AVID Senior College Experience
For Northwestern University graduate students enrolled in the Searle Center for Advanced Teaching and Learning certificate program, Evanston Township High School (ETHS) Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) classes provide a unique opportunity to gain practical experience leading an eight-week mini-college course with participating seniors. The Avid Senior College Experience allows the ETHS AVID students the opportunity engage in a college level course taught by an Northwestern graduate student.
This particular partnership vividly elucidates the bi-directional benefits afforded to the students at Evanston Township High School and Northwestern. For students at ETHS, this program allows these soon-to-be high school graduates an opportunity to experience a college-like course load before they even begin their first day of college. For Northwestern graduate students, this opportunity provides a platform to gain valuable, practical teaching experience with soon-to-be college freshman, before they finish their certificate program and begin teaching on their own.
AVID Students also participate in College 101, a day at Northwestern attending a class, visiting various university departments, and having lunch at Allison Hall.For Northwestern graduate students, this opportunity provides a platform to gain valuable, practical teaching experience with soon-to-be college freshman, before they finish their certificate program and begin teaching on their own.