See AVID in Action
Join us at a free AVID Showcase!
AVID Showcases provide an in-person opportunity for educators to see an AVID implementation, share best practices, and learn more about AVID hands-on.
The Showcase experience includes classroom observations and a chance to speak with experienced AVID teachers, administrators, and students.
Participants will…
- See and learn about the key components of an AVID implementation
- Hear about AVID as a schoolwide catalyst for improvement
- Discuss implementing AVID with school administrators and teachers
- Observe AVID strategies in AVID classrooms across grade levels: K-12, elementary, and middle school.
- See how WICOR strategies impact instruction across content areas at the middle- and high-school levels.
- Discover how the AVID Elective is pivotal in closing the opportunity gap.
- Gain insight from a Q & A session with AVID educators and a student panel immediately following the Showcase.
Upcoming Showcases
Monday
November 4, 2024
8:00 am–12:00 pm Mountain Time Zone
Kyrene Aprende Middle School
777 N. Desert Breeze Blvd. East #2, Chandler, AZ 85226 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Using AVID and AVID teacher leaders as the system driver, visitors will observe a traditional model and a teaming model (governed by Teacher Powered Schools®), which allows for increased student, educator, and family autonomy and choice.
Tuesday
November 5, 2024
8:15 am–11:30 am Pacific Time Zone
El Camino Real Elementary
911 El Camino Real, Arvin, CA 93203 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- WICOR Schoolwide
Tuesday
November 5, 2024
8:30 am–11:30 am Central Time Zone
Ridge Point High School
500 Waters Lake Blvd., Missouri City, TX 77459 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- WICORized Instruction that provides quality, rigorous Tier 1 instruction for all students.
Wednesday
November 6, 2024
8:30 am–10:30 am Pacific Time Zone
Lydia Jackson College Prep Academy
8015 S Painter Ave., Whittier, CA 90602 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Ensuring student success by incorporating WICOR® strategies throughout content areas and supporting increased rigor through vertical and horizontal articulation
Wednesday
November 6, 2024
8:30 am–12:00 pm Eastern Time Zone
Toquam Magnet Elementary School
123 Ridgewood Avenue, Stamford, CT 06907 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- See AVID Elementary Schoolwide Implementation in action. Toquam Magnet School scholars will engage in WICOR strategies across content areas to ensure college and career readiness for all.
Thursday
November 7, 2024
8:00 am–11:30 am Pacific Time Zone
Grants Pass High School
830 NE 9th Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- This AVID Showcase will spotlight the transformative power of student collaboration when embedded within a structured learning environment. The event will highlight how these structures have empowered students to take ownership of their learning and deepen critical thinking, thereby fostering increased agency and rigor.
Tuesday
November 12, 2024
9:00 am–11:45 am Central Time Zone
Raul Yzaguirre Middle School
605 E. FM 495, San Juan, TX 78589 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- AVID Excel Class and WICOR strategies schoolwide
Wednesday
November 13, 2024
8:30 am–11:30 am Central Time Zone
Heritage Middle School
5300 Heritage Avenue, Colleyville, TX 76034 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Leveraging the AVID system to build future leaders through student agency, rigorous academic preparedness, and opportunity knowledge.
Thursday
November 14, 2024
9:00 am–11:30 am Pacific Time Zone
Tremont Elementary School
355 Pheasant Run Dr., Dixon, CA 95620 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Activating leadership to develop a culture of growth mindset for educators to impact systems to support improvements in instruction schoolwide.
Thursday
November 14, 2024
8:00 am–11:30 am Eastern Time Zone
Roxboro Middle School
2400 Roxboro Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Roxboro Middle School is working to bring the college and career readiness framework to life for grades 6th thru 8th. By insisting on rigor through use of targeted, scaffolded, intentional WICOR strategies, Roxboro staff is breaking down barriers and students are building agency as they grow the skills necessary to be both college and career ready.
Friday
November 15, 2024
9:00 am–12:00 pm Mountain (Arizona) Time Zone
Madge Utterback Middle School
3233 S Pinal Vista, Tucson, AZ 85713 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- This showcase focuses on leveraging purposeful professional development through interactive notebooks, Costa’s Levels of Thinking and Questioning, and collaborative structures to enhance teaching practices and ultimately benefit student learning outcomes.
