AVID

Overview

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)

AVID's mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. This means AVID focuses on helping students develop the skills, knowledge, and beliefs needed to succeed in college and become responsible global citizens.

What AVID does...

Helps teachers relate to students from diverse backgrounds
Challenges teachers to have high expectations for all students
Helps teachers use collaboration, inquiry, and organization in their teaching
Prepares students for college-level classes
Creates an environment that encourages learning and performance
Provides professional development, resources, and ongoing support to schools

AVID's beliefs...

AVID's approach to closing the opportunity gap is based on:

Relational capacity
High expectations
Collaboration, inquiry, and organization
Layering on existing curriculum

You can learn more about AVID at AVID.org.

Meet the AVID Site Team

AVID at C.A. Johnson

Program Goals

Goal #1: Instruction

All instructional staff will utilize WICOR strategies to build relational capacity to help change the culture in classroom and schoolwide; critical reading strategies to promote growth and increase student achievement; and writing strategies to build skills for EOC exams. Students will increase their opportunities to be college and career ready.

Goal #2: Organization

By the end of the first week of school, all students will utilize an organization tool such as AVID notebooks to increase organizational skills and improve academic success. The binders will help to increase students’ awareness of the advantages of AVID on academic success. The notebooks will be given to students and a focus on organization school wide will be utilized throughout the school year.

Goal #3: WICOR

The AVID Site Team will work with school administrators to create an awareness of AVID for all stakeholders.

Goal #4: Recruitment

By the end of the first quarter of the 2024-2025 school year, the school will increase enrollment in the AVID Elective through targeted recruitment efforts. A progress monitoring system will be developed and operational by the start of the second quarter, featuring bi-monthly updates of student performance. Additionally, the principal, AVID administrator, AVID Site Coordinator, and Guidance Counselors will hold monthly meeting to review program effectiveness and make adjustments as needed.

School Wide Binder Check

AVID Newsletter at CAJ

Welcome. We’re thrilled to have you join us in this virtual space where we share the latest happenings and current events taking place at AVID CAJ. Here, you’ll find a snapshots of our journey, exciting developments, and achievements of our AVID program. Through AVID’s rigorous academic strategies, our students are taught study skills, note-taking, time management, writing skills, and research skills while being immersed in a college-going culture. Additionally, the AVID class provides access to information about colleges and universities through field trips, guest speakers, college tutors, scholarship opportunities, and college admission requirement information. Stay tuned for more updates, as we highlight upcoming events, successes, and the continued growth of our AVID students!

2024-2025 Newsletters

AVID in Action

Highlights

Plans for College

Poetry Contest

Community Service

One of AVID's goals is for students to participate in Community Service. Some of their activities so far have been:

Visited and wrote get well cards to a senior in convalescent home who likes to read cards.
Judged the school's Christmas doors decorating contest. Several students decorated teachers' doors who were unable to do so.
Volunteered to work concessions during athletic games.
One of the highlights this year was our AVID students participating in W.A. Perry Middle School for their AVID Parent Night. Our AVID students presented how their experiences in AVID have shaped who they are academically and personally.

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