Engage, Connect, and Learn at AVID DigitalXP™ – Without Leaving the House!

Don’t miss your chance to refresh and reconnect virtually with your AVID Family this summer at AVID DigitalXP. This best-in-class experience includes three consecutive days of learning, an inspirational General Session, a multitude of engaging Communities of Practice, Site Team time, and national networking opportunities.

Did you know that AVID DigitalXP is completely aligned with the content offered at our in-person Summer Institute experiences? This alignment—without the need to be on location—provides a convenient, affordable, and efficient way for you to train more educators as you gear up for a successful new year. Together, we will explore what’s possible—for you and for the students you serve—when you tap into your purpose and passion for doing this important work.

Still not sure what to expect from AVID Summer Professional Learning? AVID educators agree:

1. You’ll be inspired. There’s nothing quite like the energy and excitement of an AVID General Session! You’ll hear from AVID leaders and alumni with incredible stories of educator and student agency and will leave feeling recharged and motivated.

2. You’ll network with educators like you. When educators participate in AVID Summer Professional Learning, many describe the experience as “finding their people” or “coming home to family.” You’ll be surrounded by passionate, engaged educators and district leaders who want to bring out the best in their students and communities.

3. You’ll find resources for all students. Whether you are a preK–12 educator, district leader, site leader, counselor, or instructional coach, AVID provides solutions for any classroom context: in-person, blended, and virtual.

4. You’ll have fun! Of course, AVID events aren’t AVID events without the music, the dancing, the laughter, and the joy that our community brings to this work. Even online, AVID knows how to bring people together to celebrate and have a great time!

Don’t miss this virtual three-day professional learning opportunity—register now.

Prefer an in-person experience? Check out our Summer Institute locations to find one nearest you. Secure your spot now—sessions are filling quickly!

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Advance Students’ Learning This Summer With AVID

Support equal access to high-quality, fun summer learning for every student with AVID. Our summer programs keep students connected to learning and to one another by providing rigorous learning opportunities that build community and spark joy. Fitting squarely into allowable uses of ESSER funds, AVID Student Summer Programs provide the resources and support you need to help every student hit the ground running this fall.

AVID STEM Academy (open to all schools and districts) is available to students face-to-face or remotely in either a full-time 2-week summer school program, or a part time 4-week summer school experience. STEM Academy provides grab-and-go lessons for teachers of all experience levels to engage K–8 students in standards-aligned, age-appropriate learning through a 5E lesson approach.

The world depends on STEM, and there aren’t enough qualified individuals to take on the millions of STEM careers. Join AVID STEM Academy to embolden students to shape their future—and that of the world—through this multidisciplinary, interactive experience for students. Discover how teachers can accelerate learning this summer by engaging students in hands-on lessons that foster creativity, design thinking, relational capacity, and build problem-solving skills.

AVID Math and Science Summer Bridge project-based programs offer high-engagement math and science content designed to accelerate learning by enhancing students’ critical thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving skills through interactive and collaborative lessons and activities. Two math and two science programs are available for grades 7–10. This program is open to AVID member districts only.

AVID English Language Development Summer Bridge provides middle and high school English language learners with an opportunity to engage in interactive team-building activities that focus on developing a comfortable and connected scholarly community, while accelerating language acquisition and providing access to rigorous coursework. This program is open to AVID member districts only.

Watch your students build academic and social skills while they focus on what summer is all about—having fun—with AVID Student Summer Programs!

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Site Team Prep for New and Experienced Site Teams Attending Summer Institute

We are excited to see you at Summer Institute, and we’re providing a Site Team Prep Checklist and Agenda to help you plan ahead and get the most out of your Site Team experience this summer.

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Congratulations, 2022 Dell Scholars!

This spring, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation announced their 2022 cohort of Dell Scholars, which includes 210 AVID students! AVID students make up roughly 42% of the 2022 cohort and represent over 140 different schools in approximately 110 cities in 19 states. Dell Scholars receive $20,000 in scholarship funds and other valuable resources to support them in their postsecondary journey. Learn more about @dellscholars at dellscholars.org/scholarship.

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DISTRICT DIRECTORS  SITE LEADERS  SECONDARY

AVID Schoolwide Advisory Pilot

We are continuing to seek partners to sign up for our open pilot of AVID Schoolwide Advisory Resources. These resources will be available to all AVID Secondary partners starting August 1, and our Teaching and Learning team is recruiting educators who are interested in providing us with timely and honest feedback to inform the evolution of this new offering. If you sign up to provide feedback, you will receive advanced notifications and information as newly curated resources are posted throughout Fall 2022.

To join our interest list, please complete the AVID Schoolwide Advisory Open Pilot Interest List. We’ll then reach out with further details and next steps. We appreciate your partnership!

If you have further questions, contact Ben Solomon, Manager of Learning Programs, Products and Services, at bsolomon@avid.org.

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DISTRICT DIRECTORS  SITE LEADERS  SECONDARY

AVID Student Badges Are Now Available for Grades 9–11

AVID Elective students in grades 9–11 can now earn an AVID Student digital badge for building skills in key areas of the AVID College and Career Readiness Framework—the rigorous academic preparedness, student agency, and opportunity knowledge they achieve through their AVID class.

In the Framework Fridays section of the Weeks at a Glance, access lesson plans designed to help students define the ‘why’ behind digital badging and show evidence of their learning. Teachers will award badges to students in grades 9–11 through AVID Digital Badging (Tip Sheet). For the steps of this process, please view the informational video.

AVID seniors will continue to opt in and enter their personal email for AVID Graduate badge delivery when they submit their Senior Data—there is no change to this process. Information about the process for seniors can be viewed on Day 151 of the Weeks at a Glance.

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Instructional Spotlight – Celebrating Teachers

This week of May 2–6, we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week. We celebrate teachers because when we look at our own lives, we see the imprint of the teachers who cared enough to become part of our individual stories, and in doing so, helped us make the impossible possible. Teachers activate possibility for students and illuminate opportunities they never dreamed were possible. Teachers prepare students for futures that are difficult to imagine, and through that preparation they become part of their students’ stories. We celebrate teachers in May because choosing to teach offers the opportunity to become part of someone else’s story. And when that choice is multiplied by the number of students a teacher serves across the span of their career, the impact of one teacher is incredible.

What if the impact doesn’t stop there? At AVID, we believe the most powerful thing teachers can do is to recognize the impact of educators on a campus working together. We call this collective educator agency—when educators on a campus take intentional actions based on shared beliefs and trust that, together, they can increase opportunity and measurable success for all students and each other.

Why does this matter? During the best of times, teaching is challenging. It may feel incredibly lonely and overwhelming. Cultivating agency, developing opportunity knowledge, building students’ skills—that is a lot for one person to accomplish in 180 days. Embracing collective educator agency means recognizing that education can feel lonely, and that you are not alone. Collective educator agency is recognizing the teachers on your campus who are doing this work with you, developing instructional routines that work across grade levels and content areas, realizing the power of collaboration across a campus, and illuminating possibilities for one another.

This May, we invite you look to the right and look to the left at the teachers making a difference on your campus. And then look in the mirror. You are a teacher. The work you do matters. Thank you for the vital role you play in so many individual stories.

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