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Hi,
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this is Aurora from the Educating All Learners Alliance and today we're speaking to Sarah Peters for Five Minutes with AVID,
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AVID is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college and career readiness and success in a global society. Joining us today is Sarah Peters.
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She's the business development manager on the special projects team at AVID.
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She's also been a classroom teacher for 2nd,
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4th and 5th grades as well as worked for various organizations in the education space for the past 18 years.
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Thank you so much for joining us today,
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Sarah.
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Yeah,
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thank you so much for having me.
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So let's dive right in and tell us about AVID and the work you do.
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Yeah.
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So as you said,
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AVID is a nonprofit that's been around since 1980.
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So celebrating 42 years this year.
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Currently our reach is 85,000 educators annually and two million students across 8000 K 12 schools.
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What we do is we focus on the actions that adults can take to support students in developing their individual determination and then the critical skills that are required for success in the K 12 system and you know,
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therefore in college career in life.
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I happen to be with the special projects team and we have the honor of working on projects that often fall outside of AVID's traditional wheelhouse.
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So we're an incubator for AVID,
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we develop a pilot,
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new product ideas as well as test corporate partnerships and explore new business models that can be made sustainable for AVID in the long term.
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So when you're working in that sort of a sector where you're working on different projects,
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um you've got all of this wide ranging reach.
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What would you say is the biggest issue right now in education that's facing you guys at AVID? Yeah,
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that is a really good question.
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So as in almost all organizations,
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the issues we're trying to ensure that students that may have fallen behind during pandemic or that were already behind receive the supports
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they need to really promote success.
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So we know that all of our students are facing this uncertain future,
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they have to prepare for these careers that frankly we have no idea.
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Right?
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So we need to unlock the potential of these stew students and help them develop new mindsets and skills like the critical thinking and problem solving mindsets of stem and computer science and that will help prepare them for the future
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they're going to face.
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What all this does is it starts with the belief that you can learn as a student,
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knowing how to learn that's huge, and then having the perseverance and skills to overcome setbacks and failures as a necessary aspect of learning.
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But then with that,
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that's what we need for students.
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We also really need teachers who believe in every single student and then the best instructional systems in place to guide this new generation.
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That's great.
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So are there any new or upcoming projects at your organization that you're excited about.
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Yeah,
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absolutely.
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We have so many exciting things going on.
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So we have an upcoming tutoring project that's in the works and really goals to bring tutoring to kids all across the US,
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which this is really a project around sharing the value that AVID can bring to other organizations.
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So there's a ton of tutoring platforms out there,
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right?
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But few students are using it and they're not motivated to do so.
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So the question that has been asked and that we're working on solving is how can we engage teachers to encourage those students to get into the process with the tutors for the additional supports they need,
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right.
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Which will help support them throughout their school day as well.
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Also working on really creating professional learning around computer science and stem pathways for educators.
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So when you hear CS and stem you often think about software developers,
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coders,
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not all students who,
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who are involved in CS and stem will become those things.
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What it really brings to students is the analytical and problem solving skill sets that they need for all jobs of the future and frankly for the jobs we're engaged in now and then another really great piece of the work I do.
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That's really exciting is I work with our podcast team.
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It's called Unpacking Education and what we're doing is we're really trying to stay current and relevant with our topics and our guests.
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So really talking about everything that could pertain to educators and help them be successful.
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So how can folks stay involved or get informed about the work you're doing?
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Yeah.
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So you can either go on avid dot org.
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I would encourage you to do both of these things.
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Go to avid dot org or avid open access dot org to check out our avid open access site for free resources and sign up for our podcast and check it out.
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Thank you so much,
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Sarah for taking the time to chat with us today.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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That's it for us today,
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folks.
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Thank you to Sarah Peters from AVID and to learn more.
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Check out their website at AVID dot org.
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AVID Open access dot org.
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I'm Aurora from EALA and this was Five Minutes with AVID.
00:00:00,860 --> 00:00:01,570
Hi,
2
00:00:01,580 --> 00:00:08,260
this is Aurora from the Educating All Learners Alliance and today we're speaking to Sarah Peters for Five Minutes with AVID,
3
00:00:08,550 --> 00:00:21,430
AVID is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college and career readiness and success in a global society. Joining us today is Sarah Peters.
4
00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,360
She's the business development manager on the special projects team at AVID.
5
00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:27,800
She's also been a classroom teacher for 2nd,
6
00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:34,390
4th and 5th grades as well as worked for various organizations in the education space for the past 18 years.
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Thank you so much for joining us today,
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Sarah.
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00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:37,420
Yeah,
10
00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:38,850
thank you so much for having me.
11
00:00:38,860 --> 00:00:42,830
So let's dive right in and tell us about AVID and the work you do.
12
00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:43,820
Yeah.
13
00:00:43,830 --> 00:00:44,650
So as you said,
14
00:00:44,660 --> 00:00:48,650
AVID is a nonprofit that's been around since 1980.
15
00:00:48,660 --> 00:00:51,300
So celebrating 42 years this year.
16
00:00:51,310 --> 00:01:01,380
Currently our reach is 85,000 educators annually and two million students across 8000 K 12 schools.
