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were 82 students on the Kindergarten waiting list alone. This brings the total number of students on the
waiting list for Grades K-3 to 421 children. This number is a testament to the success of Leadership Prep
Bedford Stuyvesant’s academic program, and its reputation in the community.
High Quality Instruction & Professional Development
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant’s leaders recognize that without high quality instruction, nothing else
matters. High quality instruction is essential to student achievement, and student achievement is Leadership
Prep Bedford Stuyvesant’s top priority. That is why Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will continue to
work with its Charter Management Organization (CMO), Uncommon Schools, to recruit and retain topnotch
teachers. New and returning teachers and staff members will receive ongoing professional
development, including instructional supervision and observation, peer reflection, and content area
collaborations both within Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant and through the network of Uncommon
Schools.
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will continue to aspire to achieve its Accountability Plan outcome
measures for the new charter term by providing for eighteen days of professional development before the
school year, five days during the school year, and three days following the school year, during which teachers
can review and discuss student data and assessment results. Professional Development sessions will often
center on the interpretation and implication of student data. In this way, Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant
leaders will continue to ensure that scope and sequences and curricula are truly designed, tweaked and
perfected to meet the needs of all Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant students.
Operations
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant’s leaders remain committed to a strong operational infrastructure—
particularly with respect to governance, leadership, fiscal management, and facility plans.
Engaged and Thoughtful Governing Body
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant’s Board of Trustees is comprised of engaged and experienced
individuals who have a combination of long-standing commitment to education in the Bedford Stuyvesant
community, experience in founding and leading strong urban charter schools, a track record of serviceoriented
leadership in New York City, and a significant capacity to develop private resources to supplement
the public funds. The Board is committed to serving as a network-wide Board in order to ensure that schools
within the Preparatory Network are governed in the most efficient and effective manner possible, by talented
and committed individuals. Current committees include: Governance, Program and Finance.
During the remainder of Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant’s charter term as well as the renewal term, the
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Board of Trustees will maintain governance responsibility and authority
over the addition of Grades 4 and 5.
Sound Fiscal Management
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School has a history of fiscal soundness, and is in a strong
position for growth and continued sustainability. There has been significant development in a number of key
areas of fiscal operations. In particular, Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant now adheres to an academic and
business services management agreement between Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant and Uncommon
Schools. Uncommon Schools has assumed responsibility of the following fiscal operations: providing a
projected annual budget, preparing monthly financial statements, recording and tracking income and expenses
related to all grants and contracts, recording all accounts payable invoices and cash receipts, preparing all
vendor checks, reconciling checking accounts each month, providing and maintaining payroll services,
processing all school tax filings, and interfacing with the outside accounting firm and preparing schedules for
year-end audit work.
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School
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