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Algonac curriculum director reports on dyslexia task force, LETRS training and AI professional development

Algonac Board of Education · February 23, 2026
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Summary

Curriculum Director Melissa Hanners reported the district's involvement with a Dyslexia Task Force, teacher participation in Science of Reading and LETRS training (125 hours), and county professional development on AI; work on a Portrait of a Graduate is ongoing.

Melissa Hanners, the district's curriculum director, told the board she is participating on a Dyslexia Task Force and that a group of teachers are enrolled in LETRS training, a 125-hour professional learning program. She also reported some teachers are participating in Science of Reading training and that the district held a county-wide professional development day focused on artificial intelligence in schools.

Hanners said a district committee has met to discuss a Portrait of a Graduate and that she attends county AI Task Force meetings at RESA; the minutes record these items as informational. No formal policy action was taken at the meeting; the items describe training and planning work intended to influence curriculum and teacher practice over time.