Tuesday
November 19, 2024
8:30 am–11:30 am Mountain (Arizona) Time Zone
Western School of Science and Technology
6515 W Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85033 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Collaborative Study Groups/Tutorials/Socratic Seminar/Focused Note Taking
Tuesday
November 19, 2024
8:00 am–1:00 pm Eastern Time Zone
Chatham Central High School
14950 NC Highway 902, Bear Creek, NC 27207 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- WICOR Strategies Emphasizing Reading and Writing in All Content Areas
Thursday
November 21, 2024
1:15 pm–4:15 pm Pacific Time Zone
Stephens Middle School
4962 Hayesville Drive NE, Salem, OR 97305 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- (Re)Implementing the Focused Note-Taking Process, with an emphasis on Phases 2-5; Leveraging continuous improvement cycles to support implementation and refinement of systems and instruction
Thursday
November 21, 2024
8:00 am–12:00 pm Pacific Time Zone
Governor John R. Rogers High School
12801 86 Ave E, Puyallup, WA 98373 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- AVID Elective, Role of the Counselor, Schoolwide Systems and Culture
Tuesday
December 3, 2024
8:30 am–12:00 pm Eastern Time Zone
Creekside High School
7405 Herndon Road, Fairburn, GA 30213 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- AVID Schoolwide
Wednesday
December 4, 2024
8:15 am–11:30 am Mountain Time Zone
Windsor Charter Academy K–12
680 Academy Court, Windsor, CO 80550 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- K–12 schoolwide AVID implementation and how AVID supports our charter school’s mission and vision
Wednesday
December 4, 2024
8:15 am–12:00 pm Pacific Time Zone
Two Rivers Elementary School
3201 W. River Dr., Sacramento, CA 95833 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- AVID Schoolwide
Thursday
December 5, 2024
9:00 am–12:00 pm Central Time Zone
Anthony Aguirre Junior High School
15726 Wallisville Rd, Houston, TX 77049 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Aguirre Junior High focuses on making sure that all students are prepared for the next step in their educational journey. The AVID Elective is fully enrolled in several sections, and AVID Excel is utilized to help the multilingual students thrive.
Thursday
December 5, 2024
8:00 am–12:00 pm Central Time Zone
Cottage Grove Middle School and Grey Cloud Elementary
9775 Indian Blvd., Cottage Grove, MN 55016 and 9525 Indian Blvd., Cottage Grove, MN 55016-3603 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- See how Cottage Grove Middle and Grey Cloud Elementary intentionally align their AVID implementations as part of site and district efforts to ensure rigorous academic habits and preparedness.
Thursday
January 16, 2025
8:00 am–11:00 am Pacific Time Zone
Valencia High School
500 Bradford Avenue, Placentia, CA 92870 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Alignment of IB to the AVID CCR Framework; Cambridge, AP, CTE alignments with AVID; Focused Note taking across the school
Thursday
January 30, 2025
8:15 am–11:15 am Pacific Time Zone
Leona Jackson Middle School
7220 E. Jackson St., Paramount, CA 90723 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- See How to Increase Educator and Student Agency Through AVID Schoolwide Practices and How a Strong AVID Excel Program Supports Schoolwide Academic Language and Student Success
Wednesday
February 5, 2025
7:30 am–12:00 pm Pacific Time Zone
Las Palmas Middle School
641 North Lark Ellen Avenue, Covina, CA 91722 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Leveraging WICOR to provide differentiated support for all students to access rigor
Friday
February 21, 2025
8:30 am–12:30 pm Pacific Time Zone
Clearwater Elementary STEAM
1640 Murrieta Road, Perris, CA 92571 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Integration of AVID within a STEAM program
Thursday
February 27, 2025
8:30 am–11:30 am Mountain Time Zone
Fairmont Junior High School
2121 N. Cole Rd., Boise, ID 83704 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- By intentionally integrating AVID strategies—which emphasize skills for college and career readiness—with Clarity’s data-driven insights, educators can create a more personalized and effective learning environment. Together, AVID and Clarity cultivate a culture where both educators and students thrive.
Wednesday
March 12, 2025
8:00 am–11:00 am Pacific Time Zone
Spring Grove School
500 Spring Grove Road, Hollister, CA 95023 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Collaborative Structures and Focused Note-Taking
Tuesday
April 1, 2025
8:45 am–11:45 am Pacific Time Zone
C Fred Schroeder Elementary School
15151 Columbia Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Building a Strong AVID TK–6 Foundation to Support a TK–12 AVID Pathway
Wednesday
April 9, 2025
8:00 am–10:15 am Pacific Time Zone
Ruby Drive Elementary School
601 Ruby Drive, Placentia, CA 92870 • Download Flyer
Showcase Focus
- Rigor for all students, TK-6 vertical and hortizontal articulation