AVID+Plan


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AVID School Wide ** WICR ** ** Plan ** Purpose: To improve instruction using AVID strategies in every classroom. Goal: To improve student achievement in all tests by an average of 5-10% · Professional Development in August led by Amanda Bethel, Janice Whiting and Anne Rousseau on Costa’s Levels of Questioning, Cornell Note taking, Discussion strategies and Story Board usage · Professional Development in August led by Doris Wilkerson, Amanda Roberson, and Olga Pena on the tutorial process · Insure that each classroom has the WICR poster on the wall · provide each teacher with a binder with AVID strategies · AVID trainer of Trainers professional development for Janice Whiting and Ruby Corpuz for science and math strategies. This will allow them to train their departments on subject specific AVID strategies · Amanda Roberson and Amanda Bethel have received training in Social Studies and English and can train their respective departments
 * W ** School wide Cornell Notes – require that all subjects use Cornell Notes as the primary note taking and reflection strategy
 * I ** Tutorial / Costa’s Levels of Questioning – require all students to bring written and leveled questions into the tutoring process
 * C ** School wide participation in the AVID tutorial process and using discussion strategies (philosophical chairs etc.) in the classroom
 * R ** School wide use of the Story Board strategy for reading comprehension