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District-wide implementation of AVID on
Elementary, Middle School, and High School
Campuses AVID A Catalyst for Academic Rigor
and District-Wide Change

• Presented by Wendell J. Brown
• Diane Crawford
• Mary Helen Diaz
• Cleo Eddy
• Kenneth Mueller
• Tod Nix
• Linda Vegh

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Uvalde CISD 4th -12th Implementation

• AVID Year 1
• Uvalde High School (9-12)
• Uvalde Junior High (7-8)
• Flores Elementary (5-6)
• Batesville School (PK-8)
• AVID Year 2
• Uvalde High School, Uvalde Junior High School,
  Flores Elementary, Batesville School Year 2
• Anthon, Benson, Robb (1-4) Year 1

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Why AVID?

• AVID targets the core of the students in most
  schools, the Academic Middle.
• AVID is based on Best Practice Instructional
  Strategies.
• AVID is research based and proven over time!
• AVID is a catalyst for changing the
• Academic Climate of a School and School
  District.

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Why AVID?

• AVID changes the way teachers teach.
• AVID provides structure to the way students
  learn.
• AVID can be implemented from grades 4 12.
• AVID uses extrinsic strategies to develop
  intrinsic changes.
• AVID makes sense.

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Establish The Vision

• To Enhance Academic Rigor for all students
• To Create an environment of Instructional
  Excellence among Teachers
• To provide Structure for Instructional
  Implementation

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Establish The Vision

• To provide Support for Students to Succeed
• To Provide Evidence to the Community that
  Academic Excellence is for All Students
• To Establish Academic Excellence as the
  Foundation of a World Class School District

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Prepare District Level Key People

• The Initial Concept
• Plant and Fertilize the Seed
• Solidify the Commitment Approval by the Board
  of Education
• Connect the Concept to the District Plan and
  Commit Funding

• Select and Train Key People
• Make the Connection for Directors, Principals,
  Campus Key People
• Develop and Establish the District-wide AVID
  Hierarchy

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Prepare Campus Level Key People

• Making the Connection for the Extended Team
  Assistant Principals, Department Heads, AVID
  Elective Teacher, Counselors, and other Key
  Campus People
• Establish the Catalyst for the Campus-wide AVID
  Vision
• Begin the General Dialogue with the Greater Team
  (Teachers and Staff)

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Prepare Campus Level Key People

• Recruit and Develop Campus Teams
• Train the Campus Site Teams and others
• Inform the Masses Students, Parents, Community
• Create Forums for Dialogue

• Establish the Campus Vision
• Explain the Expected Outcomes
• Determine the Processes, Procedures, and
  Assessments
• Provide A Method for Future Inquiry

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Create a Systemic Professional Development Plan

• AVID Summer Institutes
• AVID/College Board National Conference
• Administrator Trainings
• AVID District Leadership Training (ADL)
• Awareness/Program Planning Sessions
• Coordinator Workshops and Site Team Conferences

• Data Analysis Trainings
• Educator Trainings (includes Path)
• Principals Leadership Academy
• Regional Planning Meetings
• Tutor Training
• In-District Training

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Build capacityto provide staff development in
house

• Year 1 Site teams attend summer institutes, ADL
  training, campus site team trainings, tutorology
  training, campus wide training, trainer of
  trainers
• Year 2 Expand personnel attending summer
  institutes, ADL training for second ADL, expand
  campus site team trainings for first and second
  year members, tutorology training, expand campus
  wide training for first and second year members,
  expand trainer of trainers

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Provide funding

• Site Costs
• Membership fee (yearly)
• AVID Summer Institute Registration and Travel
  (yearly)
• Libraries (first year)
• Other Costs
• Tutorology (yearly)
• Continuing staff development (as planned)
• ADL Training (two year)
• Classroom or Campus Materials and Supplies
  (yearly)

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Funding sources

• Membership Fees and Libraries
• High School Allotment Title I, Part A and School
  Improvement
• Professional Development
• High School Allotment Title I, Part A and School
  Improvement Title II, Part A State Compensatory
• Tutorology
• High School Allotment Title I, Part A and School
  Improvement State Compensatory

