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District updates AVID, college-credit CTE and literacy initiatives
Summary
Director of Education described AVID WICOR instructional strategies and new college-credit offerings in CTE; principals outlined a growing regional career fair and a district-wide literacy partnership with Oregon RTI to improve phonics instruction.
Director of Education Brett Dyer described AVID's WICOR strategies (writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, reading) and said the district is integrating those classroom strategies from kindergarten through high school. He demonstrated a short pair-share exercise for trustees and said the approach aims to build academic language and collaboration skills.
Principals reported expanded college-credit opportunities through partnerships (for example with Chemeketa) and a growing regional career fair: last year the district hosted about 65 industries and nine schools; this year organizers said they had requests from roughly 90 schools. Elementary administrators described a district-wide adoption of an evidence-based literacy program and a partnership with Oregon RTI to train staff in phonics instruction, with assessment data due after upcoming testing periods.
