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Roseville students, teachers outline AVID expansion and classroom strategies
Summary
Students and staff presented the district—s AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program, describing how organization, focused notes, tutorials and college-career activities are being scaled from grades 5—12 to a schoolwide model across Roseville Area Schools.
Roseville Area Schools students and staff used the April 22 school board meeting to showcase the district—s AVID program and to describe plans to expand AVID instructional strategies across grade levels.
Associate Superintendent Delon Smith introduced the update and said AVID is a core instructional strategy tied to the district—s strategic plan goals for student readiness, equity and community engagement.
AVID district directors Anne Barnes and Tiana Bogenholm described the program—s mission: to close opportunity gaps by preparing students for college and careers. Barnes said AVID now reaches elementary through high school and includes schoolwide professional development for teachers. "The mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college and career readiness and success in a global society," Barnes said.
Students from Edgerton, Parkview, Rams, Ross and Roseville Area High School gave short presentations describing AVID classroom routines and outcomes. Isabelle, a fifth-grade student at Edgerton, told the board, "Organization has been helpful because it keeps my things in order and I always know where to keep my stuff." A Rams eighth grader, Christine Huyn, said AVID helped her build confidence and self-advocacy: "The AVID community had also helped me personally and academically with things such as advocating for myself, organization, and as well as, most importantly, boosting my confidence."
Presenters walked the board through AVID components used across grade bands: WICOR (writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, reading), focused notes, the AVID tutorial process and leadership councils. Students described practical uses: focused note taking that aids long-term memory, tutorial groups that use Socratic questioning rather than direct answers, and student-led leadership projects and service work.
Staff said AVID is supported by a large professional-development effort: teachers at most sites have completed AVID training, and the district provides summer institutes, PATH training and in-service modules. Tiana Bogenholm said nearly all fifth- through 12th-grade teachers in the district have AVID training, allowing AVID practices to be used across classrooms, not only in AVID elective courses.
High-school staff described college and career connections: field trips, employer and college visits, PSEO partnerships, mentoring pilots and scholarship support. Jonas, a junior, said AVID improved his writing and helped him prepare scholarship essays: "The better the writing, the better chance you have to stand out, and AVID does help with that."
Board members praised the presentation, noting the breadth of student voice and teacher participation. The district plans to continue training, to revalidate national AVID demonstration sites in coming years and to expand elementary-to-high-school scaffolding so students encounter consistent strategies as they move through the system.
AVID directors, teachers and student leaders said the program will continue to prioritize student agency, organization and college-career readiness while documenting outcomes for future board review.
