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AVID Look at TCSD

Districtwide:
All teachers are trained to use AVID’s research-based strategies to develop academic skills and behaviors in ALL students. These strategies were developed and continue to be refined  in collaboration with college professors.

 

 

Grades K-5 (Elementary): 

Grades 6-8 (JHMS): 

Grades 9-12 (SIS & JHHS): 

Coming Soon! 

AVID Advisory (Grades 6-8): 

  • AVID Advisory lessons are shared with all students and focus on college and career readiness as a means to cultivate a college-going culture.

  • Such a culture has been shown to inspire and motivate students to embrace the challenge of meeting high expectations and achieve at high levels in middle and high school. 

 
 

AVID Excel Elective is offered for JHMS EL students. 

  
 

AVID Electives are offered for 

JHMS, SIS, and JHHS students grades 6-12. 
 

Both AVID and AVID Excel Electives:  

  • Are offered during the school schedule. 

  • Target students in the academic middle - B, C, and even D students.  These students want to learn the skills, strategies, and behaviors to help them accelerate their learning, achieve personal success, and meet their potential. 

  • Provide support to students who will be the first in their families to attend college and/or come from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education. 

 

  • Students must APPLY to be enrolled in the AVID Electives classes.  

    • All students are welcome to apply

    • Please see application process tab.

 

  • Once accepted, AVID Students must 

    Students who fail to maintain these requirements will first be placed on a probationary contract. If probation does not result in improvement, different programming may be adopted. 

    • maintain at least a 2.0 or higher GPA throughout the school year. 

    • maintain good attendance

    • maintain good citizenship.

  • Being in the AVID electives class is voluntary. The initial commitment is one year, but students are encouraged to stay in AVID through their senior year. 

    Did you know that many colleges look for and value AVID credits on high school transcripts. 

    • According to studies conducted by AVID, students experience the best results after being in the class for at least three years.

    • In 12th grade, they receive support in learning about financial aid, scholarships, and applying to colleges and universities.

 

  • Once accepted, AVID students are enrolled in the TCSD’s most rigorous courses, such as Honors and Advanced Placement courses. 

  • AVID students come to understand they are capable of completing rigorous curriculum with the support of the TCSD AVID community. 

  • AVID students become academically successful students, leaders, and role models for other students.

  • AVD students understand that being in AVID is hard work and the expectations are high, but in the end, the many valuable rewards are well worth it.  


 

See inside TCSD Classrooms: 

  • AVID JHMS & SIS &  JHHS YouTube Playlists.  

Example AVID Elective 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!  Check out what the AVID 2027 and 2028 students told us about why they check-in or check-out during Tutorials.   The 2028 AVID class ended their conversation with the assertion: Fixed Mindset thinking is a warning, not the truth!  Imagine how empowering this understanding will be during their futures as scholars!