What is AVID/ELD?What is AVID/ELD?Curriculum Night Curriculum Night

What does AVID What does AVID stand for?stand for?

AVID: AVID: AAdvancement dvancement VVia ia IIndividual ndividual DDeterminationetermination

AVID is a national program and AVID is a national program and curriculum designed to support curriculum designed to support students in a challenging college students in a challenging college preparatory course of study. preparatory course of study.

Created in 1980 by a single Created in 1980 by a single classroom teacher in San Diego, classroom teacher in San Diego, CA.: Mary Catherine Swanson.CA.: Mary Catherine Swanson.

Example AVID/ELD ScheduleExample AVID/ELD Schedule

EnglishEnglish

MathematicsMathematics

ScienceScience

HistoryHistory

P.E. P.E.

AVID/ELDAVID/ELD

An AVID/ELD student has:An AVID/ELD student has:

A grade point average of mostly B’s in A grade point average of mostly B’s in REGULARREGULAR courses courses

Potential to be a successful in their Potential to be a successful in their academic courses with academic courses with AVID SUPPORTAVID SUPPORT (extra time, tutoring and AVID elective)(extra time, tutoring and AVID elective)

Show the ability or tendency to be Show the ability or tendency to be SELF-MOTIVATEDSELF-MOTIVATED

Have Have APPROPRIATEAPPROPRIATE classroom behavior classroom behavior

Have Have GOODGOOD attendance attendance

Show the desire to Show the desire to WORK HARDWORK HARD and and prepare themselves for middle school and prepare themselves for middle school and then high school graduation then high school graduation

Express an Express an INTERESTINTEREST and and WILLINGNESSWILLINGNESS to learn about college opportunities.to learn about college opportunities.

An AVID/ELD student An AVID/ELD student should:should:

The AVID/ELD CurriculumThe AVID/ELD CurriculumThe AVID Elective class features:The AVID Elective class features:

Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Reading, Notetaking, and Study Reading, Notetaking, and Study Skills Skills

AVID activities include a focus on AVID activities include a focus on college, career, citizenship, college, career, citizenship, leadership and motivationleadership and motivation

Students learn about local Students learn about local colleges and universities colleges and universities throughout the year throughout the year

AAWritingWritingInquiryInquiryCollaborationCollaborationReadingReading

The AVID/ELD Curriculum The AVID/ELD Curriculum The elective class features The elective class features tutoringtutoring twice a week, led by college students twice a week, led by college students and volunteers.and volunteers.

AVID/ELD students will focus on AVID/ELD students will focus on reading and writing strategies to reading and writing strategies to improve our scores on the CELDT improve our scores on the CELDT and CST and core classes.and CST and core classes.

AVID students maintain an AVID students maintain an AVID AVID binder and take notesbinder and take notes in all their in all their subject area classes.subject area classes.

2 Inches of 2 Inches of “Love & Organization.”“Love & Organization.”

EITT grant fundingEITT grant funding

Google CadreGoogle Cadre

Additional InformationAdditional Information

We will use technology every day to We will use technology every day to improve our reading and writing. It improve our reading and writing. It includes laptops and iPods. includes laptops and iPods.

There will be several permission slips There will be several permission slips coming home to allow student to use the coming home to allow student to use the equipment and publish on a variety of equipment and publish on a variety of sites. sites.

CEDLT testing will begin at the end of CEDLT testing will begin at the end of September, more information soon.September, more information soon.

One final thought…One final thought…

People underestimate their capacity for People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing. A leader's job is to help difficult thing. A leader's job is to help people have vision of their potential.people have vision of their potential.

John PorterJohn Porter