Leadership for Advancing

This strand is designed for secondary leaders (administrators and site coordinators who are not AVID Elective teachers) with at least one year of AVID leadership experience. In a combined middle school/high school section that promotes vertical articulation, leaders who are advancing their AVID Secondary system into its second year and leaders who are in their first year but have previous experience with AVID (as an AVID Elective teacher or AVID coordinator) will build upon the AVID Secondary 11 Essentials with the goal of moving AVID implementation forward, toward AVID Certification. Focusing on the Certification Self-Study (CSS) and the many important elements that must be supported in order to reach a given level of AVID Certification, strand participants will develop a deeper understanding of the AVID College Readiness System and of how instruction, systems, leadership, and culture each impact a site’s ability to achieve schoolwide impact.