1 Presenters: Cindy Mettler- Bear Creek High School Pam Deines- Needham Elementary School Vincent Kobelt- Delta Sierra Middle School Carole Funge - Tokay High School Tammy Naylor - Bear Creek High School Lodi Unified School District AVID Update 2011
Dec 15, 2015
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Presenters:Cindy Mettler- Bear Creek High School
Pam Deines- Needham Elementary SchoolVincent Kobelt- Delta Sierra Middle School
Carole Funge - Tokay High SchoolTammy Naylor - Bear Creek High School
Lodi Unified School District AVID Update 2011
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What is AVID? It is…
A structured, college preparatory system working directly with schools and districts
A direct support structure especially for low-income and/or first-generation college goers throughout grades 4-12
A schoolwide approach to curriculum and rigor adopted by nearly 4,500 schools in 45 states and 15 countries
A professional development program providing training throughout the U.S.
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What Sets AVID Apart
• Academic Component
• Social Component
• Mentoring
• College Awareness and Information
• Community Involvement
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AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.
ACRS
Postsecondary
The AVID College Readiness System
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AVID’s systemic approach prepares and supports schools and districts as they transform their instructional practices, expand their leadership capacities and strengthen their infrastructures.
Development of AVID in a Feeder Pattern
Implement
AVID ElectiveHS/MS
Implement
AVID ElectiveHS/MS
ApproachAVID
Schoolwide
ApproachAVID
Schoolwide
AVID Feeder Patternin place
AVID Feeder Patternin place
InitiateAVID
Elementary
InitiateAVID
Elementary
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Lodi Unified School District AVID 4-12 Feeder Pattern
• Clairmont Elementary (Year 2) Morada Middle McNair HS
• Lawrence Elementary (Year 3) Millswood Middle Lodi HS
• Needham Elementary (Year 3) Lodi Middle Tokay HS
• Wagner Holt Elementary (Year 3) Delta Sierra Bear Creek HS
• Washington Elementary (Year 1) Millswood Middle Lodi HS
• Westwood Elementary (Year 1) Morada Middle McNair HS
Currently McAuliffe Middle School does not have a feeder AVID Elementary school.
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AVID Elementary is…
Part of the AVID District-wide System
For ALL students
Embedded throughout entire day
AVID methodologies, best practices and strategies that are developmentally appropriate for multi-subject, self-contained 4th-6th grade classrooms
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Why implement AVID Elementary?
Provide equal access to all students
Develop students’ organizational skills
Create a belief of academic rigor and student success using consistent school wide expectations
Open communication lines with families
Promote a college-going atmosphere
Increase articulation between elementary and middle schools and identify students for middle level AVID elective programs
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What to look for in an AVID Elementary Classroom…
Student EMPOWERMENTOrganizational Tool/Binders and planner/agenda used FREQUENTLY, CONSISTENTLY, PRODUCTIVELY All students using NOTE-TAKING STRATEGIES Teachers and students engaged in ALL LEVELS OF QUESTIONINGRIGOR appropriate for each student
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What is AVID Secondary?
AVID at the secondary level is an academic, regularly scheduled elective class based on Writing as a tool of learning, Inquiry, Collaboration and Reading. The three main components of the program are:
• Academic instruction, • Tutorial support, and • Motivational/awareness activities
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Learning How to Learn
AVID students spend a great deal of time learning skills and strategies such as:
• Binder and Planner Organization• Effective Note-taking (Cornell style)• Critical Reading• Asking Questions• Goal Setting• Time Management• “Hidden” Curriculum
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A Sample Week in AVID Elective
Daily or Block* Schedule
AVID Curriculum includes: Writing Critical Reading Tutorology College and Careers Strategies for Success
AVID Tutorials Include:Collaborative Study GroupsWriting GroupsSocratic Seminars
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Align AVID tutor training to the national certification document
Provide tools to debrief and refine the tutorial process with tutors, students and the AVID elective teacher(s)
Provide tools to facilitate rigorous tutorials that assist students in increasing achievement in academic classes.
We require AVID Tutors to receive 8 hours of tutor training, plus an additional 8 hours of on-site and independent work.
Why a Tutorial Support Curriculum?
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The AVID Elective Student Profile
Students With Academic Potential:Average to high standardized test scores
2.0-3.5 GPA
College potential with support
Desire and determination
Meets One or More of the Following Criteria:First in family to attend college
Historically underserved in four-year colleges
Low income
Special circumstances
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Student Speakers
Joseph Hernandez, 9th grade, McNair High Vanessa Segura, 12th grade, Lodi High
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There is a Story Behind the Numbers
• Many students attend college because there is an established college-going tradition.
