AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
Senior Academy

AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

Check out the AVID With Me video below made by AVID students in Houston, Texas.
 

AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a college readiness system for elementary through postsecondary that is designed to increase schoolwide learning and performance. The AVID College Readiness System (ACRS) accelerates student learning, uses research based methods of effective instruction, provides meaningful and motivational professional learning, and acts as a catalyst for systemic reform and change.

Definitions for the AVID Schoolwide Domains:

• AVID Schoolwide Leadership: sets the vision and the tone that promotes college readiness and high expectations for all students in the school.
  
• AVID Schoolwide Systems: when systems are in place that support governance, curriculum & instruction, data collection & analysis, professional learning, and student & parent outreach to ensure college readiness.
  
• AVID Schoolwide Instruction: when the entire instructional staff utilizes AVID strategies, other best instructional practices, and 21st Century tools to ensure college readiness for all students.
  
• AVID Schoolwide Culture: when the AVID philosophy progressively shifts the system of beliefs and behaviors thus increasing all students meeting college readiness requirements.