AVID and WICOR
To close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.
What is AVID's mission?
The belief that students basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits.
What is a fixed mindset?
Boost rigor and critical thinking
What is the importance of using Costa's Level of Questioning?
Every Friday this is expected to demonstrate and verify student organization
What are binder checks?
It helps students stay organized.
What is AVID binder?
The 5 focus areas that WICOR stands for
What is Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading?
It is much better to praise this instead of praising a student's intelligence.
What is effort?
Costa's level of thinking is used in this WICOR focus area.
What is the framework for inquiry?
This group meets once a month to document S.H. Crowley's participation in AVID campus collaboration.
What is Campus Site Team?
Duct tape to the rescue is a great way to give this AVID resource extra life.
What is the best way to repair a binder?
2 Column notes is an example of this WICOR focus
What is Writing?
Growth mindset teaches students to focus on this 7 letter word which can also include steps to learning.
What is process of learning?
Input, Processing, Output
What are the Levels of Costa's Thinking?
Incorporating rigorous, relevant, differentiated opportunities for all students
What is the expectation of demonstrating WICOR strategies in instruction?
Pen, 3 sharpened pencils, eraser, highlighter, and Coyote Cash Baggie
What are the items in the AVID pencil bag?
Four Corners is an example of this WICOR focus
What is Collaboration?
Creating a classroom environment where students feel a sense of responsibility to the group to try their best, and thus will experience the positive feedback loop of effort and success, encourages this type of mindset.
What is growth mindset?
Open-ended questions to draw students into the content material and "kick start" student driven inquiry
What is Teacher Driven Inquiry?
Align AVID essentials (instruction, systems, leadership and culture) through accountability, articulation, assessment and calibration
What is the expectation to demonstrate the AVID system?
Class notes, handouts and tests/quizzes
What 3 pieces of evidence are we checking for behind the dividers?
The AVID binder and planner is an example of this WICOR focus.
What is Organization?
The power of believing you can improve describes this powerful growth mindset concept and is only a 3 letter word.
What is the Power of YET?
Learning how to ask thought provoking questions about content
What is student driven inquiry?
Attend training and collaborate as a team to form a plan
How do AVID leaders support, guide and facilitate implementation for all students?
These are 5 of the ten items found in an AVID binder
What is Pencil bag, Successful student, Planner, Homework folder, Discipline card, Binder survival sheet, HOWL, Contract for Success, Dividers, notebook paper?