Ultimately, AVID impacts instruction in the following ways:

• Supports Common Core and other state standards
• Develops students as readers and writers
• Teaches specific strategies for critical and higher-level thinking
• Utilizes WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading) as a foundation for learning
• Employs Socratic methodologies
• Cultivates time management and goal setting behaviors

AVID Objectives:

1. Teaches skills and behaviors for academic success
2. Provides supports with tutorials and strong student/teacher relationships
3. Creates a positive peer group for students
4. Develops a sense of hope for personal achievement gained through hard work and determination