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District outlines instructional playbook, AVID electives and benchmark gains in math and reading
Summary
Joliet Township’s office of educational services reported implementation steps for a district instructional identity, AVID electives, professional learning, and benchmark results showing growth in math and reading. Leaders recommended continued investment in intervention staff and AVID professional development.
Joliet Township High School District 204’s educational services team presented semester work on an instructional identity, an emerging instructional playbook, AVID elective expansion and benchmark data showing student growth in math and reading.
District leaders said they developed a district instructional identity and a one‑page set of instructional norms (lesson beginning, middle, end) and are building a playbook of classroom strategies aligned to those norms. The office is using AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) as a change‑management and instructional resource, operating AVID elective sections at the freshman level and planning professional development and an AVID summer…
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