AVID Site Team MeetingSeptember 24, 2012

Agenda:1)Introductions/Whip around2)Recap: AVID 1st Family Night3)AVID Essentials: Say, Do, Mean4)Looking Forward: Future PDs

Please Sit at a table labeled with an essential that you know a lot about

or want to know more about.

AVID Family Night #1AVID Family Night #1 95 Parent Sign-ins, plus 10-15 student

volunteers whose families also probably came

15+ staff members interacting and informing parents

Parents Signing Up to be volunteers

AVID CertificationAVID Certification: : It begins nowIt begins now

Digging Deeper: Initial Self Digging Deeper: Initial Self StudyStudy

Say: What does the

Essential Say about being Level 2 or 3?

Do:What do we need to do or collect to be considered level 2

or 3?

Mean: What does this mean for our current rating

and what are our strengths and weaknesses?

Digging Deeper: Initial Self Digging Deeper: Initial Self StudyStudy

Say: What does the

Essential Say about being Level 2 or 3?

Do:What do we need to do or collect to be considered level 2

or 3?

Mean: What does this mean for our current rating

and what are our strengths and weaknesses?

Example: Ess 2:-100% of AVID students are voluntary and sign contracts-ET and ST also volunteer and assume some leadership roles-Have long term plans to recruit and retain elective teachers and Site Team Members

Digging Deeper: Initial Self Digging Deeper: Initial Self StudyStudy

Say: What does the

Essential Say about being Level 2 or 3?

Do:What do we need to do or collect to be considered level 2

or 3?

Mean: What does this mean for our current rating

and what are our strengths and weaknesses?

Example: Ess 2:-100% of AVID students are voluntary and sign contracts-ET and ST also volunteer and assume some leadership roles-Have long term plans to recruit and retain elective teachers and Site Team Members

-give and collect student contracts-collect evidence showing teacher voluntary involvement and roles they play (sign-ins, involvement at meetings, ST Resp Chart, etc)-submit/create long term plans

Digging Deeper: Initial Self Digging Deeper: Initial Self StudyStudy

Say: What does the

Essential Say about being Level 2 or 3?

Do:What do we need to do or collect to be considered level 2

or 3?

Mean: What does this mean for our current rating

and what are our strengths and weaknesses?

Example: Ess 2:-100% of AVID students are voluntary and sign contracts-ET and ST also volunteer and assume some leadership roles-Have long term plans to recruit and retain elective teachers and Site Team Members

-give and collect student contracts-collect evidence showing teacher voluntary involvement and roles they play (sign-ins, involvement at meetings, ST Resp Chart, etc)-submit/create long term plans

2.1- Level 32.2- Level 32.3- Level 32.4- Level 22.5- Level 3Strengths-S go through application and interview to be a part of the program, sign contracts each year and help recruit others-AVID trainings of other teachers helps recruitment of more ET and ST, plan to sustain Site Team in STP- Weaknesses- need more documentation of leadership roles of all and long term recruitment plans

Please submit Please submit rankings and rankings and

narratives by Oct 10thnarratives by Oct 10th www.avid.org

Looking Forward: Oct Looking Forward: Oct 30th30th

PD Plan: Multiple Workshops that people self-select

They want at least 2 WICOR based workshops Cornell Focused Note-Taking-Avila Socratic Seminars/Philo Chairs-Gordillo and

Estoesta

Let’s do 2 Co-facilitators per and showcase a part of what we plan to do at the Next Site Team Meeting: October 29th

Volunteers???;)