Megan Dixon is a passionate and dedicated educator with 26 years of experience in public education, including 13 years teaching second grade in the School District of Greenfield. She currently serves as an Instructional / Impact Coach, where she focuses on supporting and mentoring teachers through coaching cycles, co-teaching, and facilitating meaningful professional learning. Her work centers on building deeper collaboration and strengthening instructional practices that directly and positively impact student learning.
Megan is committed to creating safe, inclusive, and empowering learning environments where every student and educator feels seen, valued, and supported. A champion of early literacy, she promotes equitable, evidence-based practices that help all children become confident readers, thinkers, and learners. She brings a deep belief in the power of curiosity, mentorship, and meaningful relationships to her work, consistently finding the gifts, strengths, and opportunities within the students and educators she works with.
Her work bridges classroom learning with the real world through service learning, community partnerships, and mentorship. Megan collaborates with institutions of higher education to expose students to future opportunities while mentoring preservice teachers, and she actively supports local efforts to address food insecurity and homelessness—modeling empathy, service, and civic responsibility.
A respected teacher leader, Megan fosters a culture of trust, reflection, and continuous improvement. She leads with clarity and compassion, supporting educators in refining instruction, learning from one another, and growing together. In 2026, she was named one of Wisconsin’s Teachers of the Year in recognition of her impact on students, educators, and the broader educational community.
Megan holds a Master’s degree in Reading and Learning Disabilities and a Reading Specialist license from Cardinal Stritch University, as well as Principal and Director of Instruction licenses from Alverno College. Her passion for student-driven inquiry is reflected in both her instructional practice and professional learning, inspired by works such as The Curious Classroom and Inquiry Illuminated. She serves on school, district, and state committees, including a three-year term on Wisconsin’s Early Literacy Curriculum Council responsible for recommending and approving instructional materials and curriculum for the state of Wisconsin.
At the time of her Milken Educator Award in 2007, Megan was serving as a Reading Specialist and eighth-grade Reading and Language Arts teacher at Greenfield Middle School, where she was known for turning reluctant readers into enthusiastic, high-achieving learners.
1998 Carroll College, B.A., Cardinal Stritch University, Masters in Reading and Learning Disabilities; Alverno College, Administrative Leadership