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Batesville elementary

• Principal Mary Helen Diaz
• Facilitator Sandra Gonzales
• Counselor Ninfa Benavidez

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Batesville Elementary

• Located in rural agricultural community of less
  than 2000 pop., 20 miles from Uvalde
• consolidated w/UCISD since 1972
• Grades PK-6th
• 156 students w/76 in grades 3rd 6th
• 14 teachers, 1 Reading Coach, 1 Instructional
  Facilitator, 1 Counselor, and 1 Principal
• 4 of the teachers in grades 3rd-6th are first
  year teachers
• previously AVID trained staff are in grades 1,2
  6 Reading Coach, Librarian, Counselor,
  Facilitator, Principal

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Batesville Avid Program

• AVID organization piece was initiated 2 years ago
  in grades 5-8 full implementation of AVID
  Elementary last year for all students in grades
  3-6.
• Teachers received staff development during 3 day
  AVID district training, campus in-service, and
  Professional Learning Communities (PLC) (new
  teachers were not available for Summer Institute)
• Focus of continuing staff development is on AVID
  strategies, WICOR, and Best Practices.
• AVID time scheduled daily to teach specific
  AVID strategies and routines.

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Batesville Elementary Provides Students with

• Success Skills
• Organization
• Academic Progress
• Routines Rigor

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Success Skills

• Collaboration
• Inquiry
• Note Taking
• Goal Setting
• Organization
• Reading
• Writing

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aGENDA
4th Grade Agenda
2nd Grade Agenda
1st Grade Agenda
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Success Skills WICOR

• Writing to Learn
• Inquiry (Costas Level of Questioning)
• Collaboration
• Organization
• Reading

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Success Skills Writing to Learn

• 2 column 3 column notes shortcuts developed by
  3rd grade teacher and students

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Success Skills Writing to Learn

• 2nd grade notes

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3rd
4th
5th
6th
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Success Skills Inquiry
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Success Skills Collaboration
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Success Skills Organization

• AVID MATERIALS provided include

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Binder Check

• Contents
• 3-ring Binder
• Subject dividers
• Pencil pouch
• Extra paper
• Planner
• Organization
• Appropriate supplies
• Daily planner completed
• Accurately
• Clearly divided by subjects
• Academic Sections
• Class notes
• Handouts/worksheets
• Class work or assignments
• Rubric
• 3 (Advanced) All items completed
• 2 (Satisfactory) Most items completed (1-2
  items missing)
• 1 (Developing) Few items completed (3 or more
  items missing)

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Success Skills Reading
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Academic Progress Monitored through WICOR
Framework

• Use of formative assessments for curricular
  decisions (inquiry, writing)
• Monitor and graph progress (organization/writing)
• Teacher/Student/Parent conferences
  (collaboration)
• Principal/Teacher/Data Team conference (inquiry,
  collaboration)
• Tutoring (inquiry, writing, reading)

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Routines Rigor in Avid

• SLANT
• Sit in the Front
• Lean Forward
• Ask Questions
• Nod your head
• Talk to the teacher

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Routines Rigor in Avid

• STAR
• Set up paper
• Take notes
• After class
• Review notes

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Routines Rigor in Avid

• GOAL SETTING (Learning and Behavior)

AVID SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS
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Routines Rigor in Avid
1st grade
2nd grade
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Routines Rigor in Avid
3rd grade
4th grade
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Routines Rigor in Avid
5th/6th grade
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ROUTINES and RIGOR in AVID
KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL AVID IMPLEMENTATION

High Expectations!
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We SOARed with AVID!
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Flores Elementary

• Principal Cleo Eddy
• Assistant Principal Joshua King

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Flores Elementary

• 5th and 6th Grade campus
• Approximately 650 students
• 48 Teachers
• 14 paraprofessionals
• 18 Summer Institute trained personnel over a two
  year period

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What is AVID Elementary at Flores?

• Flores Elementary students use
• AVID Binder,
• Agenda,
• 2-column, 3- column, and Cornell note taking
  strategies,
• WICOR in all subjects

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Mrs. Eddy, the campus principal, says.

