AVID at TCSD

Example AVID Elective Classroom Schedule:   

Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:
AVID Curriculum *WICOR Skills *Advocacy Skills	Tutorials & Collaborative Study Groups *Study Skills	AVID Curriculum *WICOR Skills *Advocacy Skills	Tutorials & Collaborative Study Groups *Study Skills	Organization Skills: Binder Checks, GPA   College & Career Readiness Activities: Guest Speakers, Field trips, Interviews,    Community Engagement &  Community Service Opportunities

AVID Curriculum ~ 5 Focuses:

• WICOR - Students will learn strategies to improve Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, Reading skills.

• Awareness & Advocacy - Students will learn strategies used to advocate for themself with peers, teachers, family members, bosses, etc. Students will learn how to develop relationships with teachers as partners in learning. 

• Study Skills - Students will experience success in school by using the note-taking process, collaborative study groups, problem solving, and Tutorials.

• College and Career Readiness (CCR) - Students will  explore future opportunities via interviews, guest speakers, field trips, visits to colleges and universities, college and career fairs, and research. 

• Community Engagement & Service - Students will take part in, develop,  and reflect on team building and leadership activities, community involvement and service (volunteer opportunities), public speaking, and leadership opportunities.

Why the focus on Tutorials?

Students remember: 10% of what they READ 20% of what they HEAR 30% of what they SEE 50% of what they SEE, HEAR and SAY 70% of what they DISCUSS 80% of what they DO 90% of what they SAY and DO

This shows that if you are a student and the teacher/tutor only asks you to read something, you will likely remember only a tenth of it. If the teacher/tutor is telling you how to do something, you will likely remember only a fifth of it. If the teacher/tutor is showing you how to do something, you will likely only remember half of it. However, if you discuss new information, you will remember 70% of the content.  If you are involved and engaged in the learning, you will remember 80% of it.  AND, if you are using all modes of learning, you will remember 90% of the content. Tutorials as designed to help students remember more of what they have learned.  

AVID also asserts that the more students interact with new content, the more they remember. Consider this explanation of  The Curve of Forgetting (Link to Video on YouTube): 

Tutorials help students to learn with and from each other. They develop the organizational skills that allow for effective repetition. They build the confidence and skill to ask for clarification and support. Tutorials are DIFFICULT and students learn how to stay checked-in! AVID professionals assert that most of us find it easier to check out when the content being discussed is difficult!