Middle Village Preparatory Charter School

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 and parents 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, 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.