Presenters:
 Lynn Jackson, Principal
 Melisa Browning, AVID Coordinator
 Jennifer Hardy, AVID Elective Teacher/Language Arts
 Lacee Estes, AVID Elective Teacher/Math
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What is AVID at Trexler Middle?
The AVID Elective:
A Team Approach
 AVID Elective Teachers at each grade level.
 Coordinator available to plan and work with teachers
and students as needed.
 Site Team takes on responsibilities.
 Students take ownership of their learning.
Building a Family… a team approach
 Field Trips
 Community Service
 Fundraising
 Parent Involvement
Transforming a School Staff
 Staff Buy – In
 Staff Development / School wide
 100% of staff trained each year locally.
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Cornell Notes
One Binder System
Costa’s
Learning Logs
Socratic Seminars
Philosophical Chairs
Transforming Students
 Binder Incentive Program
 Locker Magnet Focus
 Expectations of higher rigorous curriculum
 College theme has been infused in ALL classes in all areas
 Algebra – increased sections
 95% of AVID students take Algebra
Transforming the
School Environment
 Bulletin Boards
 College Pennants
 Street Signs throughout school
 Murals
 Teacher Door Signs / Staff College Shirts
 Grade Level / Class College Names
Transformation of School
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
 Enrichment Class Period
 What is the enrichment or A.A. period and how does it
support AVID school-wide?
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
Enrichment Schedule
 Monday- Reading /Writing
 Intramurals once a week
 Tues. - 6th Grade
 Wed. - 7th Grade
 Thurs.- 8th Grade
 Two days a week Character Education/AVID
 Friday- Math
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
•School-wide Team Building through Intramurals
Numbers represent team-building activities such as Dodge ball, Capture the
Flag, Kickball, Four Square, Table Tennis, other unique team fitness.
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
What’s in your AVID Tool
Box?
 Socratic Seminar Rules and
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Procedures
Philosophical Chairs
Costas Levels
Binder Checks
AVID Weekly samples
WICOR
Cornell Notes
Learning Logs
How to Guide for AVID!
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
 Enrichment Log and Accountability
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
 Data Folders
 Supports District and School level strategic planning
 Process to involve students in understanding and tracking their data, to set goals
 Perfect for Student-Led Conferences
 Items included but are not limited to: Report Cards, Progress Reports, Attendance Records,
EVAAS Reports, STAR Reading Reports, ACC Math Reports, ClassScape Reports, and student
goal setting sheets.
 Enrichment days are designated for teachers to aid students in understanding documents,
setting goals for improvement, and organizing data.
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
 Data Folders cont…
 Student Accountability
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
Transforming
the Culture
through
Enrichment
Curriculum
Transforming the Culture
through Enrichment Curriculum
 Benchmark and Formative Assessment
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
 Vocabulary (Self Awareness / Flocabulary / Songs)
Flocabulary.com
 Reading Lessons (CTM)
 Science (Interactive Notebook)
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
 Mrs. Hardy’s 5 Reading Strategies
(Get into CTM! : Critical Thinking Mode)
 # Paragraphs
 Read the ?’s first and highlight key words
 Scan the text from bottom to top for 10 key words or
phrases (dates, names, bold-face/italicized/unknown
words, or anything of importance)
 Read and mark the text
 Prove it!
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
 Science (Interactive
Notebooks)
What is it?
How does it fit in the
binder?
How do you use and
interactive notebook
without a notebook?
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
 Math and Language Arts Integrations (Fairy Tales)
 Math (Budget Unit)
 Social Studies (Trading Cards)
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
 Math and Language Arts Integrations (Fairy Tales)
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
Transforming the Classroom
through WICOR
Social
Studies:
Trading
Cards
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AVID at Trexler Middle School
Thanks …
 Contact Information
 Trexler Middle School
 (910) 324-4414
 Website info
 Evaluation Information