Middle Village Preparatory Charter School (MVP)

The 2022-2023 School year is Middle Village prep's tenth year in existence. We are in the 2nd year of not having latin in person and we are continuing to use the rosetta stone program for students in grade 7 and 8. We found it very difficult to offer latin to the 6th grade students and it was better to have them transition into the School without them worrying about learning a language at home on their own. 7th and 8th grade students received a monthly pacing calendar with weekly latin assignments along with a year end project that was submitted as agrade of a pass or fail for the School year.teachers updated and worked on their curriculum maps and scope and sequence in august to up-date units and include where they would administer tests and quizzes into their monthly timeline. A template was provided to teachers to use to make the curriculum map consistent throughout the grade levels showing the categories of unit, time frame, essential questions, resources and assessments. Teachers were also able to include monthly themes and map out mock testing for students throughout the School year. With the hiring of new staff, it was important that we continued to have support for teachers who are new to the School and were considered developing while pushing our more veteran teachers on staff to include more student engagement into their lessons. We have continued to use the coach of teaching matters to work with the new and developing teachers on classroom management, lesson planning and structure and flow of the lesson while the coach from hmhco would continue to work with teachers on student engagement activities in the classroom along with higher level thinking questions and activities that promote group work. We were able to secure a math coach that was needed to support the teachers as they were having challenges with student choice in the classroom. Many of their classes centered around lectures and "skill and drill" as opposed to real world math applications. We wanted teachers tobe exposed to a variety of ways to incorporate real world math situations in the form of both paper based and electronically as we prepare for the shift of the state test to going computer based in the 2024-2025 School year.we continue to have challenges in hiring certified special education teachers to meet the needs of our ict students. We were able to hire certified content teachers in earth science and history that were able to take on the role of the special education teacher in the classroom. Knowing the content of the subject has helped improve the support that is given to the students in the classrooms. Training through the collaborative for inclusive education is being provided to teachers throughout the School year who are working with the ict students to help supportwith ways to co-teach in the classroom and provide supports to students in april and may, Middle Village prep administered the nys ela and math exams. Prior to the exams, Middle Village prep offers a 10 week test prep program to prepare for these exams. There is also a 6 week regents test prep program for students in the 8th grade that is offered in late may.our School's performance for ela resulted in the following proficiency by grade level:grade 6: 65% tested proficientgrade 7: 77% tested proficientgrade 8: 81% tested proficientsuny measures the 7th-8th proficiency at 75%. Mvp's 7th and 8th grade is at 79%our School's performance for math resulted in the following proficiency by grade level:grade 6: 73% tested proficientgrade 7:: 79% tested proficientsuny measures the 7th grade proficiency at 75%. Mvp's 7th grade is at 79%our 8th grade students take the regents exams in algebra 1 , us history andgovernment and earth science:in algebra 1: 85 % of the students tested proficientin earth science: 45% of the students tested proficientin us history and government: 78% of students tested proficient

Middle Village prep's special education team supports students who have an individual education plan ("iep'') but also supports all students in the classroom. In the integrated co-teaching setting, students receive small group instruction and scaffold support for all assignments, tests/quizzes, homework and projects.it is our goal to have our students feel confident to complete work independently. By the time these students reach the 8th grade, many of their services decrease because we have provided intense instruction over the 3 years that they were with us. Over the summer we work with the committee for special education to secure the placement of all outside providers and work with the committee on special education to schedule and confirm meetings with parents to take part in iep annual and tri-annual meetings. The School's special education coordinator, along with the the special ed team work together to create the student report that summarizes the student's performance and provides updates to their goals and future needs.we continue to use the service of the Charter School collaborative that offers monthly workshops in a variety of academic areas and supports. Training also offers ways to make proper modification and accommodation for students who are performing below grade level and offers ways to support students emotionally as well as academically. Middle Village prep has 2 guidance counselors on staff that support the entire School. Students that are mandated are assigned to a specific counselor that meets with the student regularly based on their iep needs.our guidance counselors also hold advisory classes for students that work on monthly themes and activities in the classroom that help with social and emotional support. Our cse representatives work very closely with our special education coordinator to make sure that all of our students' ieps are in compliance. Meetings are held at the School andparents are given the option to attend in person or virtually.mvp's special education coordinator also makes sure that support is given to students who have a 504 plan or who are classified as ell (english language learners). For the ell student population, push-in support is provided in the classrooms of these students and teachers work together to help translate documents in the child's native language. The special education coordinator will meet with families who have questions about the services that their children receive during the School day.and will monitor the hours of support that they receive.the nyseslat is administered to the students at the end of the School year. This test shows the progress that the students have made over the course of the year based on listening, reading, writing and speaking. The team of teachers work together to administer and score the exam and update teachers on the progress of students while giving strategies to use in the classroom.