17
00:01:01,660 --> 00:01:15,300
What we do is we focus on the actions that adults can take to support students in developing their individual determination and then the critical skills that are required for success in the K 12 system and you know,
18
00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:17,070
therefore in college career in life.
19
00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:26,870
I happen to be with the special projects team and we have the honor of working on projects that often fall outside of AVID's traditional wheelhouse.
20
00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:28,850
So we're an incubator for AVID,
21
00:01:28,860 --> 00:01:30,080
we develop a pilot,
22
00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:37,920
new product ideas as well as test corporate partnerships and explore new business models that can be made sustainable for AVID in the long term.
23
00:01:38,340 --> 00:01:44,330
So when you're working in that sort of a sector where you're working on different projects,
24
00:01:44,340 --> 00:01:47,280
um you've got all of this wide ranging reach.
25
00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:53,340
What would you say is the biggest issue right now in education that's facing you guys at AVID? Yeah,
26
00:01:53,350 --> 00:01:54,840
that is a really good question.
27
00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,750
So as in almost all organizations,
28
00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:06,390
the issues we're trying to ensure that students that may have fallen behind during pandemic or that were already behind receive the supports
29
00:02:06,390 --> 00:02:08,610
they need to really promote success.
30
00:02:08,620 --> 00:02:12,830
So we know that all of our students are facing this uncertain future,
31
00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:17,140
they have to prepare for these careers that frankly we have no idea.
32
00:02:17,150 --> 00:02:17,550
Right?
33
00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:32,075
So we need to unlock the potential of these stew students and help them develop new mindsets and skills like the critical thinking and problem solving mindsets of stem and computer science and that will help prepare them for the future
34
00:02:32,075 --> 00:02:33,005
they're going to face.
35
00:02:33,015 --> 00:02:38,095
What all this does is it starts with the belief that you can learn as a student,
36
00:02:38,105 --> 00:02:47,825
knowing how to learn that's huge, and then having the perseverance and skills to overcome setbacks and failures as a necessary aspect of learning.
37
00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:50,460
But then with that,
38
00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:51,750
that's what we need for students.
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00:02:51,750 --> 00:03:01,150
We also really need teachers who believe in every single student and then the best instructional systems in place to guide this new generation.
40
00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:01,880
That's great.
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So are there any new or upcoming projects at your organization that you're excited about.
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Yeah,
43
00:03:06,980 --> 00:03:07,710
absolutely.
44
00:03:07,710 --> 00:03:10,070
We have so many exciting things going on.
45
00:03:10,070 --> 00:03:16,710
So we have an upcoming tutoring project that's in the works and really goals to bring tutoring to kids all across the US,
46
00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:22,495
which this is really a project around sharing the value that AVID can bring to other organizations.
47
00:03:22,505 --> 00:03:24,845
So there's a ton of tutoring platforms out there,
48
00:03:24,845 --> 00:03:25,245
right?
49
00:03:25,255 --> 00:03:29,045
But few students are using it and they're not motivated to do so.
50
00:03:29,055 --> 00:03:41,685
So the question that has been asked and that we're working on solving is how can we engage teachers to encourage those students to get into the process with the tutors for the additional supports they need,
51
00:03:41,695 --> 00:03:42,095
right.
52
00:03:42,095 --> 00:03:45,380
Which will help support them throughout their school day as well.
53
00:03:45,740 --> 00:03:53,530
Also working on really creating professional learning around computer science and stem pathways for educators.
54
00:03:53,540 --> 00:03:58,360
So when you hear CS and stem you often think about software developers,
55
00:03:58,360 --> 00:03:59,260
coders,
56
00:03:59,270 --> 00:04:01,240
not all students who,
57
00:04:01,250 --> 00:04:04,230
who are involved in CS and stem will become those things.
58
00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:18,020
What it really brings to students is the analytical and problem solving skill sets that they need for all jobs of the future and frankly for the jobs we're engaged in now and then another really great piece of the work I do.
59
00:04:18,020 --> 00:04:21,670
That's really exciting is I work with our podcast team.
60
00:04:21,670 --> 00:04:29,890
It's called Unpacking Education and what we're doing is we're really trying to stay current and relevant with our topics and our guests.
61
00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:36,020
So really talking about everything that could pertain to educators and help them be successful.
62
00:04:36,750 --> 00:04:41,100
So how can folks stay involved or get informed about the work you're doing?
63
00:04:41,110 --> 00:04:41,860
Yeah.
64
00:04:41,870 --> 00:04:44,390
So you can either go on avid dot org.
65
00:04:44,390 --> 00:04:46,100
I would encourage you to do both of these things.
66
00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:55,920
Go to avid dot org or avid open access dot org to check out our avid open access site for free resources and sign up for our podcast and check it out.
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Thank you so much,
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Sarah for taking the time to chat with us today.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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That's it for us today,
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folks.
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Thank you to Sarah Peters from AVID and to learn more.
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Check out their website at AVID dot org.
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AVID Open access dot org.
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I'm Aurora from EALA and this was Five Minutes with AVID.
