2015 AVID National Conference Journey to AVID Schoolwide

Introductions Kim Hallenbeck o Millville, NJ o AVID District Director, School Counselor, Staff Developer, Consultant o Lakeside Middle School Counselor Beth Benfer o Millville, NJ o AVID Site Coordinator, Staff Developer o Lakeside Middle School Instructional Coach

Journey to AVID Schoolwide Share your level of AVID experience Share your role at your school/district Discuss one challenge you have experienced with AVID Schoolwide Discuss one success you have experienced with AVID Schoolwide

Agenda Examples of strategies and ideas for AVID Schoolwide. Overcoming barriers to promote AVID. Examples of best practices for college readiness and promotion of AVID strategies to all students. Identify next steps to taking AVID Schoolwide.

Merging onto the Highway AVID Strategies presented to staff o In-service Day(s) o Professional Learning Communities o AVID Summer Institute o AVID National/Regional Path Trainings

Speed Limit – 5 Mph Take it slow! One strategy at a time Work through one, then proceed to another Process, living documents Encountering speed bumps and pot holes Staff/Administration Buy-in

Speed Bump – Proceed with Caution Barriers/Detours Recognize possible speed bumps Construction delays

Speed Bump – Proceed with Caution Flat tire (some are fixable…) Dead battery (jump-start) Check Engine Light (pulse check) All are repairable!

Schoolwide Binders Supply list Binder Building Night Orientation Day(s) Supplies for students in need

Video Let’s talk about binders!!!

Binder Grading All academic areas Rotating schedule (flexible) Credibility Accountability

Hello staff:  Binders will be graded schoolwide in academic areas on a schedule. You can use any of the binder grading documents in the front of your AVID Strategies binder from last year, or ask Sandy, Beth or Kim for a sample.  The grade will be entered as a participation, preparation, or classwork grade, depending on what your department decides is best.  Within your assigned week, you may grade your student’s binders any day that week, depending on your schedule. For example, if you are a LA teacher, you will grade your student’s binders anytime between October 27 – October 31 and enter the grade. The following grading schedule is for the month of October/November: Week 1: October 27 – October 31, Language Arts Department Week 2: November 3 – November 5, Math Department Week 3: November 10 – November 14, Science Department Week 4: November 17 – November 21, SS/History/Geography Department

Binder Boot Camp Weekly on Fridays AVID Strategies Class Repair binders Supplies Learning Logs Lockers

Binder Boot Camp

Quickwrite What detours do you anticipate happening at your site with schoolwide binders? What does your site have access to which would enhance schoolwide binders?

Pair/Share Pit-stop With an elbow partner, share your quick write ideas.

Continuing on the Highway : Cornell Notes Training Staff Larger Group Training Staff by Department AVID students infused into regular classroom to support teachers

Continuing on the Highway : Cornell Notes Focused Note Taking CD/System (Curve of Forgetting) It is about the process, not the paper Resources of different kinds of CN paper SI support person to guide how to use with curriculum

Quickwrite What detours do you anticipate happening at your site with schoolwide Cornell Notes? What does your site have access to which would enhance schoolwide Cornell Notes?

Pair/Share Pit stop With an elbow partner, share your quick write ideas.

WICORWICORWICORWICOR

WICOR WritingPROCESS Pre-write Draft Reader response Revise Edit Publish and reflect WRITING TO LEARN Cornell notes Quick writes Learning logs Journals

Inquiry Skilled questioning Socratic Seminars Quick writes Discussions Critical-thinking activities Writing questions Open-minded activities WICOR

Collaboration Group projects Response/edit/revision groups Collaboration activities Tutorials Study groups Jigsaw activities Read-arounds WICOR

OrganizationTOOLS Binders Calendars, planners, agendas Graphic organizersMETHODS Focused note-taking system Tutorials, study groups Project planning, SMART goals WICOR

Reading SQR5 o Survey, Question Read, Record, Recite, Review, Reflect KWL o What I Know; Want to Learn; Learned Reciprocal teaching Think-alouds Text structure Critical reading strategies WICOR

Continuing on the Highway: WICOR Created as a class of “catchall” students – opportunity to have students utilize the AVID Strategies Current events, Scholastic Magazines, etc. AVID Weekly Study groups

DETOUR… WICOR becomes

DETOUR… RICWO

Quickwrite What detours do you anticipate happening at your site with schoolwide WICOR? What does your site have access to which would enhance schoolwide WICOR?

Pair/Share Pit Stop Share your quick write ideas with a partner.

College and Career Exploration College-going culture Career Day College “verbiage” College Day AVID Strategies Class Letters to colleges/universities

Quickwrite What detours do you anticipate happening at your site with schoolwide College and Career Exploration? What does your site have access to which would enhance schoolwide College and Career Exploration?

Pair/Share Pit Stop Share your quick write ideas with a partner.

AVID Weekly Annual subscription 20 passwords/subscription Lesson plans and activities Department Chairs receive log-in info to share with members AVID teachers Post monthly articles in staff rooms

Building Capacity Summer Institute o Department o Grade level o Administration (School and District)

Arrived at Destination

AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

AVID Schoolwide

College Day

Binders

College Pennants

Demonstration School Banner

Questions? Comments?

Contact us! Kim Hallenbeck Beth Benfer

Thank you.