Orientation-Northside Middle School

August 16, 2012

Mission Statement

AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and

success in a global society.

AVID Core Beliefs

AVID Students will… succeed in rigorous curriculum enter mainstream activities of the school increase enrollment in four-year colleges become educated and responsible participate and lead in a democratic

society

Three Main Components

Rigorous Academic InstructionTutorial SupportMotivational Activities

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.

What is Academic Rigor?

To help all students do rigorous work and meet or exceed high standards in each content area, we must help students:

Develop as readers and writers

Develop deep content knowledge

Know content specific strategies for reading, writing,

thinking and talking

Develop habits, skills, and behaviors to use knowledge

and skills

Meeting the Challenge

Student schedules will vary according to grade level but all AVID

students begin their instructional day at 7:50 a.m. Dismissal for AVID

students is at 3:05 p.m.

Daily Schedule

Daily Schedule

AVID Curriculum Includes: Writing Curriculum College and Careers Strategies for Success Critical Reading Organization and Planning

AVID Tutorials Include: Collaborative Study Groups Writing Groups Socratic Seminars

A Sample Week in the AVID Elective

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

AVID Curriculum Tutorials AVID Curriculum Tutorials Binder EvaluationField Trips

Media CenterSpeakers

Motivational Activities

(within block)

Cyndi Storer, Principal

Felicia Cartledge, Assistant Principal

Lori Ann Hagood, Instructional Specialist

Anthony Evans, Guidance

Laura Bentley, AVID Elective Teacher

Susan Billen, AVID Teacher, ELA and Social Studies

Keith Cozart, AVID Teacher, Algebra I

Neal Hudson, AVID Teacher, Social Studies

Andrea Taylor, AVID Teacher, Mathematics and Science

Jeneen Webb, AVID Teacher, Science and AVID Elective

Caryn Welborn, AVID Teacher, English I

Cathy Chalmers, AVID District Coordinator

Support System