WICOR Exploration

Organization is:

• Managing materials, time, and self
• Practicing methodical study habits
• Planning and prioritizing school, work, and social tasks
• Engaging in goal setting, planning, and reflecting
• Strategically and intentionally taking responsibility for one’s own learning

Students who organize:

• Self-direct, self-evaluate, self-monitor, and self-advocate to reach academic goals
• Develop and use tools to organize thinking, resources, and time
• Develop and use processes, procedures, and tools to study effectively
• Prepare for rigorous courses and engage fully in instruction

AVID supports organization through blended learning experiences including:

• Binders, eBinders, calendars, planners, and agendas
• The focused note-taking process
• Graphic organizers
• Project planning and SMART goal setting
• Tutorials, Collaborative Study Groups, and Scholar Groups

Inquiry is:

• Uncovering one’s understanding
• Critical thinking and questioning
• Exploring a variety of ways to solve problems
• Engaging in thinking, learning, and discussion to inspire innovation

Students who inquire:

• Analyze and synthesize materials or ideas
• Clarify their own thinking
• Probe others’ thinking
• Work through ambiguity
• Solve authentic problems

AVID supports inquiry through blended learning experiences including:

• Design thinking and problem-based learning
• Computational thinking
• Skilled questioning techniques
• Costa’s Levels of Thinking
• Socratic Seminars
• Tutorials, Collaborative Study Groups, and Scholar Groups

Collaboration is:

• Positive group interactions
• Teamwork with shared responsibility
• Sharing of ideas, information, and opinions

Students who collaborate:

• Create a safe and supportive physical and philosophical environment
• Work through identified structures and roles to achieve a common goal
• Develop positive interdependence
• Clearly communicate verbally and nonverbally
• Listen effectively to decipher meaning
• Deepen the learning of others through inquiry and active engagement

AVID supports collaboration through blended learning experiences including:

• Academic language and literacy scaffolds
• Socratic Seminars
• Philosophical Chairs
• Jigsaw, World Café, Reciprocal Teaching, and Numbered Heads
• Synchronous and asynchronous peer editing groups
• Tutorials, Collaborative Study Groups, and Scholar Groups

Writing is:

• A tool for communication, reflection, and learning
• Inquiry
• Visible organization of thought
• Communication with authentic audiences

Students who write:

• Engage frequently, in every content area and classroom
• Cite evidence to support their thinking
• Deepen their understanding of content
• Demonstrate command of academic vocabulary
• Communicate as a content expert
• Communicate their thinking competently and confidently

AVID supports writing through blended learning experiences including:

• Disciplinary literacy
• Academic language and literacy scaffolds
• Learning-through-writing strategies
• The focused note-taking process
• The writing process in every content area
• Collaboration
• Tutorials, Collaborative Study Groups, and Scholar Groups

Reading is:

• Making connections between texts, self, and the world
• Navigating and comprehending rigorous texts
• Evaluating information from a variety of formats
• Organizing and applying text-based learning

Students who read:

• Activate, engage, and extend beyond the text
• Make predictions and create visual images as they read
• Understand text structures
• Question the text and engage in deep inquiry
• Become content experts
• Evaluate sources for accuracy and bias

AVID supports reading through blended learning experiences including:

• Disciplinary literacy
• Academic language and literacy scaffolds
• Culturally relevant texts
• The critical reading process
• The focused note-taking process
• Vocabulary building
• Summarizing
• Tutorials, Collaborative Study Groups, and Scholar Groups