• The biggest impact that AVID has had on our
  campus is organization, a skill that must be in
  place in order to achieve academic success.

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Flores Teachers say

• I love AVID! I have at least 90 of homework
  turned in each dayI have never had that before.
• -6th grade teacher

I think the AVID program is the missing piece to
our instructional puzzle. The organizational
piece is what we have been missing. It ties all
of our other programs together. -5th grade
teacher
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Avid Binder
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Avid Binder
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Our Students say
I think (the AVID binder) is a big help because
it is organized and it helps us stay organized
and it is big so we could put lots of things in
it. Celia, 5th grade
The AVID binder is really helpful because its
like your backpack. It holds all your things and
your desk wont be messy. Also you know where
you put things instead of the teacher giving you
a zero. Reagan, 5th grade
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Our Students say
The binder is the thing that mainly helps me
because everything I need is in
there! -Monique, 6th grade
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Agenda
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Our Students say

• My agenda is cool you get to write what youre
  doing on weekends. My mom and dad always read
  and check it everyday.
• -Sean, 5th grade

• I really like the cool agendas because not only
  are they for keeping track of school they help me
  keep track of life. I like how there is a new
  activity and spelling word each week.
• -Sarah, 6th grade

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Note-taking
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Our Students say

• I really like it (taking notes) because I can go
  over them later
• -Dominik, 5th grade
• I think it really helps me study for a test
  better and faster. My favorite notes are the two
  column notes.
• -Katelyn, 5th grade

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Our Students say

• I like it (note taking) because you have
  questions and notes on different sides its more
  easier to understand.
• -Karina, 5th grade

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Successful Student
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Our Students say

• As for the successful student I thought that
  showed originality in all of us but also taught
  us what a successful student is.
• -Sarah, 6th grade

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Parents
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What our parents think

• Thank you so much for starting this! My kids
  always know where their homework is and it makes
  our evenings so much nicer.
• -Mrs. Flores, parent of 3
• Flores students!

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What our parents think

• My son was so excited about this year. He wants
  to go to college and he feels that this program
  will help him do better in school.
• - Mrs. Valdez, parent 5th
• grade student

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Uvalde Junior High School Avid
Principal Kenneth Mueller Campus Site Director
Norma Carranza AVID Elective Teacher Antonia
Mireles
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Uvalde Junior High School

• Approximately 650 Seventh and Eighth grade
  students
• Approximately 325 per grade level
• Fifty Teachers, One Librarian, Two Counselors
• Three Assistant Principals, One Principal

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Avid First year

• 40 Seventh Grade Students
• 40 Eighth Grade Students
• Five Field Trips
• WICR
• Successful Tutoring Program
• Guest Speakers

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Junior High Avid Enrollment
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Summer Institute 2008

• 23 JH staff attended Summer Institute
• 17 Teachers, 1 Counselor, 1 Librarian, 4
  administrators
• 15 out of 24 core area teachers attended
• 1 Spanish AP and Pre-AP Teacher
• 1 BCIS Teacher

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Outcomes of SI 2008

• Great relationship builder among the staff. (We
  worked together, argued together, ate together,
  laughed together, agreed together.)
• Conclusion reached that if AVID is so good, then
  why arent we doing it for everyone?
• All of Flores and Batesville 6th grade students
  coming to 7th grade with AVID Elementary
  concepts and skills.
• Developed the AVID Homeroom period in our
  schedule.
• Where to put 8th ?

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Structure of homeroom

• Class Size 18 1 or less
• At least one AVID student in each class.
• Every day will have common script of activities.

