Welcome to

Langston Hughes MSAVID Showcase

April 25, 2018

Langston Hughes MS AVID Showcase 2018

Greeting from

Principal

Ms. Aimee Monticchio

Special Programs

at Hughes

• Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)

• Advanced Academic Program ( AAP)

• Algebra for All - 8th Graders

• Algebra Readiness Initiative

• Blackboard for HW and student/parent/teacher connection

• Block Schedule

• Connections Advisory Period

• Foreign language program (Spanish and French)

• Google Classroom

• Hughes After-School Program

• International Baccalaureate Program for Middle School (IBMYP)

• National Junior Honor Society

• Professional Learning Communities

• Student Council Association

Whole School vs

AVID

Demographics

Student

Population

Hughes

Class Schedule

Block Schedule

Blue Day Grey Day

1st period 7:30 - 9:00 2nd period

3rd period 9:04 - 9:54 3rd period

Connections 9:58 - 10:36 Connections

5th period 10:40 - 12:36 4th period

7th period 12:40 - 2:15 6th period

AVID Site Team

2017-2018

AVID Teacher Laura Kelley (Coordinator) Principal Aimee Monticchio

Math 7 Kristina Burke AVID Admin Michele Beard

English 7 Shay Cleckley

History 7 Libby Kerver

English 7 Candice Benvenuti

Science 7 Tori Tripp

History 7 Lydia Dunn

Science 7 Jeanette Thomas

Civics 8 Mercia Spicer

Science 8 Andrew Walters

Math 8 Dwayne Braxton

Counselor 7 Marissa Brooks

Counselor 8 Phyllis Degraffenried

Rotated off Site Team- end of ‘17

Science 7- Xavier Alire

History 7- Celina Pierrottet

English 8- Kristin King

Civics 8 - Noel Wyttenbach

AVID Admin- Davina Johnson

Year # of

Trained

Staff

# of

sections

Student

Enrollment

Certification Status

Year 0:

2011-12

1 0 0 Newly Implemented Site

Year 1:

2012-13

18 2 41 Certified AVID Site - Level 1

Year 2:

2013-14

25 4 91 Certified AVID Site- Level 1

Year 3:

2014-15

27 4 96 Certified AVID Site - Level 2

Year 4:

2015-16

37 4 87 Highly Certified AVID Site -

Level 3

Year 5:

2016-17

29 4 90 Highly Certified AVID Site -

Level 3

Year 6:

2017-18

24 4 94

History of AVID

CCI

1st Domain

1st Domain

Instruction

LEARN LESSON

L: Life Connection

E: Explore

Explicit Content

A: Actively

learning with

authentic texts

R: Review,

Reflect, Rewrite

N: Now I can do,

know, etc.

Informal Observations

1st Domain

Instruction

Share out

POC’s one at

a

time! Decide

who is going

first- fill in

clipboard

First presenter

reads POC to

group then fills

out POC/Notes

on board and

does 30 second

speech

Group members

open binder to

subject for this

TRF review notes

Students assess

problem and

begin to ask

questions and

take 3 column

notes

Group members

refer to own class

notes

Group

collaborates to

solve POC by

asking higher level

questions/

presenter explains

how it is solved in

a 15 second

speech after POC

is solved.

Group

collaborates to

write steps

– the process

repeats back to

the “L” for the

next student

presenter

W I C O R W I C O R W I C O R W I C O R W I C O R

L E A R N

Link/Life

Application

Explore Explicit

content

Active learning w/

Authentic

tasks/text

Reflect, Review,

Rewrite

Now I can

do/know...

