State director of student achievement to visit Walla Walla tonight
Walla Walla School District
Erin Jones, OSPI Assistant Superintendent of Student Achievement, returns to Walla Walla tonight to lead a discussion on building bridges between schools, families and communities during the Third Annual AVID Academic Recognition and Family Night. The discussion is being held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Walla Walla High School Commons. Jones was hired in 2008 as the Director of the Center for the Improvement of Student Learning, where her focus is on creating a repository of best-practices for educators and building bridges between schools. AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination, is an elementary through postsecondary college readiness system that is designed to increase schoolwide learning and performance.