About Us
Dixie's Mission
The mission of Dixie Elementary is to ensure a safe, nurturing, and flexible learning environment in which all students reach their full academic potential through the collaboration and commitment of our teachers, students, administrators, parents, and community.
Reading Instruction
Three Dimensions of Student Achievement
EL Education empowers students to achieve multiple dimensions of success: mastery of knowledge and skills, character building, and high quality work.
Our expanded definition of student achievement honors students’ full humanity and draws on decades of research demonstrating that social, emotional, and academic development are inseparable and mutually reinforcing. When students excel across all three dimensions, they’re empowered to chart their futures and change the world for the better.
Mastery of Knowledge & Skills
EL Education students are empowered to demonstrate proficiency and deeper understanding
Apply their learning
Think critically
Communicate clearly
Learn more about deeper instruction to drive student mastery.
Character
EL Education students are empowered to
Become effective learners
Become ethical people
Contribute to a better world
Explore the EL Education Character Framework to nurture student character development.
High-Quality Work
EL Education students are empowered to
Create complex work
Demonstrate craftsmanship
Create authentic work
Explore more attributes of high quality student work and the teaching moves that enable excellence.
Illustrative Math
IM Math is a problem-based core curriculum designed to address content and practice standards to foster learning for all. Students learn by doing math, solving problems in mathematical and real-world contexts, and constructing arguments using precise language. Teachers can shift their instruction and facilitate student learning with high-leverage routines to guide learners to understand and make connections between concepts and procedures.
Collaborative learning opportunities, instructional routines that invite students to bring their whole selves to math class, and problem-solving contexts that positively reflect ethnically diverse cultures support implementation of culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy.
