Advancement Via Individual Determination
AVID is a program that takes students with the potential and determination to go to college and places them in the rigorous courses required to get into those four year universities. In the AVID elective course, students are taught the skill sets (Solid notetaking, organization, public speaking, responsibility) necessary to be successful in those rigorous courses. AVID creates an atmosphere of positive peer pressure for the students, so that they are pushing each other to strive for success rather than perpetuating failure.
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The AVID student
AVID targets students in the academic middle — B, C, and even D students — who have the desire to go to college and the willingness to work hard as well as the ability to go to college. These are students who are capable of completing rigorous curriculum but are not yet reaching their full potential. Typically, they will be the first in their families to attend college, and many are from low-income or minority families. AVID pulls these students out of their unchallenging courses and puts them on the college track: acceleration instead of remediation.
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| The AVID Curriculum |
The AVID curriculum, based on rigorous standards, was developed by middle and senior high school teachers in collaboration with college professors. It is driven by the WICR method, which stands for writing, inquiry, collaboration, and reading. AVID curriculum is used in AVID elective classes, in content-area classes in AVID schools, and even in schools where the AVID elective is not offered.
The AVID curriculum is designed to get kids to ask higher level, thought provoking questions which will in turn cause them to be well rounded citizens. No more are the days of memorization and fact finding, instead, AVID helps us focus on the "why" behind those facts.
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