Dixie Lee Allen
*** **** **** *****, ******, Utah 84078
435-***-**** (home) 435-***-**** (cell)
Email: *************@*****.***
Dixie has a Master s Degree of Education Administration from the University of Utah
and a Bachelor s Degree in Elementary Education from Utah State University. She
has also taken part in the Utah State sponsored Principal s Academy.
Dixie s experience includes working for Uintah School District for 26+ years where she
has served as an Elementary Teacher, Director of Elementary Education, Student
Services Director, Principal of Davis Elementary, Principal of Discovery Elementary,
Principal of the Discovery 5th Grade Center, and Principal of Uintah High School. She
has been nominated and received awards for State Principal of the Year both at the
elementary and secondary level and Teacher of the Year for Uintah District.
Dixie retired June 2006 to provide more time to continue to serve as a member of the
Utah State Board of Education.
Professional Activities:
Vice-Chair State Board of Education 2009 2012
Northeastern Utah Educational Services Leadership Committee 2002 -
Present
Grading Schools Committee 2011
Teacher/Administrative Evaluation Committees 2011-2012
Presenter Dropout Prevention Conference Fall 2011
Board representative member on Utah School Board Association 2006 -2008
Governor s Blue Ribbon Committee for Assessment 2006
Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Directors 2002 2008
State School Board Representative for Region 14 2002- Present
Published Article in winter issue of The Leader magazine UAESP Quarterly
Magazine 2001
Board of Directors, Utah High School Athletic Association 1998-2000
State Textbook Adoption Committee 1997-2001
Student Teacher Supervisor SUSC, BYU, USU 1994-2002
Level II USU Student Teacher Supervisor 1988-2002
Dixie Lee Allen
218 West 5250 North, Vernal, Utah 84078
435-***-**** (home) 435-***-**** (cell)
Email: *************@*****.***
Judge Sterling School, Uintah School District 1987 - Present
Administrative Mentor/Interns State Office of Education USU, University of
Utah, BYU 1992-2002
Professor, Utah State Level II 1989-1992
Governor s Task Force Schools of Excellence 1989-1991
Utah Rural School s Secretary 1990-1991
Utah Rural School s President 1989-1990
Utah Principal s Academy 1988-1990
State Strategic Planning Utah State Office of Education 1988-1990
ODDM Strategic Planning USOE 1987-1990
ODDM Trainer, National Rural Schools Conference 1987-1990
Utah Rural School s Vice President 1988-1989
Judge, Olympics of the Mind 1985-1989
Uintah Education Association President 1984-1985
Uintah Education Association Faculty Representative 1982-1984
Lead Teacher, Computer presentations for ASCD 1982-1984
Awards:
UEA Honor Roll 2011
Nominated Principal of the Year Secondary 2003-2004
Interactive Technology Grant, USU Uintah High 1999-2000
5th Term Experimental Grant Uintah High 1999-2000
Centennial Schools Discovery Elementary 1996-1997
Centennial Schools Davis Elementary 1993-1996
Site Based School (16 in state) Davis Elementary 1991-1993
Governor s School of Excellence Davis Elementary 1992
Uintah School District Principal of the Year 1993
Rural School s Principal of the Year 1990
Northeastern Educational Service Principal of the Year 1990
Teacher of the Year Discovery Elementary 1984
Dixie is married to Dr. James F. Allen and has four children (two of
which are teachers one in a private Montessori School in SLC and one
who runs the on-line home school for Uintah School District). She has
ten grandchildren who are the light of her life.