AVIDAdvancement Via Individual Determination

TOPICSWhy take AVID as an elective class?

Current StatisticsStudent Expectations

High School and College ExposureLeadership

Scholarships

2011-2012Informational Presentation - 17 slides

By AVID Site Team, Ocean View Hills School

Why take the AVID class?

The Challenge

For every 100 Students of each ethnicity that begin Kindergarten:

White/non Latino

African American

Latino

Graduate High School

Earn at least a Bachelors

Degree

EdTrust 2005

93 87 63

33 18 11

AVID Rising to Meet the Challenge

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AVID San Diego n=1012All San Diego n=29,069

San Ysidro High School AVID

All AVID seniors are going to a college/university!

AVID National Demonstration School

UCLA

UC-Berkley

USD

UCSD

SDSU

UCI

California AVID Graduates

• 95% are enrolled in a college or university• 71% are attending a four-year university• 89% are still enrolled at end of Sophomore

year.• 75% of the graduates are working either full

or part-time to send themselves through college

* Source: CREATE, Center for Research and Evaluation in Education. Palo Alto, CA

OVHS AVID ElectivePeriod 6 2:34-3:34

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

AVID

Curriculum

Tutorials(College Tutors)

AVID

Curriculum

Tutorials(College Tutors)

• Binder

Evaluations• Field Trips• Media Center• Guest speakers• Motivational

activities

AVID Curriculum includes:• College and Careers• Writing Curriculum• Strategies for Success

AVID Tutorials:• Collaborative Study Groups• Writing Groups• Socratic Seminars

AVID Student Expectations

• Goal Setting (GPA, college, life)• Time Management (study skills, binder organization)• Writing (Cornell Notes, learning logs, essays)• Inquiry (critical thinking skills = L1, L2, L3 questions)• Collaboration (Tutorials, Socratic Seminars, projects)• Reading (reciprocal reading strategies, analysis)

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AVID Tutorials Tuesday ThursdayCollege tutors help promote peer collaboration and critical thinkingskills related to problems in content subjects.

High School SYHS shadow visit on March 7, 2007

CollegeGuest speakers!

College SDSU campus visit and basketball game on January 9th, 2008.

Leadership

• Motivational Activities (parent night teaching AVID concepts)

AVID – San Diego County Office of Education Scholarships

Grade 8: 8th Grade Standout

Grade 10: William H. Kuni Scholarship - Up to $10,000

Grade 11: Lamp of Learning - Up to $10,000

Grade 12: Donald Costa Award - $500 - $1,000

Grade 12: Indian-American Society - $1,000

Grade 12: Classroom of the Future - $1,500 - $2,500

AVID – San Diego County Office of Education Scholarships

Grade 12: AVID Senior Standout - $1,000 - $10,000

Grade 12: Dell Scholarship - $20,000, laptop, printer

Grade 12: Founder’s Scholarship - $25,000

AVID – San Diego County Office of Education Scholarships

Websites for Scholarships• www.sdcoe.net/lret/avid

• http://www.latinocollegedollars.org

• http://www.fastweb.com/

Ricardo Gomez rgomez@sdcoe.net

AVID – San Diego County Office of Education Scholarships