AVID

Program Overview

  
AVID is a program that is designed to help those students who are in the middle of their academic class. They are B and C students who often "fall through the cracks" because they  do not qualify as gifted or advanced students nor do they qualify as remedial students or students who need extra help. The AVID program is designed to aid these students in taking more challenging classes and in turn, achieve at a higher level.

Program Details
  
ODASIS plays a large role in providing supplemental instructors for the AVID students of New Brunswick High School. The supplemental instructors are Rutgers University juniors and seniors who have been or are presently members of the ODASIS program. A large majority of the students are minorities pursuing careers in the sciences. The program usually runs on Tuesdays and Fridays from 12:50-2:50pm throughout the Rutgers University academic calendar year. The program is run by a selected student who has been a part of the program in conjunction with advisors at New Brunswick High School. The student makes the tutoring schedule and sets up the dates for training. In the classroom, there are tutorial-based (discussion) groups of 5 or 6 students and one supplemental instructor.

Eligibility
    
The students are selected based on the national criteria which may be found on their website:
  
http://www.avidonline.org/

Additional information

 

To inquire about a tutoring position please contact Dr. Kamal Khan. 
Email: khan@biology.rutgers.edu; Phone: 732-445-6878

To find out more information about the program please contact: Nina Echeverria or Ruth Yeselson.
Emails: echeverria@biology.rutgers.edu  or ruth_yeselson@nbps.k12.nj.us