What is Avid?
AVID, an acronym for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is an "untracking" program designed to help underachieving students with high academic potential prepare for entrance to colleges and universities. Its a school-wide college readiness program.
The purpose of the AVID program is to take students in the academic-middle (C's and B's) and prepare them for the rigor of college prep classes and college itself. Once AVID students are in high school, most are “A” and “B” students
*What are Cornell Notes? *How to take Cornell Notes? How to use Cornell Notes?
AVID, an acronym for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is an "untracking" program designed to help underachieving students with high academic potential prepare for entrance to colleges and universities. Its a school-wide college readiness program.
The purpose of the AVID program is to take students in the academic-middle (C's and B's) and prepare them for the rigor of college prep classes and college itself. Once AVID students are in high school, most are “A” and “B” students
*What are Cornell Notes? *How to take Cornell Notes? How to use Cornell Notes?
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Tier 1 highschool/College structured (8grd/up)
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Active Reading strategies for student comprehension
Active reading allows students to remain engaged in the text by using strategies such as read aloud/think aloud, clarifying, summarizing, highlighting and making predictions. By using these strategies, students will stay focused on what they are reading and increase their ability to comprehend the material.
Active reading allows students to remain engaged in the text by using strategies such as read aloud/think aloud, clarifying, summarizing, highlighting and making predictions. By using these strategies, students will stay focused on what they are reading and increase their ability to comprehend the material.
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Active Listening
Active listening involves the listener observing the speaker's behavior and body language. Having the ability to interpret a person's body language lets the listener develop a more accurate understanding of the speaker's message. Having heard, the listener may then paraphrase the speaker's words.
Examples of Active Listening Techniques
Active listening techniques include:
Examples of Active Listening TechniquesThere are plenty of active listening techniques that will improve the impression you can make at a job interview.
Active listening involves the listener observing the speaker's behavior and body language. Having the ability to interpret a person's body language lets the listener develop a more accurate understanding of the speaker's message. Having heard, the listener may then paraphrase the speaker's words.
Examples of Active Listening Techniques
Active listening techniques include:
- Building trust and establishing rapport
- Demonstrating concern
- Paraphrasing to show understanding
- Using nonverbal cues which show understanding such as nodding, eye contact, and leaning forward
- Brief verbal affirmations like “I see,” “I know,” “Sure,” “Thank you,” or “I understand”
- Asking open-ended questions
- Asking specific questions to seek clarification
- Waiting to disclose your opinion
- Disclosing similar experiences to show understanding
Examples of Active Listening TechniquesThere are plenty of active listening techniques that will improve the impression you can make at a job interview.
- Building trust and establishing rapport: “Tell me what I can do to help.” “I was really impressed to read on your website how you donate 5% of each sale to charity.”
- Demonstrating concern: “I'm eager to help; I know you're going through some tough challenges.” “I know how hard a corporate restructuring can be. How is staff morale at this point?”
- Paraphrasing: “So, you're saying that the uncertainty about who will be your new supervisor is creating stress for you.” “So, you think that we need to build up our social media marketing efforts.”
- Brief verbal affirmation: “I understand that you'd like more frequent feedback about your performance.” “Thank you. I appreciate your time in speaking to me.”
- Asking open-ended questions: “I can see that John's criticism was very upsetting to you. Which aspect of his critique was most disturbing?” “It’s clear that the current situation is intolerable for you. What changes would you like to see?”
- Asking specific questions: “How long do you expect your hiring process to last?” “What is your average rate of staff turnover?”
- Waiting to disclose your opinion: “Tell me more about your proposal to reorganize the department.” “Can you please provide some history for me regarding your relationship with your former business partner?”
- Disclosing similar situations: “I was also conflicted about returning to work after the birth of my son.” “I had the responsibility of terminating some of my personnel, due to downsizing, over the last two years. Even if it’s necessary, it never gets easier.”
Avid Binder
The AVID Binder is a system for keeping essential school materials and class assignments organized into one binder. A proper AVID Binder contains all the materials in the “Required Items” section of the AVID Binder Checklist (please see attached) in the order outlined in How to Organize Your AVID Binder.The AVID Binder is a system for keeping essential school materials and class assignments organized into one binder. A proper AVID Binder contains all the materials in the “Required Items” section of the AVID Binder Checklist (please see attached) in the order outlined in How to Organize Your AVID Binder.The AVID Binder is a system for keeping essential school materials and class assignments organized into one binder. A proper AVID Binder contains all the materials in the “Required Items” section of the AVID Binder Checklist (please see attached) in the order outlined in How to Organize Your AVID Binder.
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Utilize Homework Tracker for Assignments
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