Presented By:

Kristen Harris
Santiago High School Corona, CA
Teacher Leadership Certification Academy
Corona Cohort- May 2015
http://mrskristenharris.weebly.com/

Santiago AVID
Program Goal: To
become an AVID
National
Demonstration School
75% (or more) of
AVID students at
Santiago pass all of
their core content
classes

AVID boosts teachers

expectations of their
students
(Intensive Intervention)

Students
attend AVID
Saturday
Intervention

Result

Implement

Identify

Identify
.Students in
need of
Intervention

Decrease
D/F Rate of
SHS AVID
Students

Researcher Mohr says that Wilders studies

show that, individual tutoring that
supplements the regular curriculum, either
during school or outside of regular school
hours, can boost student achievement.
(Intensive Intervention)

Schools must provide

sufficient access to
these courses along
with the necessary

supports to help
students pass
them.
(Preparing High School
Students for Successful
Transitions to
Postsecondary Education
and Employment)

 Challenge the

Process

Enable Others to

Act

Encourage the

Heart

V. Promoting the Use of

Assessments and Data for School
and District Improvement
5.4 Works with colleagues to use

assessment and data findings to promote

changes in instructional practices or
organizational structures to improve student
learning.

VII. Advocating for Student Learning

and the Profession
7.3 Collaborates with colleagues to select

appropriate opportunities to advocate for the

rights and/or needs of students, to secure
additional resources within the building or
district that support student learning, and to
communicate effectively with targeted
audiences such as parents and community
members.

7.97% increase

I'm writing to praise

your Saturday School efforts! Jared
Hernandez, a freshman in my Biology class,
just BLEW the rest of his class away on
his unit test this past Monday. (And by blew
away I mean no other student even came
within 6 questions of him- that is a lot). This is
not typical for Jared. Bright kid, but the study
skills are usually lacking. I asked him what he
did differently and he said, "I had to go to

AVID Saturday School and

study!

Dana Baron
Science Teacher, Science Common Core Coach,
Senior Class Advisor
Santiago High School

Saturday Intervention has

brought every one of my grades
back up to As, Bs, and Cs

Continue Saturday Interventions for

Santiago AVID.

Assist and support additional schools

in structuring and facilitating their own
Saturday Interventions

Create a Saturday Intervention

program at Santiago High School for
all students.

Enabling
Others to
Act

I was a true teacher leader through this

process, and did not default to doing
the work on my own.

Encouraging
the Heart

I saw growth in my ability to enable my

team to act and praise them for a job
well done.

Do something
different to
achieve desired
results when it is
needed

Calculated risk
taking can pay off
tremendously

Reflect and refine

Set goals and

work toward
achieving them.
Continue working
toward goals
even when you
face set backs.

Importance of

Collaboration
Take Risks

Mrs. Kristen Harris

AVID Coordinator Santiago High

School, Corona Norco USD/
Assistant Principal Dorothy
McElhinney Middle School,
Murrieta Valley USD
E-mail:
KHarris@Murrieta.k12.ca.us
Cell: 714-943-6316

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"Improving High School: A Strategic Approach." Improving High

School: A Strategic Approach. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2015.

"Simple Interventions Bridge the Achievement Gap between Latino

and White Students, Stanford Researcher Finds." Stanford

University. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2015.
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