1. AVID Parent Night
Foothill High School

2. The Foothill AVID Team Josh Butterfield, AVID VP/Coordinator
Mary Crawbuck, Teacher AVID 9
Stephen Ferrel, Teacher AVID 10 / 11
Nadia Moshtagh, Teacher AVID 12
David Destro, AVID Counselor

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

4. What is AVID? – Mr. Butterfield
A school wide college readiness system
A structured approach to rigorous curriculum
A direct support structure for first generation college students
Professional learning for educators

5. Why does AVID work?–Mr. Butterfield
Places AVID students in rigorous curriculum and gives them the support to achieve
Provides the explicit “hidden curriculum” of schools
Provides a team of students for positive peer identification
Redefines the teacher’s role as that of student advocate

6. AVID Basics – Mrs. Crawbuck
Rigorous academic curriculum
College preparatory concentration
Support other academic subjects
Focus on critical thinking and analysis
Build student responsibility and self- discipline
Middle School vs. High School

7. The Magic Ingredients – Mrs. Crawbuck
Student buy-in
Parent support
You make it work!
Advancement Via Individual Determination
Success is not overnight, but develops over time
We won’t let them give up!
AVID Contracts

8. Writing: quickwrites, practice essays, Cornell Notes
AWICOR – Mr. Ferrel
Writing: quickwrites, practice essays, Cornell Notes
Inquiry: levels of questioning, Socratic Seminars
Collaboration: tutorials, group work, teambuilding
Organization: the AVID binder, Binder Check
Reading: AVID Weekly, critical reading practice
AVID strives to support
all other academic classes

9. AVID Strong - Mr. Ferrel We believe in our students
We believe in a team approach
We need to team with parents in order to make the AVID program successful!
We believe that AVID
gives students the skills
they need to succeed!

10. The Road to College – Ms. Moshtagh
Help with college applications
Editing of college essays
Postsecondary educational options
Preparation for the rigor of college
Organization, note-taking, time management, and writing
Sophisticated thinking, inquiry, and critical thinking

11. Student Testimonials – Ms. Moshtagh
"Before AVID I was really unorganized. . . The AVID binder helps me to stay organized, keep my papers together, and get assignments turned in.  Now I don't lose my homework in my backpack."
 -Dev Naik ‘15 
“TRFs and tutorials help me get questions answered in a way where I have to really think about it; it's not just given to me."  
- Jaclyn Long ’15
"The most useful part of AVID is writing.  My essays have been drastically better and my vocabulary has expanded tenfold."
-Anthony Faccini ’15
"AVID has made me want to become a better student and motivated me to do better in school and reach my full potential.“
-Logan Winn ‘14

12. AVID Graduate Testimonial
“I got out of it what I put in. Everyone around me is
so overwhelmed, like nobody expected college to be
hard, and no one ever learned how to take notes. No
one knows how to organize each class, or read
through a text and annotate important parts, but I
do! Because I had a good AVIDtude in high school
and it has really paid off."
-Hayley Long Foothill class of University of Arizona class of 2017

13. AVID Senior Data – Mr. Destro
Based on 2015 AVID Senior Data - a study of 40,122 AVID seniors
92% reported plans to attend a postsecondary institution
61% to a four-year college % to a two-year college
77% reported taking at least one rigorous high school course
(e.g., AP, IB, or Cambridge),
with 65% taking the corresponding exam

14. What is college readiness? - Mr. Destro
the level of preparation a student needs in order to enroll and succeed—without remediation—in credit-bearing general education coursework at a college or university.
students understand what is expected in a college course, can cope with the content knowledge presented, can take away from the course the key intellectual lessons, and have both the mindset and disposition necessary to enable understanding.
AVID helps students develop a vision for their future, gain confidence in their abilities, and take ownership of their learning.

15. Next Steps – Mr. Butterfield
Register
Online registration February 1-15
Choose AVID as an elective
Apply
Find the application on the FHS website
Fill out both student and parent applications
Interview
We will contact you in March/April

16. Josh Butterfield - jbutterfield@pleasantonusd.net
Mary Crawbuck -
Stephen Ferrel -
Nadia Moshtagh -
David Destro -