Yes. The CoP content is the same and, like our in-person CoPs, is composed of high-quality, deep learning in real time with colleagues from across the nation. However, the strategies for engaging participants are different. In a face-to-face CoP, a facilitator utilizes strategies such as “turn and talk” or “elbow partner,” but in a virtual environment, facilitators utilize virtual tools such as chat and breakout rooms to enable engagement with the group.

No. The virtual learning component of Ignite (which includes a CoP plus a session focused on planning, inspiration, and ongoing learning) is not designed to be delivered with one virtual instructor per room with groups of educators. Our virtual instruction is most effective for individual experiences. Each educator will engage in the virtual learning component of Ignite using their device in their own space. If you are having educators engage in Ignite on-site so that you can hold related planning and inspiration activities before or after the virtual session, you will want to ensure they have a private space in which to do so.

While AVID Ignite is primarily designed for AVID districts and schools (sites), non-members can register for Ignite to participate in non-implementation CoPs (as is also the case with Summer Institute).

We did this in recognition of the relevance of annual professional learning to achieving and sustaining high-fidelity AVID implementation. Effecting systemic change is a multiyear process, so professional learning is needed beyond the initial year. We’re excited about what AVID Ignite can do to help you build the capacity and alignment needed to transform teaching and learning at your school(s). If you already have plans for achieving this goal by annually engaging your educators in other AVID PL offerings, you are free to opt out of AVID Ignite.

Our virtual PL is unparalleled due to our unmatched commitment to live facilitation and the integration of AVID collaborative learning strategies into the experience. Our strategies not only facilitate high-quality interaction with national peers but also enable educators to experience the AVID strategies that they will use in their classrooms.

AVID sites in their first year of implementation should attend Summer Institute, AVID’s in-person summer professional learning opportunity featuring face-to-face participation in Communities of Practice (CoPs) with colleagues from across the nation, as well as Site Team planning time and an invigorating General Session featuring AVID student and educator speakers. If you have an extenuating circumstance preventing you from attending Summer Institute, please notify your Program Manager or Regional Admin, and they will look into the possibility of your site/district attending AVID Ignite instead.

Yes. You can add more AVID Ignite registrations to your annual AVID Agreement. It is important for you to understand that what is on your annual AVID Agreement will be invoiced to you regardless of whether you end up sending people to Ignite or not, but you will receive a voucher for a future Ignite session if the participant is unable to attend. The voucher will be given after the invoice has been paid, can be used by any individual from your site, and will expire on December 31 of the following year.

As the next evolution of AVID DigitalXP, AVID Ignite includes 12 hours of virtual learning in a Community of Practice with national peers, plus a live-facilitated virtual session in which partners—whether as individuals or as site/district teams—engage in learning focused on productive planning, sharing learning with colleagues throughout the school year, and igniting inspiration campuswide. In addition, a more compact schedule and less virtual learning time creates open space in the schedule that individuals can use for additional reflection and planning and that site/district teams can use for localized planning and inspiration activities held on-site or virtually.

Ignite is summer PL that combines virtual learning in any of AVID’s 33 CoPs alongside peers nationwide with resources that support participants in developing and engaging in planning and inspirational activities at the local level. In contrast, ElevateXP is virtual PL that is offered during the school year (with minor exceptions) for a specific district or site, and they choose which CoP(s) to offer to their participants over four 3-hour learning modules offered on two to four dates of the district or site’s choice. Regional ElevateXP is similar but AVID selects the available CoPs and the dates, and it is open to any district, site, or individual participant. Regional ElevateXP does not include the additional planning, inspirational, and yearlong resources offered as part of AVID Ignite.