AVID Professional Learning

The Academic Language and Literacy Architects Community of Practice is designed to engage elementary through postsecondary educators in becoming language architects.

The AVID District Leadership 1 (ADL 1) Community of Practice is designed to engage new AVID District Directors who are beginning their learning journey.

The AVID Elective: Implementing the Foundations of Instruction Community of Practice is designed to engage middle and high school educators serving as new AVID Elective teachers and AVID Site Coordinators.

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.

The AVID Elementary PreK–2 Community of Practice is designed to engage primary educators new to AVID by exploring strategies and resources focused on pre-emergent and emergent learners.

The AVID Excel Elective: Implementing the Foundations of Instruction Community of Practice is designed to engage AVID Excel teachers, site administrators, and District Directors who are new to AVID Excel®.

This Career and Technical Education: Developing Employability Skills Community of Practice is designed to engage middle and high school level career and technical educators and program directors as they support their students in developing the skills necessary for current and future success.

The Creating Engaging and Rigorous Classrooms Community of Practice is designed to engage all elementary through postsecondary educators in cultivating a community of learners by preparing educators, counselors, and site leaders to scaffold student success with rigorous content.

The Cultivating Writing Schoolwide – Elementary Community of Practice is designed to engage and empower elementary educators of grades preK–6 with foundational knowledge and strategies to increase skills and confidence in writing as a powerful tool in a 21st century learning environment.

The Cultivating Writing Schoolwide – Secondary Community of Practice is designed to engage and empower secondary and postsecondary educators with knowledge and strategies to increase skills and confidence in writing as a powerful tool in a 21st century learning environment.

The Digital Teaching and Learning Community of Practice is designed to engage educators in experiencing and exploring digital strategies and resources appropriate for students in grades 3–12.

The Early College, CTE, and Postsecondary Community of Practice is designed to engage dual enrollment, Early College High School, P-TECH, Career and Technical Education (CTE), and postsecondary instructors and leaders in an experience built around the AVID College and Career Readiness Framework.

The English Language Arts Community of Practice is designed to engage ELA educators of grades 6–12.

The Fostering an Equitable and Engaging Culture in Classrooms Community of Practice is designed to address and meet the need for preK–12 and postsecondary educators, counselors, and site leaders to foster an equitable and engaging culture for learning.

The History/Social Science Community of Practice is designed to engage history, social science, and humanities educators (grades 6–12) in developing engaging, inquiry-based strategies that will increase students’ ability to think, read, and write like a historian.

The Computer Science for the Content Classroom in Collaboration With Amazon Future Engineer – Elementary Community of Practice is designed to engage non-computer-science educators of grades preK–6 across all content areas.

The Computer Science for the Content Classroom in Collaboration With Amazon Future Engineer – Secondary Community of Practice is designed to engage non-computer-science educators of grades 6-12 across all content areas.

The Instructional Coaches and Elective Educators Community of Practice is designed to engage instructional coaches and elective educators of grades 6–12 (for example, teachers of art, world languages, or music) in the use of AVID instructional practices.

The Math Community of Practice is designed to engage math educators of grades 6–12.

The Mathematics: Cultivating a Discourse-Rich Classroom – Elementary Community of Practice is designed to engage and meet the needs of preK–6 elementary educators, counselors, and site leaders to develop mathematicians through cultivating a discourse-rich mathematics learning environment.

The Mathematics: Cultivating a Discourse-Rich Classroom – Secondary Community of Practice is designed to engage the needs of secondary (grades 6–12) and postsecondary educators and site leaders to develop mathematicians through cultivating a discourse-rich mathematics learning environment.

The One-Day District Leadership (ODDL) Community of Practice is designed to engage district-based leadership embarking on their AVID journey or enhancing their AVID College and Career Readiness System (ACRS) for all students districtwide.

The School Counselors Community of Practice is designed to engage all school counselors using a variety of digital tools to differentiate learning for those who are both new and experienced with AVID.

The Science Community of Practice is designed to engage science educators (grades 6–12) in the use of AVID instructional practices.

The Site Leaders – New Community of Practice is designed to engage members of elementary and secondary site-based leadership.

The Strategic Leadership for College and Career Readiness Community of Practice is designed to engage teams of three or more members of district- and school-based leadership in creating a strong infrastructure to lead change to support educational equity for all students.

Strategic Leadership 2: Culture emphasizes that a culture grounded in relational capacity, collective educator agency, and meeting the needs of each student is foundational for preparing all students to be college- and career-ready and that culture is instrumental in establishing aligned and interdependent systems, ensuring mission- and vision-driven leadership, and fostering a rigorous instructional framework so that all students are on the path to college and career readiness.

Strategic Leadership 2: Instruction reinforces the connection between the Domains of Leadership, Systems, and Culture to move schools forward in the Domain of Instruction.

Strategic Leadership 2: Leadership focuses on the AVID College and Career Readiness Framework through the lens of leadership. The course looks intentionally at vision-, mission-, and purpose-driven leadership and its alignment to policy, practices, and behaviors.

Strategic Leadership 2: Systems focuses on strengthening schoolwide systems thinking, utilizing the Plan-Do-Study-Act framework for continuous improvement, and developing data analysis and accountability measures to support system-wide capacity building.

The Building Academic Preparedness for College Credit Courses Community of Practice is designed to engage Dual Enrollment, Early College High School, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and postsecondary educators, in developing best-practice instruction, systems, and partnerships to support all students in their transition to post-secondary pathways.

The Implementing Computer Science in All Classrooms — Secondary Community of Practice in Collaboration With Amazon Future Engineer, is designed as an introduction to engage 6–12 educators who are unfamiliar with computer science. The focus of computational thinking and problem-solving will bring awareness that the thinking processes of computer science are applicable to secondary-aged students in all subject areas.

The Transforming Literacy Through Content-Area Reading Community of Practice is designed to engage elementary through postsecondary educators in realizing what happens when we leverage reading in all content areas to eliminate literacy gaps.

The Transforming Literacy Through Content-Area Reading Community of Practice is designed to engage elementary educators in realizing what happens when we leverage reading in all content areas to eliminate literacy gaps.

The AVID District Leadership 4 (ADL 4) Community of Practice is designed to engage those who are designated as the District Director on the district’s AVID contract. 

The AVID Elective: Tutorials and Refining Implementation Community of Practice is designed to engage middle and high school AVID Elective teachers and/or AVID Site Coordinators who previously attended professional learning for implementation of the AVID Elective.

The AVID Excel Elective: Scholar Groups and Refining Implementation Community of Practice is a Year 2 CoP designed to engage AVID Excel® teachers, site administrators, and District Directors.

The Site Leaders – Experienced Community of Practice is designed to engage site-based leadership with prior AVID leadership training as well as experience leading AVID implementation and/or refinement at their sites.

The AVID Elective: Advancing Agency for Teachers and Students Community of Practice is designed for middle and high school educators serving as experienced AVID Elective teachers and AVID Site Coordinators. This Community of Practice will support teachers in leveling up their practice by activating teacher agency, providing opportunities for increasing student agency, and deepening awareness of refinements in resources through the Weeks at a Glance. All strategies, digital activities, and digital tools introduced in this Community of Practice can be leveraged in face-to-face, blended, or virtual learning environments.

The AVID Excel Elective: Advancing Learning and Language Routines Community of Practice is designed to engage AVID Excel® teachers, site administrators, and District Directors who previously attended AVID Excel professional learning.