1. Rigor, Readiness, and Relationships
The Road to College:
Rigor, Readiness, and Relationships

2. Name Tent Instructions
On BOTH sides, write your name large and in the middle
On ONE side,write:
Top left – Which elementary school you attended
Top right – Your favorite school subject
Bottom left – The best thing you did this summer
Bottom right – What superpower you would like to have

4. A dvancement V ia D etermination I ndividual
[L. avidus]: eager for knowledge

5. A Sample Week in AVID Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Curriculum Day
AVID curriculum
lesson utilizing
WICOR strategies
Tutorials
Facilitated by
college tutor;
supervised by
AVID teacher
Enrichment
Team building,
guest speakers,
evaluations,
motivational
games,
Socratic Seminar,
Philosophical
Chairs

6. Collaborative Support for the Success of Students
Colleges
and
Universities
AVID
Support
Staff
Community
Parents
AVID
Coordinator
(AVID Elective
Teacher)
Student
Administration
Tutors
Subject
Area
Teachers
Counselors
Collaborative Support for the Success of Students

7. What is Academic Rigor?
Rigor is the goal of helping students develop the capacity to understand content that is complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally or emotionally challenging.
Taking rigorous courses opens doors!
Source: Teaching What Matters Most; Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement by Strong, Silver and Perini, ASCD, 2001.