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The
Eleven Required AVID Essentials
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AVID student selection must focus on
students in the middle, with academic potential, who would benefit
from AVID support to improve their academic record and begin college
preparation.
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AVID program participants, both
students and staff, must choose to participate in the AVID program.
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The school must be committed to full
implementation of the AVID Program, with students enrolled in the
AVID year-long elective class(es) available within the regular
academic school day.
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AVID students must be enrolled in a
rigorous course of study that will enable them to meet requirements
for university enrollment. (Please note the criteria that are
specific to high school and the criteria that are specific to junior
high/middle school.)
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A strong, relevant writing and
reading curriculum provide a basis for instruction in the AVID
classroom. Inquiry is used as a basis for instruction in the AVID
classroom to promote critical thinking.
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Collaboration is used as a basis for
instruction in the AVID classroom.
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A sufficient number of tutors must be
available in AVID elective class(es) to facilitate student access to
rigorous curriculum. Tutors should be students from colleges and
universities and they must be trained to implement the methodologies
used in AVID.
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AVID program implementation and
student progress must be monitored through AVID Center Data System,
and results must be analyzed to ensure success.
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The school or district has identified
resources for program costs, has agreed to implement all AVID
Implementation Essentials and to participate in AVID Certification.
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It has committed to ongoing
participation in AVID staff development.
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An active interdisciplinary AVID site
team collaborates on issues of student access to and success in
rigorous college preparatory courses.
The AVID Student Profile
Students with Academic Potential:
- Average to high test scores
- 2.0-3.5 GPA
- College Potential with support
- Desire and determination
Meets One or More of the Following
Criteria:
- First to attend college
- Historically least served in 4
year college
- Low income
- Special circumstances
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 Highest
Frequency Standards
Reading
1c. Locate and paraphrase the key/main ideas and supporting details in
fiction and poetry
1g. Identify the meaning of unfamiliar words in context using word
recognition skills and context clues
4a. Determine author's purpose
4d. Make predictions and draw conclusions from text in various genre
5a. Use organizational features of text
5c. Summarize and organize info about a topic in a variety of ways (graphic
organizers, etc.) from various sources
6a. Read and respond to a variety of literature
6b. Identify characters, setting, problem/conflict, plot,
resolution, theme, sequence
Writing
2a. Write in a variety of modes - narrative and descriptive
2b. Organize writing using a logical arrangement of ideas
2g. Develop ideas and content with relevant details,
examples, and/or reasons
3a. Identify subject, verb, pronouns, and adjectives.
3c. Write in complete sentences.
3d. Use conventions correctly (end-marks and apostrophes in
contractions and singular possessives).
3e. Identify and use conventional spelling.
 High
Frequency Standards
Reading
1d. Infer using a variety of texts and genre
4b. Use reading to solve a variety of problems and answer questions
4c. Differentiate fact from opinion in a variety of texts
5e. Locate other's ideas, image, or information in a
bibliography
5f. Locate meanings and pronunciations of unfamiliar words
6c. Use knowledge of literary techniques and terminology
(dialogue, scene, flashback, figurative language)
Writing
2c. Use language which supports and enriches the idea.
2d. Plan, draft, revise, and edit for a final copy.
2e. Use transitions to link ideas.
2f. Use a variety of sentence structures.
3b. Use subject/verb agreement, nouns, verbs, pronouns,
adjectives, adverbs, homonyms, and homophones.
 Other
Standards & E-skills
1a. Compare/contrast different texts with similar themes and ideas
1b. Summarize and synthesize fiction and poetry
1e. Identify sequential order in fiction and poetry
1f. Locate and recall information in text with different
structures
4e. Explain the text's main point and use relevant details
5b. Use organizational features of electronic information
5d. Select info to support ideas and justify
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