Supporting Access, Leading to Success Adria Tate, Teacher Effectiveness Coach, Denver Public Schools Bob Poole, Regional Development Specialist, IB Americas AVID and IB – A Synergy

Support is two-fold:  Support for students through the AVID Elective and Schoolwide WICOR instructional strategies  Support for teachers through AVID’s Professional Learning and Schoolwide WICOR instructional strategies “Rigor without support is a prescription for failure. Support without rigor is a tragic waste of potential.” - Mary Catherine Swanson, AVID Founder

Mission Driven Organizations  The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.  AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing ALL students for college readiness and success in a global society.

The IB Continuum IB mission statement Programme standards and practices IB learner profile

The PYP Curriculum Model

The Middle Years Programme Curriculum Model

The Diploma Programme Curriculum Model

IBCC Curriculum Model

What is an IB education?.

AVID Closes the Achievement Gap AVID. (2014). AVID senior data collection: Study of 36,450 AVID seniors [Electronic Database]. Greene, J.P. and Forster, G. (2003). Public high school graduation and college readiness rates in the United States (Report No. 3). New York: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. *Filipino and Other not classified by Greene and Forster (2003) National data represents the most current comprehensive data available 2014 AVID Elective seniors completing four-year college entrance requirements

Completing College Entrance Requirements AVID. (2014). AVID Elective senior data collection: Study of 27,771 AVID seniors [Electronic Database]. Greene, J.P. and Forster, G. (2003). Public high school graduation and college readiness rates in the United States (Report No. 3). New York: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. National data represents the most current comprehensive data available. AVID Elective students complete four-year college entrance requirements at a rate at least two times higher than the national rate

2014 AVID Elective Seniors AVID. (2014). AVID senior data collection: Study of 36,450 AVID seniors [Electronic Database]. 74% qualify for free and reduced- priced lunch

Alignment: Belief Systems IB Believes Develop a more diverse, inclusive IB community by enabling access to an IB education regardless of personal circumstances. Access is fundamental to achieving our mission. We aim to break down barriers and create an environment such that more students are able to access the benefit from an IB education regardless of personal circumstances. AVID Believes At its heart, AVID has a bold belief: Hold students accountable to the highest standards, provide academic and social support, and they will rise to the challenge.

Alignment: Standards IB Standards and Practice  Section A: Philosophy  Section B: Organization  Standard B1: Leadership and Structure  Standard B2: Resources and Support  Section C: Curriculum  Standard C1: Collaborative and Planning  Standard C2: Written Curriculum  Standard C3: Teaching and Learning  Standard C4: Assessment AVID Program Essentials, Schoolwide Domains, Elective Standards  Essentials 9: Data  Essential 10: Resources and Support  Essential 11: The AVID Site Team  Schoolwide AVID Domains—instruction, leadership, systems, culture  AVID Elective Standards

Alignment: Tools for Learning Approaches to Learning  Communication Skills  Thinking Skills  Social Skills  Self-management Skills  Research Skills WICOR as a “learning support structure”  Writing  Inquiry  Collaboration  Organization  Reading

Alignment: Tools for Teaching Approaches to Teaching  Teaching based on inquiry  Teaching focused on conceptual understanding  Teaching developed in local and global contexts  Teaching focused on effective teamwork and collaboration  Teaching differentiated to meet the needs of all learners  Teaching informed by assessment WICOR Instructional Strategies – the AVID curriculum supports:  Writing  Inquiry  Collaboration  Organization  Reading

Using AVID Strategies to Scaffold Learning Depth of Knowledge Student Performance Level Level 4 - Level 3 - Level 2 - Level 1 - Cognitive Task Performance Task/Product { AVID Strategies }

Alignment: College and Workforce Ready The IB Learner Profile  Inquirers  Knowledgeable  Thinkers  Communicators  Principled  Open-minded  Caring  Risk-takers  Balanced  Reflective AVID Students….  Write  Inquire  Collaborate  Organize  Read  Persevere  Adapt  Accept challenges  Persist

AVID, IB and Common Core AVID IBCCSS “AVID serves as the Approaches to Learning that enables students to access the rigor of the IB program.” -IB Coordinator Glasgow MS Alexandria, VA “Many of the reading and writing strategies promoted through AVID will receive greater emphasis through CCSS. Common Core is not a big transition to AVID-trained teachers.” Mike Warner, Teacher East Bakersfield High School Bakersfield, CA

From October 2013 – March schools – 8 High Schools; 5 Middle Schools How the Alignment document came to be How the Best Practices document came to be How the AVID Blogs came to be Two AVID/IB Case Studies were published: High School and Middle School The Study

Leadership The School Schedule The School Schedule and the AVID Elective The Building of the Master Schedule School Culture Professional Learning Make-up of the AVID Site Team IB Implementation Structure/IB Continuum Notable Best Practices

At Robbinsdale MS in Robbinsdale, MN, the principal, John Cook, says he has worked to place teachers and coordinators in “strategic positions” and hopes to “empower them” by developing a shared belief system. Leadership and School Culture

 At JW North HS in Riverside, CA, there are 16 sections of the AVID elective; 650 students are enrolled in the AVID elective. That is well over 20% of the student population enrolled in AVID.  At Sequoia HS in Redwood City, CA, there are two sections of the AVID elective per grade level, with the average class enrollment at 27. This is up from one section per grade level in 2009*. The increase in sections accounts for just over 10% of the student population enrolled in the AVID elective. The School Schedule and the AVID Elective

At Robbinsdale MS, they have designed an IBMYP Course Outline that asks teachers to specifically call out the WICOR strategies used in class, “AVID is both an everyday elective and a building wide initiative, incorporating AVID strategies throughout the day for all students.” School Culture and Professional Learning

Real Voices, Real Impact How Has AVID Impacted Your IB Program?

Robbinsdale Middle School Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Tessa Yeager, AVID Coordinator Sequoia High School Redwood City, California “Our AVID program has provided strategic and focused support to provide access to the rigorous IB curriculum for all students. We used the feedback from our AVID students to inform instruction in IB courses as well as proactively identify the needs of our AVID students challenging themselves in IB courses.”

Angela Wilcox, Hopkins Public Schools, Hopkins, MN “IB helps us bring AVID building- wide. AVID strategies have made it possible for our teachers to create Approaches To Learning lessons that are based on best practices and allow all students to access rigorous curriculum. Good IB units are truly rigorous, and the AVID strategies are critical for creating opportunities for all students to experience success”

Jessica Seator, AVID Coordinator Hillsboro HS Nashville, TN “The AVID Elective is more than just academic support for those in IB. It provides an environment and a culture that fosters bravery and courage. These students have to be brave and courageous to take courses that they would not have taken otherwise,”

Fairfax County, VA Middle School and High School Feeder “IB is a whole school program in grades 6- 10, and students enroll in the Diploma Program in grades 11 and 12. The DP is accessible to any student wanting to challenge themselves with a more rigorous course of study. Parents know that AVID makes it possible for their children to access the IB program. AVID supports the academic skills that students need to access the IB program.”

Support is two-fold:  Support for students through the AVID Elective and Schoolwide WICOR instructional strategies  Support for teachers through AVID’s Professional Learning and Schoolwide WICOR instructional strategies “Rigor without support is a prescription for failure. Support without rigor is a tragic waste of potential.” - Mary Catherine Swanson, AVID Founder

Contact Information Adria Tate Teacher Effectiveness Coach Denver Public Schools Bob Poole Regional Development Specialist International Baccalaureate Americas