General Description
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is an elective program that helps students to achieve the necessary requirements and skills to be eligible for university acceptance. The program has two major components: tutorials and AVID curriculum. Tutorials occur 2 times per week. Tutorials are small study groups that are facilitated by college students who will assist students with their studies. Each AVID student is to come prepared for the tutorial with a complete tutorial request form from their core or college classes. Field trips may be scheduled to visit local colleges and universities, providing students with the opportunity to visit the institutions firsthand.
AVID students are expected to be motivated and determined to achieve university acceptance at the end of their high school career. It will be necessary for AVID students to manage their time so that school and studies become a top priority. This means that they will need to be responsible for making wise and sometimes difficult choices.
Some of the many topics covered in the AVID program may include:
• Research Skills • Research Papers • Public Speaking (including how-to speeches, informational speeches, and persuasive speeches) • Cornell Notes • Philosophical Chairs • Socratic Seminars • Scholarship & Financial Aid Research • Goal Setting • Mission Statements • Self Discovery & Reflection • Character Development • Tips for Success • Binder Checks • Interpersonal Relationships • Organizational Skills & Projects • Time Management • Money Management (including how to balance a check book and using credit cards responsibly) • College Readiness Skills • Tutorials • College Exploration • Career Exploration • The Process of Getting a Job (including resumes, preparing for interviews, mock interviews, filling out job applications, and thank you letters) • Study Skills • Guidance Lessons • Starting Your Own Business • Community Service Projects
AVID students are expected to be motivated and determined to achieve university acceptance at the end of their high school career. It will be necessary for AVID students to manage their time so that school and studies become a top priority. This means that they will need to be responsible for making wise and sometimes difficult choices.
Some of the many topics covered in the AVID program may include:
• Research Skills • Research Papers • Public Speaking (including how-to speeches, informational speeches, and persuasive speeches) • Cornell Notes • Philosophical Chairs • Socratic Seminars • Scholarship & Financial Aid Research • Goal Setting • Mission Statements • Self Discovery & Reflection • Character Development • Tips for Success • Binder Checks • Interpersonal Relationships • Organizational Skills & Projects • Time Management • Money Management (including how to balance a check book and using credit cards responsibly) • College Readiness Skills • Tutorials • College Exploration • Career Exploration • The Process of Getting a Job (including resumes, preparing for interviews, mock interviews, filling out job applications, and thank you letters) • Study Skills • Guidance Lessons • Starting Your Own Business • Community Service Projects
Recommended Materials
The following materials are recommended in class every day. A lack of materials wastes valuable class time and interferes with success.
• 2 ½ or 3 inch 3-ring view binder
• 1 inch 3-ring view binder (for your portfolio)
• Color dividers (a minimum of 1 divider per class)
• At least 14 sheet protectors (3 for your AVID Binder and 11 for your portfolio)
• 2 black ink pens
• 2 #2 pencils
• Zipper pouch to store supplies
• 2 different colored highlighters
• 1 pack of filler paper (college ruled)
• A planner/organizer
• 1 USB flash drive
• 1 scientific calculator (with sin, cos, tan, and probability functions)
• 2 ½ or 3 inch 3-ring view binder
• 1 inch 3-ring view binder (for your portfolio)
• Color dividers (a minimum of 1 divider per class)
• At least 14 sheet protectors (3 for your AVID Binder and 11 for your portfolio)
• 2 black ink pens
• 2 #2 pencils
• Zipper pouch to store supplies
• 2 different colored highlighters
• 1 pack of filler paper (college ruled)
• A planner/organizer
• 1 USB flash drive
• 1 scientific calculator (with sin, cos, tan, and probability functions)
Expectations
Students are expected to demonstrate maturity, responsibility, and respect for others. The work that they submit must be their own. Gum chewing, eating & drinking, personal grooming, and wearing dress-codable clothing in class are not allowed. Repeated offenses will be regarded as defiance and students are subject to referral to administration for appropriate disciplinary action.
Attendance & Late Work
You are responsible for all material presented in class. You will be given 1 day for each day absent to submit missed assignments.
Late work will not be accepted. All assignments are due at the beginning of the class period. It is your responsibility to print essays or have assignments ready before the class period begins. If you have a serious extenuating circumstance, speak with me as soon as possible. Waiting until the class period when something is due is not acceptable.
Late work will not be accepted. All assignments are due at the beginning of the class period. It is your responsibility to print essays or have assignments ready before the class period begins. If you have a serious extenuating circumstance, speak with me as soon as possible. Waiting until the class period when something is due is not acceptable.
Class work, Homework and Projects
Class work and homework assignments are designed to help students to develop personally and academically and to ultimately prepare them for college and a career. There will be numerous individual and group projects each semester.
Portfolio
Students will collect specified documents to be placed in a portfolio. Portfolios will be assessed at least once per semester.