AVID: College Readiness for All

1. AVID: College Readiness for All Race To The Top Funding

2. AVID: 30 Years of Success • AVID is one of the most successful college readiness systems, serving: • approximately 400,000 students • almost 4,500 schools • 47 states and 16 countries and territories. • Over 98% of AVID high school seniors graduate from high school and over 71% are accepted to four-year colleges – consistently.* • *AVID Center- AVID General Data Collection, School Years 2001/2 through 2009/10

3. The AVID College Readiness System ACRS Postsecondary • AVID Elective • Schoolwide AVID’s Mission AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

4. Why College, Why Now? Let’s Look at Some Data from America’s Promise Alliance and www.learndoearn.org : • 1/3 of 9th graders will not be college and career ready when they graduate • Students who complete Algebra I and Geometry have a 23% chance of finishing college and earning a Bachelor’s degree • Students who complete Algebra II have a 39.5% chance of earning a Bachelor’s degree • Students who go beyond the sequence and take Trigonometry have a 62.2% chance of earning a Bachelor’s degree

5. Percent of Eighth Grade Students Taking Algebra AVID Center. AVID General Data Collection 2009-2010. AVID Eight Graders. n = 60,841 The Education Trust. EdWatch State Reports, 2006. http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust/summaries2006/states.html

6. AVID Closes the Achievement Gap for ALL Students AVID Center. Senior Data Collection System, 2006 – 2010. n=75,081.Manhattan Institute, Education Working Paper 3. 2003. Greene, J.P., Forster, G. "Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates In the U.S.“ Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole percent.

7. Your School Improvement Partner • AVID, a vital component of your • school improvement plan: • Closes the achievement gap with proven college- and career-readiness instructional strategies • Provides intensive, motivational professional development • Turns schools around to cultures of achievement and hope with an evidence-based system

8. Race to the Top Four Core Education Reform Areas: • Standards and assessments • Effective teachers and principals • Data systems • Turnaround low-performing schools

9. Standards and Assessments The AVID College Readiness System is designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges and succeed in postsecondary education and training. For 30 years, this simple formula has worked: Raise expectations of students and, with the AVID support system in place, they will rise to the challenge.

10. Standards and Assessments To help all students do rigorous work and meet or exceed high standards in each content area, the AVID system helps students: • Develop as readers and writers • Develop deep content knowledge • Know content specific strategies for reading, writing, thinking and talking • Develop habits, skills, and behaviors to use knowledge and skills

11. Standards and Assessments A Sample Week in AVID Elective • AVID Curriculum includes: • Writing Curriculum • College and Careers • Strategies for Success • AVID Tutorials Include: • Collaborative Study Groups • Writing Groups • Socratic Seminars

12. Effective teachers and principals The AVID System provides: • Intense professional development • On a national, regional and local level • Rigorous, sequential curriculum materials • In content areas, in AVID strategies and in targeted initiatives such as ELL • Proven instructional methodologies • WICR – Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Reading

13. Effective teachers and principals The AVID program builds strong intentional leadership with well-trained staff • AVID Summer Institute, a weeklong intensive training event attended by teams from each school • School site-based training sessions focused on using AVID Path series curriculum in content area courses • Web-based seminars and online training courses on AVID principles and implementation Consistent *Supportive*On-going Training & Coaching

14. Effective teachers and principals The AVID program builds strong intentional leadership with a strong, multi-disciplinary site team: • Monthly site team meetings to reinforce the AVID training and develop the team’s leadership capacities. • Communities of practice among their teachers, who work together to plan instructional and academic support activities for their students. • AVID Site Visits to each school – Fall & Spring

15. Data Systems • AVID Data Collection uses a web-based system to collect data from school sites. • With the AVID System, data is used for program planning, documenting program success, and outreach. • AVID’s 11 Essentials form the core of program success.

16. Data Systems: AVID Essentials Design for success and continued improvement! • Essential # 1-3: Set-up of the Program • 1. Selection of Students • 2. Selection of Staff (Teachers, Counselor, Administrator) • 3. Scheduling of the AVID class during school day • Essential # 4-8: Delivery of the Program • 4. Access Rigorous Curriculum • 5. Writing/Reading Strategies • 6. Inquiry Strategies • 7. Collaboration Strategies 8. Tutorials/Tutors • Essential # 9-11: Support for the Program 9. DATA System and Monitoring Students’ Progress 10. Resources • 11. Interdisciplinary Site Team

17. Data Systems AVID Data Collection & Analysis affords four data submission opportunities for client districts in support of program evaluation • General Site data collection • Senior data collection • The Initial Self-Study (ISS) • Certification Self-Study (CSS)

18. Turning around low-achieving schools “Schoolwide” AVID ensures college readiness for all students. • A school site that has implemented AVID schoolwide has: • vision and leadership of administration; • staff that is well trained in AVID methodologies; and • a strong, multi-disciplinary site team, • with parent and student participation. • A strong AVID program transforms the leadership, structure, instruction, and culture of a school.

19. AVID: Collaborative Support for the Success of Underserved Students Colleges and Universities AVID Support Staff Community AVID Coordinator (AVID Elective Teacher) Parents Student Tutors Administration Subject Area Teachers Counselors

20. Use the RttT Opportunity to establish AVID in your District Your District’s Plan • AVID College Readiness is the foundational academic system to improve student achievement and close the gap. • Work directly with your Program Manager or State Director to create the contract that fits your plan’s specifications. State-level Plans • AVID division directors would like to meet with district leaders and state DoE staff to determine how AVID can be implemented to benefit not only your district but districts throughout the state. • Please contact your Program Manager or the state office to let us know how we can make this happen.

21. Next Steps… Contact your AVID Regional or State Director Eastern Division OfficeAtlanta, GAPhone: (404) 963-9300 Northeast States OfficePhone: (718) 638-2313 Mid-Atlantic SouthernStates OfficePhone: (901) 834-4176 EMAIL: MJENKINS@AVIDCENTER.ORG North Carolina State OfficePhone: (704) 541-1059 Florida State OfficeOrlando, FLPhone: (407) 803-5066

22. Contact information Laura Piening and Mervin Jenkins Eastern Division AVID Center 3 Corporate Blvd, Suite 118 Atlanta, GA 30326 Phone: 404.963.9300 Fax: 404.963.9296 www.avid.org