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Killian Elementary SchoolRichland 2 School District

December 1, 2016

We’re About AVID

School Mission

School Mission/Vision

Mission: Killian Steam Leaders Magnet with the support of its

parents and community dedicates itself to providing an innovative

curriculum in a safe, nurturing environment to be productive

citizens in a global society.

Vision: Killian STEAM Leaders Magnet will work in collaborative

teams at each grade level to design engaging learning experiences

for all students to be successful at the highest level of learning.

Demographics

In the Beginning…….~ Visited Dent Middle School AVID Elective: Jennifer Reed

5th grade Site Team

~ Attended Summer Institute~

Dallas, Texas (AE Foundations)

San Diego, California (Art of Inquiry)

~ Increase Academic Rigor

~ College and Career Readiness….STEAM Grant

Goal Setting~ Vision Boards

Why we wanted to expand AVID

Today…….

Implementing WICOR 3-5

Mrs. Mack’s Monarchs

presents……..WICOR!!

Students

Getting

AVIDIZED using

Organization

Inquiry through ONE PAGERS!!!

Rewards of AVID~Student Driven

~Organizational Tools

~ WICOR Strategies

~Not something “extra”

~ Major increase in Inquiry Data

~College and Career Readiness

What’s Next…...K-2 Implementation

~ Very few Early Childhood

Teachers have AVID training

Continuous Training for 3-5

~ Retrain and add more strands

for our “building experts”

Tieing it all Together

Science with Dr. Doug, USC Emeritus

Check out our fifth

graders who decided to

take their very own

two-column notes!

Robotics with Mrs. Geddings

(Inquiry and Collaboration)

Daily Related Arts

Parent Connections

SIC/PTO

Parent Orientation Night

(Introduction to AVID Expectations)

Literacy Night (Reciprocal Reading)

STEAM Night (Collaboration and Inquiry)

Levels of Questions~ Site PD

30 min presentation during faculty meeting.

Kendra Waring and Kristin Seay

Teacher’s were immersed and could

implement instantly!

Follow-Up from Summer SI

National AVID Staff Developer 2015/16/17

Site Teams

Student and Teacher

Monthly Site Team Meetings

(Tuesday Afterschool~ Lunch)

Faculty Meeting Spotlights

Weekly Update Emails… AVID Strategies

Avid Trained Teacher...Attended SIEducator Resume…..College and Career Background

AVID Pep Rally

College Spirit Day~

Benedict Commercial

Class Presentations on AVID Strategies

Ridgeview Highschool Cheerleaders

Homecoming Door Decorations

The Citadel Visit

Washington DC /New York

Field Study

Mr. and Miss Killian Pageant

Students raise over $20,000 in College scholarships yearly

for former KES students...Total of $110,000. Awards are

given to former Killian Students

Service Learning Project

Students raise up to $7000 annually to

support local community initiatives

Student Testimonials

Student Testimonials

5th Grade

Graduation!!

Classroom Observations

Take plenty of photos using your AVID “photo prop”

Tweet your pictures to :

#KESAVID

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