• Knowledge about the process
• Knowledge about the education system
• Advocacy and Support
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Parent Education Level of
Current LUSD AVID Students
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Not HS Grad HS Grad Some College College Grad Post-Grad Declined toState/
Unknown
**Data provided by LUSD AR&E Department
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Free/Reduced Lunch Status of
Current LUSD AVID Secondary Students
Reduced Lunch13%
Free Lunch54%
No Free/Reduced
Lunch33%
**Data provided by LUSD AR&E Department
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Breakdown of LUSD AVID Seniors (Class of 2009)
**Data taken from LUSD AVID Senior exit data (Class of 2009)
NUMBER OF SENIORS IN
LAST YEAR'S AVID CLASS
124
PERCENT COMPLETING A
- G REQUIREMENTS
87.1%
PERCENT TAKING THE SAT
AND/OR ACT EXAM
81.45%
PERCENT TAKING AT LEAST ONE AP/IB EXAM
50.81%
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2010 LUSD AVID Students’ Senior Data
District Total
2 Year College 4 Year College UC CSU
APPLIED N/A 87.9% 13.71% 47.58%
ACCEPTED N/A 74.19% 5.65% 41.94%
PLANNED TO ATTEND 33.87% 58.87% 1.61% 20.16%
**Data taken from LUSD AVID Senior exit data (Class of 2010)
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What is necessary for successful implementation:
1. AVID student selection
2. Voluntary participation
3. AVID elective class offered during the school day
4. Rigorous course of study
5. Strong, relevant writing and reading curriculum
The 11 Essentials
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6. Inquiry to promote critical thinking
7. Collaboration as a basis of instruction
8. Trained tutors
9. Data collection and analysis
10.District and school commitment
11.Active interdisciplinary site team
The 11 Essentials (continued)
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Looking AheadImplementing District-wide Write Path Training and Note-taking Training- Content Area Strategies, NOT new content
Adding AVID Elementary sites
Increasing fiscal support and sustainability of LUSD’s AVID system through grants, corporate sponsors and LUSD AVID Alumni
Investigating options for students to fit 4 years of AVID Elective course and required A-G and HS graduation courses into schedules, ie. summer programs, online courses, 7th period/extended day
Continuing work with District ARE department to disaggregate and analyze AVID and school/district data
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LUSD High Schools
Bear Creek 8 sections 244 studentsLodi 4 sections 111 studentsMcNair 6 sections 207 studentsMiddle College* 8 sections 237 studentsTokay 3 sections 92 students
*All Students at Middle College are placed into AVID classes
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LUSD Middle Schools
Delta Sierra 2 sections 57 studentsHouston** N/A N/ALodi 2 sections 74 studentsMcAuliffe 2 sections 52 studentsMillswood 2 sections 64 studentsMorada 2 sections 76 students
**Houston has had an AVID program, but their schedule has not allowed for it since 2008-2009
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Percent Ethnicity of 2009-2010 LUSD Secondary Students Compared with
2009-2010 LUSD AVID Secondary Students
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AMERICANINDIAN OR
ALASKANATIVE
ASIAN PACIFICISLANDER
FILIPINO HISPANIC ORLATINO
BLACK ORAFRICAN
AMERICAN
WHITE MULTI-RACIAL
OTHER
% Ethnicity LUSDStudents (7th-12th grade)
% Ethnicity LUSD AVIDStudents (7th-12th grade)
**Data taken from LUSD AVID Site Data 2009-2010
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Opening access to Advanced Placement courses for all students, regardless of ethnicity or economic background, is essential to leveling the academic playing field. AVID students, who take many AP tests every year, show greater ethnic diversity than AP test-takers do overall. The proportion of Latinos taking AP exams is over four times higher among AVID students than among U.S. students overall.
Ethnic Breakdown of AP® Test-takersAVID vs. National
AVID Senior Data Collection 2008-2009n=17814COMPARATOR:College Board AP Exams National Summary Report
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AVID Student Enrollment in Courses of Rigor in Lodi Unified School District
AP/IB SUBJECT AREA
9th 10th 11th 12th
ART 0 0 0 0
COMPUTER SCIENCE
ECONOMICS
MATH 0 0 2 33
ENGLISH 0 0 39 27
SCIENCE 0 6 14 20
SOCIAL SCIENCE 9 20 39 48
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
0 1 8 5
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**Data taken from LUSD AVID Site Data 2010-2011
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Places AVID students in rigorous curriculum and gives them the support to achieve;
Provides the explicit “hidden curriculum” of schools;
Provides a team of students for positive peer identification; and
Redefines the teacher’s role as that of student advocate.
Why AVID Works
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AVID College Readiness System
AVID ELEMENTARY Grade Level
AVID SECONDARY
Elective Class
AVID SECONDARY Write Path
Content Class
AVID Postsecond
aryCourse (Current
R&D Project)
ALL SUBJECTS Entire grade level
ELECTIVESelected
classrooms
SCHOOLWIDE All classrooms
SPECIFIC COURSESPECIFIC
DEPARTMENTS
ALL STUDENTSALL LEVELS
SELECTED STUDENTS
SELECTEDSUBJECTS
SELECTED COURSES
EMBEDDED AND THREADED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY
STRUCTURED WEEK &
CURRICULUM
STUCTURED LESSONS
STRUCTURED LESSONS
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AVID Elementary Implementation Components
Student Success SkillsHow “to do” school or the hidden curriculum
OrganizationAgenda/Planner, Organizational Tool, Note-taking
strategies, time management, goal setting
WICOR LessonsSequential, progressive lessons that incorporate writing
to learn, inquiry, collaboration, organization, reading to
learn throughout all content areas
PartnershipsClassroom, grade level, site, district, families, community
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To help all students do rigorous work and meet or exceed high standards in each content area, we must help 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.
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AVID Secondary-WICR strategies
Writing to LearnNote Taking, Reflections, Process Essays, Timed Writing, Quick Writes
InquiryTutorials, Note Taking, Socratic Seminars, Philosophical Chairs
CollaborationPair-Share, Tutorials, Group Projects, Teambuilding, Brainstorming
Reading StrategiesTextbook analysis, Vocabulary Development, KWL, Graphic Organizers
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Inquiry Learning Process
What is your
question?
What can you tell
me about it?
What does ___ mean?
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What questions do
you still have?
What would happen if you changed __?
What have we overlooked?
What would
happen if you
changed __?
What have we
overlooked?
What have you already tried?
What is the relationship of
___ and ___?
Is there another way to look at it?
Where can you go for more information?
How would you graphically illustrate
your process?
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What would happen if youchanged __?
How would you teach this to a friend?
What did you learn?
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