·   Model and instruct students in the use of close reading strategies and academic discourse to analyze complex texts related to core content across the curriculum. These strategies include: text annotation, Socratic seminar, structured note-taking, summarizing, comparing multiple texts.

·   Provide daily opportunities for students to write and speak using evidence from texts to develop well-defended claims, present careful analyses, and provide clear information and accurate summaries.

·   Build academic confidence and teach productive struggle freshman through senior year by building growth mindset, using AVID tutorials, Cornell notes, interactive notebooks and other WICOR strategies (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, Reading).

·   Create common assessments from common lessons, share common assessment results, analyze student responses, and identify evidence of student learning and next steps for re-teaching or enrichment.

·   Provide professional development on culturally responsive practices around issues of race and gender identity

·   Implement PBIS monthly behavior lesson using school-wide common language.

·   Build culture of expectation in all classes that prepares students for college-level classes, including giving AP prompts in all classes, including core and challenging option courses, increasing use of collaborative strategies such as AVID tutorials, study groups, and peer tutoring.

·   Bring in Natural Leaders volunteers to work as AVID tutors, and train in Tutorology protocol.

·   Reinforce positive expectations through quarterly attendance improvement recognition and semester perfect attendance recognition.