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Expectations of homeroom teachers

• We are concerned with helping students learn and
  utilize the AVID strategies and methodologies
  used in the AVID classroom. This process will
  take place briefly each day during the homeroom
  class. These strategies will prepare students to
  participate in a rigorous college-prep
  curriculum. 
• The purpose of AVID is to restructure the
  teaching methods of an entire school. Success
  will be determined not only by the students
  participation but also by the commitment of the
  teacher to the program.
• AVID revolutionizes the way teachers teach in
  public school.
• Scott Pelley, CBS 60 Minutes II

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Expectations of homeroom students

• The homeroom class will be used to put you on the
  path to college by using the AVID program
  strategies. In this class, you will learn
  different ways to help you succeed in school. It
  will also help with organization of your course
  work by helping you with binder checks during
  homeroom as well in your core classes. (Binders
  are kept to organize your course work in a
  manageable order)
• The AVID program provides a rigorous curriculum
  to all students. The homeroom class will provide
  this rigor in brief increments each day. Rigor
  rigor is the goal of helping students develop
  the capacity to understand content that is
  complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally
  or emotionally challenging.
• This class will give you an opportunity to learn
  and use different ways of taking notes, having a
  group discussion, and completing projects.
• AVID also provides an opportunity for tutors, if
  needed. During homeroom these AVID tutors will be
  available for assistance.

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Strategies utilized

• Cornell Notes (Implementation and Utilization)
• WICOR Strategies
• Marzanos Vocabulary
• Peer Tutoring
• Philosophical Chairs
• Sustained Silent Reading (All participate
  including teacher)
• Costas Levels of Questioning

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Teacher Training philosophical Chairs
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Peer tutoring
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Cornell Notes
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Marzanos Vocabulary
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Uvalde High SchoolAVID

• Tod Nix Principal
• Campus Site Director Tammi Sutherland
• AVID Elective Teacher Kelly Howard

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Uvalde High School

• Approximately 1350 students grades 9-12
• Staff includes 102 instructional personnel
• Demographics are approximately 80 Hispanic and
  87 low socio-economic
• Began with 2 sections of the AVID Elective Class
  in 2007-2008 and will have eight sections in
  2009-2010

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What is Avid?

• A structured, college preparatory program
• A direct support structure for first-generation
  college goers, grades 5-12
• A school-wide approach to instruction and rigor
  in over 2,700 middle schools and high schools
• A professional development program providing
  training in effective instructional strategies to
  support curriculum standards

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Uvalde High school Avid Enrollment
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AVID Participation in CTE
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How have we implemented AVID school-wide?
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Methods used

• Implementation of AVID strategies in all
  curriculum areas
• WICR, Costas Questioning, Cornell Notes,
  Marzanos Vocabulary Background Knowledge
  strategies
• Staff Training
• All staff have two years of training in the use
  and implementation of these methods and in the
  implementation of AVID tutoring strategies
  within all classrooms based on student needs.

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Methods used

• Monitoring and documentation
• lesson plans, administrative walk -throughs,
  use of AVID template by administrators to
  evaluate staff
• Teaching organizational skills
• various organizational methods used in all
  departments)
• Alternating staff members
• different teachers attend the Summer Institute
  each summer
• Next year we will have over 30 staff members who
  have been directly trained in AVID and AVID
  strategies.

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Avid Tutorials

• Tutor Training
• two teachers trained in tutorology to provide
  training and/or support to the tutors
• eight hours AVID training before going into
  classroom
• eight hours on-the-job training after classroom
  experience
• Tutors Responsibilities
• work with students twice a week during tutorial
  time
• keep reflection log to share with teacher/student
  
• go into classroom as needed to assist AVID
  student
• guide questions to lead student to needed answers

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Avid Tutorials

• Students Responsibilities
• prepare questions before tutoring day
• keep reflection log to share with teacher/tutor
• students share methods learned in tutorials with
  students in other classes

Tutoring Classes have a 71 ratio
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Tutoring for AVID Elective Classes
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Trips and Projects

• Incarnate Word and Trinity Universities
• Witte Museum
• Day trip
• AM Kingsville and AM Corpus Christi
• Over night trip
• Del Rio Science Fair
• Corn Maze
• Love Ya Uvalde
• AVID Toy Drive for CPS children

Day and overnight trips are taken to introduces
students to the college admission process.
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The University of Incarnate Word

• We had a great experience at the university and
  learned that many of the students are involved
  with extra-curricular activities. As we listened
  to our tour guide discuss her own experiences, it
  inspired us to want to be a part of that as well.
  

