TISD Adds Two AVID Elementary Campuses

TYLER — Tyler ISD says two more elementary campuses are beginning implementation of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program. They are Jones MST Elementary Academy and Ramey Elementary School.

AVID Elementary is designed to bring academic success to all students by combining “best teaching practices” with AVID Elementary’s framework of Writing to Learn, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading to Learn. The targeted grade level(s) implement and embed AVID Elementary strategies and methodologies into grade-level expectations and classroom procedures. All students in the target grade level are exposed to the strategies and tools of the AVID Elementary Program.

“With college-readiness as our motivation, teachers will begin incorporating the AVID Elementary components into their daily teaching practices, wherein the high expectation of success for EVERY student will always be at the forefront of the days’ activities and lessons,” said Lillian Bowens, Tyler ISD AVID Director. “AVID Elementary is part of a district-wide effort to increase college-ready students, and because of the successes of our first AVID elementary campus, Peete Elementary, Tyler Independent School District will begin implementation of two additional AVID Elementary campuses, Jones and Ramey, in the 2010 school year.”

The AVID program is currently being implemented at: Peete, Jones and Ramey elementary schools; Secondary Certified sites are: Boulter, Dogan, Hogg, Hubbard, Moore, and Stewart middle schools; John Tyler and Robert E. Lee high schools.