| Définition | Description | |
|---|---|---|
1. Title of Initiative |
Title or name as specified in official documentation, e.g. funding contract | Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) |
2. Provider |
Name of organisation responsible for delivering the initiative | Government of British Columbia and 15 provincial school districts |
| 3. Sponsor | Name of organisation responsible for funding the initiative | Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation |
| 4. Date Commenced | Month and year (if known) when the initiative first came into operation | September 2005 |
| 5. Date ended | If this initiative is not longer in operation, please give the month and year when it came to an end, if known. | June 2010 |
| 6. Targeted Audience | Is the initiative aimed at specific groups, or is it more general in application? Please specify any demographic or employee groups being targeted. | Academically Average Students entering Grade 9 during recruitment period (fall 2005 and fall 2006) |
| 7. Location | Is this a national initiative, or is its coverage limited to a particular region or locality? If so, please specify the region or locality covered. | British Columbia (essentially in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island the Fraser Valley and the Okanagan Valley) |
| 8. Overview of Program | Please give a brief description of the initiative, in one or two sentences. | AVID is a five-year project involving 1,200 students in 21 schools. AVID is an in-school academic support program for students in grades 9-12 that prepares them for post-secondary studies by placing academically average students in advanced postsecondary preparatory classes while providing them with the skills and supports to achieve success with a curriculum based on writing, inquiry, collaboration and reading (WIC-R). It seeks to level the playing field for minority, rural and low-income students, including those students whose families have no pattern of postsecondary attendance. |