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Hamtramck School District outlines curriculum overhaul and flags state funding risk for multilingual services
Summary
District leaders presented new curriculum initiatives, instructional coaching, and a multilingual co‑teaching plan; multilingual director reported WIDA results and warned that state 'Section 41' funding is not currently in the Michigan House budget, urging community advocacy.
Sean Shoppeford, the district’s director of K–12 instruction, told the Hamtramck School District Board that the district is rolling out several curriculum and instruction initiatives aimed at classroom consistency and improved student outcomes. Shoppeford said the district will implement K–5 Reveal Math this year, continue the K–5 Wonders ELA rollout, introduce a 6–12 social studies sequence and expand instructional coaching across buildings. He said the district has 11 instructional coaches this year and has published a coaching handbook to guide a 6–8 week impact cycle for teacher coaching.
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