District Leadership 1

The AVID District Leadership 1 (ADL 1) Community of Practice is designed to engage new AVID District Directors who are beginning their learning journey. This first training will focus on understanding the roles and responsibilities of the District Director as well as understanding AVID’s mission, certification process, and data collection. District Directors will explore coaching for AVID implementation; Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading (WICOR®) strategies; and AVID research-based resources. This learning experience prepares District Directors by blending WICOR with digital strategies to support sites in preparing students with the skills they need to be college- and career-ready. Participants will engage in both synchronous and semi-synchronous learning. All strategies, digital activities, and digital tools experienced can be leveraged in face-to-face or virtual learning environments. Following this 14-hour professional learning experience, participants will be able to: - Understand district initiatives and goals and how your AVID College and Career Readiness System and AVID’s District Goal Support model can support both. (Systems) - Understand how the AVID District Director’s role is key in leading and facilitating the district’s intentional implementation of AVID to provide opportunities for all students to be college- and career-ready. (Systems, Leadership, Culture) - Make initial connections between AVID, the AVID College and Career Readiness Framework, and the four AVID Schoolwide Domains for Secondary and Elementary. (Systems, Leadership, Culture) - Understand WICOR as an instructional framework, how it supports students’ access to rigorous learning, and how to coach for use of WICOR schoolwide. (Instruction) - Understand the AVID certification instruments, data forms, processes, and protocols, and how they are connected to implementation and sustainability. (Systems) - Explore AVID digital curriculum and resources to support the AVID Elective and K–12 schoolwide implementation. (Instruction, Systems) - Explore resources for professional learning to deepen AVID implementation and its impact on district systems, sites, leaders, educators, and students. (Instruction, Systems)