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Trinity University The Witte Museum

• Trinity had many options in degree plans school
  and we found that very interesting. We all would
  like to attend a college that gave us options.
• We learned specifics about financial aid, student
  engagement, and life on campus.
• After our campus tour, we visited the Witte
  Museum. We got to experience many different
  aspects of history and play in the tree house,
  which had hands on science experiments and more!

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AM Corpus Christi AM at Kingsville Trip

• Our first overnight trip, taken to Corpus and
  Kingsville, was very exciting for all of us who
  attended.

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Touring the Campus AM at Kingsville

• At Kingsville we were able to tour the art
  gallery and view the artwork created by the
  students. We also got to walk through an actual
  art class and watch the students painting.
• The campus was smaller than at Corpus but they
  offered many great majors, especially for
  engineers and they have a Pharmacy school on
  campus as well.

AVID Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors plus some GT
students. Enjoying a tour of the campus.
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Touring the Campus AM at Corpus Christi

• The campus was beautiful, we got to experience
  what the weather was like on a windy day.
• We were able to tour different buildings and were
  able to see a lecture class in one of the larger
  lecturer halls. We also go to tour the new rec.
  center and an on-campus apartment.
• Along the side of the campus you have a great
  view of the beach, What's not to like?

Avid Juniors-Eryn Walker Bianca Padilla AIVD
Sophomore-Briahna Estrada
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Science Fair in Del Rio, TX

• At the science fair, there were several
  demonstrations some of the students had the
  chance to experience what it was like to evacuate
  a house on fire, as well as what to do in that
  situation. We were shown many science experiments
  by MadScience and NASA had a live teleconference,
  and demonstrated the satellite view of the world.
  We were able to ask questions about NASA and
  learn more about the careers that NASA offers.

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Love Ya Uvalde Community Service Project

• It was a great experience to be able to help
  people.
• Many of went the evening before and helped
  decorate, roll silverware, and prepare the
  turkey.
• On the day of the dinner, we helped seat people,
  served food, delivered meals to homes, and
  visited with the people there.
• We learned that there is much more to life and we
  became more appreciative after this event.

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AVID Toy Drive Community Service Project

• AVID the Athletics programs of UHS worked
  together to collect over 400 toys and 200 to buy
  supplies for the Rainbow Room.
• We collected enough toys for each child to
  receive two toys for Christmas. Some of these
  children might not have received anything if it
  were not for this effort and we learned that
  there are many children that arent as fortunate.
• This was an eye opening project. We were thankful
  that we were able to help in allowing the
  children to have a better Christmas.
• Mrs. Darden from CPS also came and spoke with us
  about CPS, explained procedures, and helped us
  develop a better understanding of this type of
  work.

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AVID Homecoming Float Building Our AVID Family

• AVID Students working on the homecoming float.
• The students worked together to decorate the
  float for their first time in the UHS Homecoming
  parade.
• We had fun painting and decorating and getting to
  know one another better

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AVID Homecoming Sweetheart and Beau

• Kaitlyn Morales was the AVID Sweetheart for the
  2008 homecoming court. She was escorted by beau,
  Santiago Gonzalez.
• Katie is currently our first AVID senior at UHS!

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Assessment

• Communicate the System to District and Campus
  Teams
• Establish Systems for Data Collection
• Flag students in Data Information System
• Identify persons responsible to collect and enter
  information
• Communicate timelines for data collection
• Measure EVERYTHING!

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AVID Elective class walk-through form
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AVID Elementary Walkthrough Analysis
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The Cycle of Data Inquiry

• DESCRIBE

What is the status of AVID student achievement?
DEEPEN
DECIPHER
How will we make data inquiry a part of our
school culture?
What is the data really saying?
DEVELOP
DELIVER
What actions can be recommended?
To whom and how should this data be communicated?
DEFINE
Which outcomes would create the greatest success?
Adapted The Achievement Council Coalition of
Essential Schools Cycle of Inquiry
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Move toward DISTRICT-wide implementation

• An articulated combination of rigor and support
  grades 4-12
• Institutionalized use of WICR in grades 4-12
• Institutionalized use of organizational skills
  and college prep study skills 4-12
• Campus and District plans include site team plans
  in grades 4-12

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Celebrate

• Acknowledge and Celebrate Often