New or existing teams launching or deepening AVID implementation
AVID Site Team Time
Site Team time at AVID Summer Institute™ 2026 will be differentiated into three categories. During the afternoon on Days 1 and 2, partners will be grouped as follows to engage in learning that supports their role.
- New sites and new districts — Foundations of Site Teams: New sites and new districts will engage in a facilitated experience to set the foundation for the work of the Site Team and begin the goal-setting process.
- Experienced sites and districts — Site Team Planning: Experienced sites will engage in self-guided work based on whether they are restarting their Site Team or have an established Site Team. We encourage site administrators and AVID Site Coordinators to facilitate this learning for their site.
- Individual participants — Reflection and Networking: Individuals not attending with a Site Team will engage in a facilitated experience that includes reflection and networking to focus on applying their Community of Practice learning in their role.
Reach out to your Implementation Strategist if you have any questions about this afternoon pathway.
Site Team Updates
What’s New
As you prepare for summer learning, now is the time to ensure you are ready to guide planning. Principals, AVID Site Coordinators, and other designated leaders should review their current goals, reflect on progress, and begin thinking through how they will facilitate Site Team Planning or support Foundations of Site Teams. The Site Team Summer Institute Checklist is a helpful tool with which to confirm your team’s readiness and identify any remaining steps before materials are released in May. Use the checklist to stay organized and ensure your team is prepared for a focused and productive summer learning experience.
Who Should Attend SI
Principals & Site Coordinators, Are You Ready to Lead?
We are offering an opportunity for site and district leaders to attend a Leading Site Teams session before AVID Summer Institute to prepare them to lead their team. Virtual offerings begin in May, and there is a Day 0 pre-session at every AVID Summer Institute. See Leading Site Teams for more information.
Action Items for AVID Summer Institute 2026
- Confirm who will lead Site Team work this summer and ensure those leaders understand their facilitation role—whether leading self‑guided planning or supporting new sites in a facilitated experience.
- Review current goals and progress with your Site Team to identify strengths, gaps, and priorities that will shape summer planning.
- Prepare leaders for facilitation by encouraging them to explore the Leading Site Teams webpage and identify which session(s) they will attend.
- Use the Site Team Summer Institute Checklist to confirm readiness and identify any remaining steps before materials are released in May.
- Ensure your SI roster reflects the right people, including AVID Site Coordinators, principals, and teachers who will support implementation next year.
- Identify who will lead Site Team work this summer and review certification and implementation data to inform planning.
- Consider whom you are registering for summer professional learning. What Communities of Practice will they attend?
- Have all key roles completed their professional learning journeys? This includes AVID Elective/Excel Elective teachers, principals, and AVID Site Coordinators.
- Which content teachers need to be AVID-trained to ensure AVID Elective/Excel Elective students are placed in their classrooms? (Secondary)
- Which grade-level teachers need to be AVID-trained so that entire grade levels are trained in AVID? Which teachers need to be AVID-trained to expand to additional grade levels? (Elementary)
- Make plans to attend a Leading Site Teams session—virtually (registration required) or at AVID Summer Institute.
AVID Site Teams Overview
What is the AVID Site Team?
The AVID Site Team works to close opportunity gaps and promote college and career readiness for all students by implementing and sustaining AVID throughout their school. The Site Team provides a balanced representation of school leadership and teachers who collaborate to provide access to rigorous content by embedding AVID strategies in classroom instruction, sharing responsibility for student outcomes.
Who is on the Site Team?
The AVID Site Team is led by the principal and AVID Site Coordinator, who provide the strategic vision for AVID at the site and ensure alignment with schoolwide goals. This distributed leadership is essential for a thriving and impactful AVID Site Team.
On secondary campuses, the AVID Site Team consists of the principal, a counselor, the AVID Site Coordinator, the AVID Elective/Excel Elective teacher(s), and at least four core content teachers from different subject areas. Their primary purpose is to support students in the AVID Elective/Excel Elective, ensuring they engage in rigorous learning. AVID students are scheduled in courses with AVID-trained teachers who incorporate AVID strategies into daily instruction.
On elementary campuses, the AVID Site Team consists of the principal, AVID Site Coordinator, and at least one AVID-trained teacher from AVID-implementing grade level(s). They ensure students experience daily rigor through AVID strategies and provide calibrated and articulated instructional practices within and across grade levels.
What is the work of the Site Team?
AVID Site Teams drive schoolwide change by establishing effective teaching practices and collaboration around AVID strategies, using data from the AVID implementation tools and Site and Senior Data forms. They promote rigorous content and instruction through the AVID College and Career Readiness Framework, fostering a college-going and career-ready culture for all students. Site Teams guide AVID implementation on their campuses through the four AVID Schoolwide Domains—Instruction, Systems, Leadership, and Culture—fostering collective educator agency.
Resources
Get ready for Summer Institute 2026 by exploring the following resources:
