UNT AVATAR

Thank you for your interest in vertical alignment! Academic Vertical Alignment Training And Renewal (AVATAR) is a professional development model that promotes sustained networks for alignment across secondary and postsecondary education. AVATAR works at the regional level with school districts, along with two and four-year institutions of higher education whose students form a genuine feeder pattern. With guidance from the regional Education Service Center and community workforce partners, often represented through a P-16 Council, we span the levels of education to support seamless transition and program completion for students preparing for higher education and careers and to decrease the need for postsecondary developmental coursework. AVATAR engages secondary and post-secondary faculty and administrators in on-going critical conversations about key courses and assessments, how they are aligned, and how students experience them in the journey from middle and high school to college..