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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.
- Campus and classroom
- Seating arranged to optimize learning
- Student work in the hallways that display AVID strategies
- College representation throughout the halls
- AVID Door signs outside each classroom/office
- Classrooms decorated with:
- AVID strategy posters/charts
- Chant of the Month
- AVID student work
- Strategy of the Month
- WICOR trackers
- Binders
- Universal color-coding binders
- Agendas
- Role of the Teacher
- The role of the teacher in our AVID classrooms is to guide and support the students throughout implementation of AVID strategies (facilitator)
- The teachers provide the students with the necessary tools and leadership skills while they are engaged in application of learning
- High expectations/rigorous instruction
- WICOR (writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, reading)
- Students Embedded soft skills
- Self-Awareness though public speaking and goal setting
- Self-Management through organization, time management, and goal setting
- Responsible decision making through inquiry
- Awareness of the connection between AVID and the preparation for college and career
- Independent identification of AVID strategies and the branch of WICOR they meet
- Deeper levels of inquiry and rigorous discourse