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The Relationship Between Avid Site Team Leadership And Program Capacity: A Qualitative Case, Kellie A. Mason

Educational Foundations & Leadership Theses & Dissertations

The identification and implementation of programs that create positive academic changes school—wide are greatly needed. The Advancement Via Individual Determination College Readiness System (AVID) is believed to be such a program. The purpose of this study was to evaluate to what extent leadership practices foster leadership development in teachers and how that transfer of leadership influences the academic achievement of students in the AVID program. Program theory evaluation (PTE) was selected as the preferred framework for this summative evaluation to assess the extent to which AVID is meeting its objectives. Findings indicate enhancing instructional capacity, providing scaffold support, building teacher …