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Hudson expands curriculum, personalized reading plans and plans welding academy with technical college
Summary
Teaching and learning staff reported new curricular adoptions (including CKLA expansion), K–3 personalized reading plans aligned to Wisconsin Act 20, expanded professional development and a planned welding academy in partnership with Northwood Technical College.
Administration reported a year of curriculum implementation and new programming designed to improve student outcomes.
Shannon (teaching and learning staff) and other instructional leaders described five new high‑quality curricular resources implemented in 2024–25 and said the district will expand Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) to K–2 in 2025–26 for a full K–5 rollout. The district implemented Wisconsin Act 20 requirements for personalized reading plans for K–3, and the team extended those individualized reading plans to grades 4–5 as a local decision to provide additional support.
Administrators said instructional coaches and literacy specialists provided more than 60 hours of professional learning for probationary staff before the new school year and that teachers who attended national CKLA conventions brought back training to support colleagues. The district described an expansion of science‑of‑reading training to middle school and an expectation of roughly 2,000 hours of instructional coaching districtwide.
A new welding academy was announced: the program will offer students credits toward a welding technical diploma at Northwood Technical College, giving participating high‑school students a jump‑start on post‑secondary technical training.
The instructional leadership team also stressed community engagement efforts: the Teaching and Learning Advisory Council and a community‑led character education council (approximately 40 community members including staff, parents, clergy, healthcare providers and nonprofit partners) informed program choices and character trait work.
No board action was taken; the report was informational.
