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AVID Australia’s mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for tertiary education and career readiness and success in a global society.

Quick summary: what is AVID? why is AVID beneficial?

Upcoming Events

20-21 July

W.A. Venue Coming Soon

Includes a 2-day CoP or 1-day Teacher-led workshops

17-18 September

Loganlea State High School

Loganlea State High School, 16-22 Neridah St, Loganlea QLD 4131

2-4 December

Victoria University City Tower

370 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

AVID AT A GLANCE

Established AVID secondary schools have added up to 2 years of extra NAPLAN learning since 2014.

AVID helps schools implement strategies that are evidence-informed, practical and affordable.

*as shown in the AVID NAPLAN Value-Add Evaluation (Goss 2025)

AVID schools are moving student outcomes from baselines to exceeding national averages across all domains, for example, by up to 18 months in year 9 Writing at a Victorian secondary school.

On average, established AVID schools have added 8 times more value to NAPLAN than neighbouring schools.

AVID schools outperform in multiple NAPLAN domains including: Reading, Writing and Numeracy

AVID schools report that it is AVID’s contextualised, high-quality professional learning that is making the difference in lifting teaching quality in classrooms to raise student outcomes.

Summer Institute 2026

Summer Institute 2026 inspires educators from across Australia to enhance their teaching practice and support students to achieve their potential. Summer Institute 2026 registrations will be opening in Term 2.

What the AVID Community Says

“During this professional learning, the education discussion between me and my colleagues has increased exponentially… Education is looking bright in the hands of AVID trained teachers.”

– Glendale Teacher –

Summer Institute 2019

“Everything I have achieved –not just from Makybe Rise Primary School, from Baldivis Secondary College, through ATAR exams and now at uni, it all comes back to those foundations of AVID that I was taught.”

– Makybe Rise Primary School and Baldivis Secondary College Alumni –

AVID National Demonstration School Celebration Event 2026

“Now that I’m with AVID I can go a lot further and achieve my dream to go to university.”

– Adrian, AVID Student –

“Avid seems to flatten the hurdles for them and has put them on another plane…”

– Parent of AVID Student –

“My team have started to make changes today. They were so pleased with the way the course was designed and delivered into small bite size pieces which scaffolded their learning and left them feeling empowered. Hard work and exciting times are ahead of us – bring it on!”

– Primary School Principal –

Perth Path 2020

“All my feelings were that I was going to fail all my classes and that I wasn’t going to go far – then AVID came. Now, I want to finish Year 12…”

– Kate, AVID Student –

“The best PL I have ever attended in my 10 years of teaching. Everything delivered is achievable and does not add work to the schedule, whereas everything else (non-AVID PL) does add. It has empowered me to make a difference for my students’ learning environment to create more student success in the classroom.”

– Student Success Participant –

Summer Institute 2019

“A master class in effective instructional strategies and the presenters created that great mix of safety and accountability to maximise learning opportunities. The opportunity to focus on what classroom teaching and learning could look like in the school that I lead was a real privilege and the injection of warmth and fun was a joy!“

– Summer Institute 2025 Participant –