure financial aid
- AVID students participate in extracurricular and community events
Definitions for the AVID School-wide Domains:
- AVID School-wide Leadership: sets the vision and the tone that promotes college readiness and high expectations for all students in the school.
- AVID School-wide Systems: when systems are in place that support governance, curriculum & instruction, data collection & analysis, professional learning, and student & parent outreach to ensure college readiness.
- AVID School-wide Instruction: when the entire instructional staff utilizes AVID strategies, other best instructional practices, and 21st Century tools to ensure college readiness for all students.
- AVID School-wide Culture: when the AVID philosophy progressively shifts the system of beliefs and behaviors thus increasing all students meeting college readiness requirements.