AVID

Instruction / Systems Thinker

UC Santa Barbara College Field Trip (close to 120 students attended).

AVID

As a Teacher I was volun-told to teach AVID and boy am I thankful! The power of AVID to change students’ lives captured my heart and reinvigorated me as a Teacher. As a new AVID Teacher, the Coordinator had to step-down; of course I couldn’t let the program die. I stepped up to carry on her work, recruited an AVID Site Team and together, our team built a wildly-successful program in two and a half years..

I have become and will remain a champion for AVID Programs. AVID changes lives.

Highlights

Together we:

  • Built the program from two sections on the master schedule to six and recruited amazing Teachers to teach the electives.
  • Hired a full staff of college tutors.
  • Organized multiple college field trips each year
  • Launched an email newsletter using Mailchimp
  • Launched the Inspire Guest Speaker Series: 1st Friday Each Month
  • Hosted quarterly family engagement events 
  • Began a new tradition, the AVID Pinning Ceremony