How do students create a record of their learning? Where do students record their thinking in the classroom? Just because students are writing in class doesn’t mean they are learning the material. How can educators focus the note-taking process on what students are doing to engage with their learning? This session will focus on AVID’s relaunch of the focused note-taking process for elementary and secondary schools.

This session, geared toward participants who are new to AVID Secondary or are interested in implementing AVID, will focus on how AVID helps educators become more engaged so that students may succeed through college and beyond. Participants will walk away with an understanding of the impact that AVID can make by systematically increasing academic rigor, creating engaging learning environments, accelerating the performance of underrepresented students, and delivering results schoolwide.

This session will provide participants with an overview of AVID’s newest curriculum resources as well as a sneak peek into what’s coming out in the near future.

This session will provide an introductory overview of AVID Elementary for participants who are planning to implement or are interested in implementing AVID Elementary. Existing AVID Elementary partners are welcome and may pick up some updated information through this session. Participants will learn what college readiness means in an elementary context as well as the relational connection between AVID Elementary and AVID Secondary. The intended audience is district stakeholders (superintendents, curriculum and instruction directors, and District Directors) and elementary or intermediate principals and assistant principals, teachers, and instructional specialists.

This strand is designed for schoolwide content teachers to support academic language and literacy in elementary through higher education classroom settings. Participants will connect WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading) with intentional language development practices and routines to strengthen listening, speaking, reading, and writing literacy for all students. AVID Schoolwide team members will gain insight and align philosophies to help their students navigate rigorous content, achieve academically, and adequately prepare for career success.
Prerequisite: None
Curriculum: AVID Academic Language and Literacy: A Schoolwide Approach

This strand is designed for AVID administrators, coordinators, AVID Elective teachers, and Site Team members who are ready to work with their sites to conduct self-examination and address issues of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and accountability through a growth mindset. The strand will provide a framework of effective methodologies that validate the cultures of all students in the classroom and on the campus. These research-based strategies will enhance the site’s curriculum and help students make relevant learning connections to increase subject-matter comprehension. After attending this strand, participants will understand how to create multidimensional lessons while incorporating rigor for various learning styles. Come ready to engage with colleagues in community-building activities and critical conversations around race, gender, class, sexual orientation, ability, and language, as well as other culturally relevant topics, all designed to equip participants with practical strategies for transforming educators in our classrooms, schools, and districts.
Prerequisite: None
Curriculum: AVID Culturally Relevant Teaching: A Schoolwide Approach

This strand is reserved for first-year AVID Elective classroom teachers and AVID coordinators who teach the AVID Elective class and may also coordinate the AVID College Readiness System at their school site. This strand focuses on WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading) strategies used to implement the AVID curriculum and the skills needed to effectively advocate for AVID students and AVID Schoolwide in order to provide increased college readiness opportunities for all students.
Participants must bring a device, power cord, and earbuds/headphones with them to the strand. If a district-issued device is being used, be sure to log in to the device on the district network before attending. Device software and web browser need to be up to date.

• Acceptable devices include laptops, Chromebooks, Surface devices, iPads, and iPad Pros.
• Unacceptable devices include mini iPads, Kindle or Galaxy tablets, and smartphones.

This strand will focus on strategies for integrating writing as a learning tool into every grade level and content area. Participants will also explore the power of metacognitive writing to promote student growth and autonomy and take a deep dive into focused note-taking, a powerful component to learning that must be taught and scaffolded across grade levels and disciplines. This strand is perfect for any educator who wants to unleash the power of writing to help students access rigorous content and deepen their understanding through the frequent use of robust learning through writing strategies.
Prerequisite: None
Curriculum: AVID Writing for Disciplinary Literacy: A Schoolwide Approach

This strand focuses on implementing research-based reading practices across all content areas and grade levels to promote a schoolwide approach to disciplinary literacy. Participants will learn how to approach reading as a content expert, empowering student inquiry through reading in their specific content area. Intentionally integrating academic thinking skills and the gradual release of responsibility model into the reading process ensures all students have the college and career readiness skills necessary for thriving in the 21st century. This strand is ideal for educators who want to increase the level of academic rigor and discourse in their classrooms through literacy and the implementation of technology to further student learning.
Participants must bring a device, power cord, and earbuds/headphones with them to the strand. If a district-issued device is being used, be sure to log in to the device on the district network before attending. Device software and web browser need to be up to date.

• Acceptable devices include laptops, Chromebooks, Surface devices, iPads, and iPad Pros.
• Unacceptable devices include mini iPads, Kindle or Galaxy tablets, and smartphones.