2020 Implementation: Middle School

The AVID Elective Educator Implementation: Secondary digital badge represents the skills, behaviors, and mindsets learned in AVID's Implementation: Middle School strand. This strand is reserved for middle school educators serving as first-year AVID Elective classroom teachers and AVID coordinators who teach the AVID Elective class and may also coordinate the AVID College and Career Readiness System at their school site. Participants learn how to use WICOR® (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading) strategies and access AVID resources used to implement the AVID curriculum in the AVID Elective. These skills are essential for teachers to effectively advocate for AVID students and AVID Schoolwide in order to provide increased college-readiness opportunities for all students. This is the first in a series of three badges for the secondary implementation strands. Upon completion of this strand, participants will be able to: 1. Implement the AVID Elective class through WICOR® strategies by preparing students to think critically and succeed in rigorous coursework. 2. Utilize and apply the 10 Steps of the AVID Tutorial Process to prepare students to use higher-level inquiry and succeed in collaborative environments. 3. Create and maintain a college-going culture that builds relational capacity, and helps students develop agency and self-awareness, set goals, self-advocate, and engage in their learning. 4. Advance the AVID Elective and AVID Schoolwide to provide increased college readiness opportunities for all students.