Engage and Empower Multilingual Learners
AVID Excel®
AVID Excel at a Glance
6th–8th Grade,
One Period Elective
Long-Term English
Language Learners
Proficiency for
High School, College, and Career
Accelerating Language Acquisition and Academic Literacy
AVID Excel changes the trajectory of experienced multilingual scholars by accelerating language acquisition, developing literacy, and placing them on the path to high school AVID and college preparatory coursework.
Keys to AVID Excel Success:
Professional Learning
Ongoing training and coaching for AVID Excel teachers, AVID District Directors, and site administrators on lesson development, diagnostic teaching, and evaluating student progress.
Family Connections
AVID Excel strengthens partnerships between schools and families to promote literacy outside of school and deepen families’ understanding of student success in college and career.
Biliteracy
AVID Excel districts work to ensure their heritage language courses support full biliteracy, increase academic rigor, and provide a path to Advanced Placement® language classes for experienced multilingual students.
AVID Excel Elective
The elective provides explicit instruction in English language development and academic language through reading, writing, oral language, academic vocabulary, and college readiness skills.
By choosing AVID Excel, educators can help their scholars:
Accelerate
Language Acquisition
Develop
Literacy
Prepare for High School,
College, and Career
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Transforming the Path to Success for
Long-Term English Language Learners
Key outcomes for AVID Excel students:
- Rigorous Learning Commitment: Developing strong connections to literacy and education through a rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum.
- Active Engagement Focus: Disrupting non-participation cycles, fostering active involvement in learning, and promoting student agency.
- Community Building: Implementing strategies to cultivate a supportive and collaborative learning community to prepare students for high school and college environments.
- Oral Language Development: Enhancing language production through high-level texts and active language engagement strategies to promote rigorous academic discourse.
- Goal-Oriented Mentoring: Assisting students in setting clear goals, understanding academic English contexts, and identifying pathways to achieve their dreams while fostering student agency skills.
Inspiring, impactful benefits for educators:
- Engagement by Design: Enhance teaching practices for long-term English language learners by integrating WICOR® strategies, scaffolds, and instructional routines to support language acceleration and student success within and beyond the classroom.
- Model Rigor: Promote inquiry and collaboration, enabling multilingual scholars to engage in challenging content while fostering a culture of exploration and discovery.
- Connect Families to Learning: Promote family connections and student agency, fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment that prepares students and families for high school and college success.
- Develop Student Agency: Through intentional reflection on the learning process and embedded biliteracy support, multilingual scholars are empowered as language architects to take ownership of their learning and confidently communicate with their own unique voice and vision.
Bring AVID Excel to Your School!
Next Steps:
- Ready to make an impact?
Connect with your district to identify schools where AVID Excel can help the most. - Existing AVID member?
Initiate a discussion of integrating AVID Excel into your annual contract by contacting your AVID program manager. - Using AVID Excel already?
Enroll in AVID Excel training by choosing from our summer professional learning opportunities. - Not an AVID member?
Not a problem! Click here to connect with your Partner Engagement Manager and discover more about AVID.