1st Domain

Instruction

Leadership: Elective class • Quarterly goal setting and reflection

• Tutorials Jobs

• Tutors celebrate “Bests” at end of tutorials

• Ambassadors for Recruitment

• Tutorial groups set regular goals

Site Team/Whole School

• Quarterly Celebrations

• Community Service Projects

• Morning Pledge and Moment of Silence

• AVID Student Leadership Team (7th and 8th)

• Leadership Team promotes and spreads college awareness

• IBMYP Student Leadership Team

2nd Domain

Systems

2nd Domain

Systems

Recruitment• Recruit from 6-8 feeder Elem Schools

• Teacher Recommendations/Data Analysis

• Triweekly Kid Talks/access to rigor classes

• Counselors active role in scheduling for AVID

• Students actively recruit within family and Elem Schools

Professional Learning • Full Admin support for AVID Training

• AVID Coordinator active role in PD for Faculty Meetings

• Site Team/CLT training of WICOR strategies

• Monthly Site Team Meetings include WICOR training

2nd Domain

Systems

Data Collection and Analysis

• Ongoing Data Analysis for new recruits

• Data Dialogues ongoing in CLT’s

• Targeted list at end of each Quarter for grades

• Track # of students on Honor Roll per Quarter

• Triweekly meeting Kid Talks

• Collaborative One Note used for notes and data

3rd Domain

Leadership

3rd Domain

Leadership

Strategic Planning• Triweekly/ monthly meetings

• Yearly Vertical Articulation meetings with South Lakes HS

• Strategic events with SLHS to connect our AVID students/programs

• AVID Coordinator and Site Team members on Leadership Team

• Site Team/CLT Connection

• Site Team Rotation by department/ grade level

• Admin leadership in WICOR as part of our SIP

• IB/AVID Connection of WICOR strategies

• AVID Student Leadership Team

3rd Domain

Leadership

School Improvement Plan

Strategic Goals for:

• 2014-2015 Cornell Note Taking School Wide

• 2015-2016 Writing/Summaries/ Cornell Notes

• 2016-2017 Marking-Up and Annotating Text

• 2017-2018 Collaboration in small groups/CSG’s

These Goals guide our focus as a site team for PD within our CLT’s and

Site Team meetings

4th Domain

Culture

4th Domain

Culture

College Awareness and Preparation • Collaborative College Research extends outside AVID Class (3 yrs)

• Binder Night in August for New Recruits/Parents (3 yrs)

• Quarterly Celebrations with Parents (2 yrs)

• Collegiate Hall Names: Promote VA Universities/Faculty Alum (2 yrs)

• College Tutors/Guest Speakers from the community (2 yrs)

• Staff/Student College Spirit Wear Day every Friday (1 yr)

Family and Community Involvement • End of Year Celebration with Parents (6 yrs)

• Happy Gram Sale at Back To School Night ( 3 yrs)

• Peyton Heart Project (3 yrs)

• Hughes Community Service Drive for Reston Homeless Shelter (2 yrs)

• Hurricane Harvey Collection of school supplies (1 yr)

Areas for Growth

• Year 2 of our 3 year plan for Collaborative Study Groups

extend beyond the Site Team to whole school

• Continued efforts to include parents on Site Team/room

parent

• Year 2 of AVID Leadership Team of students: tutoring/AVID

club after school, community/service event planning

• Expand number of AVID elective teachers

• Hughes Site Team member on the ALC for FCPS

• Deepen our connection to SLHS for AVID/events for students

ie: shadowing for 8th grade, Homecoming Parade, Tailgate

for both men’s and women’s sports

FCPS and AVID

• Tutors and their training

• Collaborative elective teacher/

Coordinator meetings

• Bi-Weekly Newsletters

• Professional Development

• Organization for Summer Institute

Showcase Agenda

8:30- 9:00 AM Welcome & Hughes MS Overview in library

9:00-10:30 AM AVID Elective and Content Class Observations

10:30-10:45 AM Break

10:45-11:15 AM Student and Site Team Member Panel/Library

11:30 AM Question and Answer Session in Library

11:45 AM Lunch (On your own/list and map in folder)

1:00- 2:45 PM Professional Learning in Library

2:45pm Closing Remarks

Classroom

Observations

Orange Group Joel Myrick

Yellow Group Aseil Hassan

Red Group Alex Chaudhary

Blue Group Muskan Khattak

Green Group Jinan Asad