AVID Certified Educator
Join our esteemed network of educators dedicated to fostering college and career readiness for all students.
Join Us in 2025 for an Unforgettable Journey!
The inaugural 2024 AVID Certified Educator cohort is in full swing, and we're thrilled you're interested in joining us in 2025!
Becoming an AVID Certified Educator means demonstrating dedication to continuous reflective practice centered on the AVID Foundations of Instruction. This cohort experience will leverage collective educator agency to collaboratively build and routinize philosophies, approaches, and practices that result in college and career readiness for students. As an AVID Certified Educator, you will demonstrate the design of high-impact learning environments that effectively prepare students for their future academic and career paths.
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Program Description
Participants will engage in deep learning around the AVID Foundations of Instruction and create plans to apply and demonstrate their knowledge by designing holistic classroom experiences that focus on essential skills for college and career readiness.
The cohort will meet virtually four times throughout the 2025–2026 school year, fostering a collaborative environment for reflection on application, refinement of plans, and mutual support. The experience will culminate with a capstone demonstration and celebration.
What Are the AVID Foundations of Instruction?
The AVID Foundations of Instruction are a guide to what educators do in the Instruction Domain to accelerate learning and deliver on the promise of the AVID College and Career Readiness Framework. The AVID Foundations of Instruction are a set of practices that guide the design and delivery of instruction so lessons engage by design, model rigor, accelerate learning, and develop agency. When educators implement the Foundations of Instruction, they create a high-impact learning environment where all learners develop skillsets and strategies to successfully access and engage challenging content while building the confidence to apply mindsets and behaviors that support their success in the classroom and beyond.
Educators will become highly skilled in developing:
- Positive Relationships
- Appropriate Environments
- Diagnostic Teaching
- Clear Learning Objectives
- Strategic Lesson Design
Benefits
As an AVID Certified Educator, you'll receive a certificate and badge and join a vibrant educator community to interact with like-minded professionals, exchange innovative teaching practices, and collectively contribute to student success. This certification is more than a professional accomplishment—it's a testament to your dedication to college and career readiness for all students.
Eligibility
To apply for the AVID Certified Educator program, you must:
- Be a current K–12 classroom teacher.
- Have attended at least one Community of Practice since 2020 (AVID Path to Schoolwide®, AVID ElevateXP®, AVID Summer Institute, AVID Ignite™, or AVID DigitalXP™).
- Be available to attend a virtual or in-person cohort.
- Be available to attend four virtual synchronous sessions.
- Be prepared to spend time between sessions applying your learning, reflecting on your practice, and collecting artifacts that demonstrate growth and mastery in the AVID Foundations of Instruction.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Possesses a foundational understanding of AVID methodologies and seeks to enhance their implementation through intentional design.
- Holds the conviction that every student will succeed and is committed to supporting this success.
- Believes in the necessity of ongoing reflection, refinement, and collaboration to enhance their professional practice.
The first AVID Certified Educator Cohort Is Currently in Progress
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beginning in summer 2025!
If you have any questions, please contact avidcertifiededucator@avid.org.