Elementary 3–6

The AVID Elementary 3–6 Community of Practice is designed to engage educators new to AVID in exploring strategies and resources focused on diverse learners. This Community of Practice will support elementary teachers of grades 3–6 in blending Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading (WICOR®) with digital strategies to prepare students with the skills they need to become independent learners and to be ready for college and careers. Educators will gain an understanding of their role in an AVID Schoolwide system that provides differentiated instruction to build a culture of student success. 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: - Foster a growth mindset and understand AVID norms and community expectations in order to participate fully in the experience. - Organize their learning through the use of an Interactive Notebook and develop an awareness of how this organizational tool and an AVID eBinder can be utilized by students and staff schoolwide. - Apply WICOR strategies schoolwide to provide quality differentiated instruction for emergent to independent learners in order to scaffold student success with rigorous content. - Provide differentiated instruction for all students in order to create an environment that promotes a culture of student agency, rigorous academic preparedness, and opportunity knowledge to build college and career readiness. - Utilize their learning to implement and advance AVID Elementary, as measured by the Elementary Coaching and Certification Instrument (Elementary CCI), in order to provide increased college readiness opportunities for all students