We are excited to start the new year off with Focused Note Taking, FNT. Having just finished our Fall 2018 revalidation, it was nice to take a sigh of relief having had a successful visit as a continuing National AVID Demonstration School. However part of the revalidation process is that constant cycle of reflection, so in that we continue to grow and refine our practice. In our reflection we noticed a lot of teachers providing thoughtful creation and application of a range of ways to take notes. Additionally there were an abundance interesting and creative ways to summarize and apply learning. Our area for growth was the middle, where students are provided with opportunities to go back and interact with their notes. We needed to think about how we were providing intentional and meaningful opportunities to process the notes and connect thinking. Our first step in this shift was to discuss the FNT process to better understand what our next steps would be. Then we shared resources available from MyAVID to help make plans about next steps. To document our progress and process, we started this document with the hopes that it would evolve into a blueprint of the FNT continuum at JMS.
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AuthorAmanda Vogel has been teaching since 2007. With a background in special education and literacy instruction, I have been teaching in AVID schools for my entire career. I have seen first hand the powerful impact that AVID can have both on student in the elective class but also in supporting school wide improvements that works for all students. I am by no means an expert, but I hope that by sharing the experiences at our school we can build a community together. Archives
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