RIMS AVID Roundtable
Touching hearts, opening minds, closing the opportunity gap, and changing lives—the AVID way. Join Kelli Hogan-Flowers and Stephanie Downey, both Program Specialists and Regional Coaches with RIMS AVID, as they get together twice each month to talk with special guests about experiences, best practices, and strategies designed to make the dream of Schoolwide AVID a reality so we can prepare all students for college, careers, and life.
Episodes
21 episodes
RIMS AVID Student Silvana Vasquez
Silvana Vasquez, a former AVID student from San Gorgonio High School, shared her journey from San Bernardino to Harvard University. She joined AVID in her freshman year, and benefitted from the time management, organizational skills, and...
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24:09
Myrtice Salmond, RIMS AVID TK-12 Program Specialist
Dr. Myrtice Salmond is new to RIMS AVID, but she's certainly not new to the AVID world. Myrtice embarked on her journey with the RIMS AVID team, about a year ago. Prior to RIMS AVID, she made significant contributions at the Orange County Depar...
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33:34
Tommy Stokes, AVID Program Specialist
Our guest today is an incredibly popular and knowledgeable member of the RIMS AVID team. Tommy Stokes has known since sixth grade that he was going to be a teacher when Miss Finney taught him AVID stuff before there was even AVID. In seventh gr...
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49:27
Tracy Chambers, Assistant Superintendent of Education Support Services
Tracy comes to us at SBCSS from Hemet Unified, where she was the Assistant Superintendent of educational services for six years. The 10 years before that she held all sorts of leadership roles from assistant principal to principal to Director o...
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23:53
Dr. Keri Penny, Avid District Leader for Desert Sands Unified School District
Today's episode is a conversation with Dr. Kari Penny, the Avid District Leader for Desert Sands Unified School District. Keri's passion for AVID and the success of all students is obvious. When given any chance at all to talk about AVID ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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53:40
Dr. Carreon Academy
When we think about avid many times our first thought is secondary and the elective, but there's a whole world of avid elementary out there creating great systems and changing the lives of the littlest avid babies. One of those schools is Dr. C...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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46:44
Site Team Conference 2022 - Your One
We were talking about how, in the AVID world, when you talk to Avid students and former AVID students, and you ask them, you know, how did you get from where you were to where you are now, and 99.999% of the time, they say it was their AVID tea...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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37:32
Oak Hills High School
Today, we have an incredibly special treat for you. We can't talk about AVID without talking about kids, and what the AVID experience means to them. So who better to ask about how students feel about AVID than actual AVID students. Today we're ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:00:36
Dr. Charlene Guerra, RIMS AVID District Liaison for Ontario Montclair School District
Speaking of AVID Rockstar, we definitely have one in the studio with us this morning. In order to have a truly successful AVID system that is district wide, you need to have some key players, you need strong avid teachers, coordinators, admin, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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44:12
What's on the menu for the 2022-2023 school year
Today on The Roundtable, we're talking about what's on the menu for this year, we're gonna give you a few quick highlights, talk about upcoming workshops and trainings, and just let you know what's in store for 2022-2023.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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12:49
Sam Sagar - Coordinator, Serrano Middle School AVID
Our guest today is always so much fun. He comes from AVID national demonstration school Serrano Middle School in the Ontario-Montclair School District, where he's been the coordinator for two years. Sam has been at Serrano since 2001. And they ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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50:33
Tina Barhorst - RIMS AVID Program Coordinator
I am honestly struggling to contain my joy today. In the world of RIMS AVID our guest today truly needs no introduction. Her official title is Program Coordinator for RIMS AVID, but to our team Tina is so much more than that. She's one of our l...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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58:17
Kelli and Stephanie Part 2
The hosts of the RIMS AVID Roundtable continue to talk about their AVID journey.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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53:08
Kelli and Stephanie Part 1
The hosts of the RIMS AVID Roundtable talk about their AVID journey.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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54:26
Dr. Shannon Avery - Principal, Pinion Hills Elementary School
We're always looking for examples of schools that are AVID school wide. Last month, Stephanie and I were lucky enough to be invited to tour Pinion Hills Elementary School to see what school wide AVID looks like on the elementary level. We were ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:19
Karen Lopez - Former College AVID Tutor
Today we're talking about one of the best parts of teaching the AVID elective getting to work with some amazing college tutors. A great college tutor is an invaluable resource in the AVID classroom, and the best ones often helped shape the dyna...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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17:16
Dr. Paolina Schiro - RIMS AVID Program Manager
You can't even begin to talk about RIMS AVID without mentioning today's guest. Her official title is Program Manager for RIMS AVID, but to our team Paulina is so much more than that. Nobody has the AVID wisdom that she has. When we talk a...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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21:07
Catalina Cifuentes Part 2 - Executive Director of College and Career Readiness for the Riverside County Office of Education.
During our last episode, we had a fantastic conversation with Catalina Cifuentes, the Executive Director of College and Career Readiness for Riverside County Office of Education. This episode is part two, as we continue our conversation with Ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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19:57
Catalina Cifuentes Part 1 - Executive Director of College and Career Readiness for the Riverside County Office of Education.
Our guest today is an expert in all things AVID Catalina Cifuentes was an AVID student, an AVID teacher, an AVID counselor, and is now the Executive Director of College and Career Readiness for the Riverside County Office of Education.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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32:05