Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers to common questions about PixieToolkit. If you don't see your question here, reach out and we'll be happy to help.
Product Architecture
What is PixieToolkit?
PixieToolkit is a connected set of tools for structured literacy intervention: PixieBanks for word discovery, PixieDrafts for lesson workflow, and PixieScores for progress tracking.
What is PixieBanks?
PixieBanks helps teachers search, save, and reuse word banks and instructional word lists tagged by phonological concepts.
What is PixieDrafts?
PixieDrafts helps teachers create, adapt, reuse, and manage structured literacy lessons while maintaining intervention continuity.
What is PixieScores?
PixieScores helps teachers track assessment insights, intervention hours, skill progress, and student growth over time.
Do I need all three products?
No. Teachers can start with PixieBanks and add PixieDrafts or PixieScores when they need deeper workflow and progress tracking.
Product Scope
Who is PixieToolkit for?
PixieToolkit is for teachers, reading specialists, interventionists, and school teams who support students with dyslexia and other struggling readers. It works for individual teachers and school teams.
Is this only for dyslexia?
Is Pixie only for dyslexia?
Pixie is designed for structured literacy and dyslexia support, but it works for any teacher planning reading intervention lessons for struggling readers.
The Science of Reading
Pixie is built on evidence-based structured literacy principles. It supports systematic, explicit phonics instruction and helps teachers implement research-backed methodologies like Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, and Slingerland.
AI & Workflow
Does Pixie write lessons for me?
Pixie helps draft the first version of a lesson based on your templates, goals, or past lessons. You review, edit, and approve everything before it's used. AI speeds up the work; you make the decisions.
Do teachers stay in control?
Yes. Pixie is designed as a teacher-supervised workflow tool. You approve every output. Nothing goes to students without your review and decision.
Can I reuse and adapt existing lessons?
Absolutely. That's one of Pixie's core features. Save lessons, templates, and materials to your library, then duplicate and adapt them for different groups, pacing, or complexity levels. Everything stays connected so you maintain continuity across students and sessions.
Does Pixie help with progress monitoring and documentation?
Yes. Pixie helps you track what each student has mastered, capture session notes quickly, and maintain connected intervention history over time. This makes it easier to see patterns, preserve continuity, and document your work, but Pixie does not generate IEP reports or guarantee compliance with any specific requirements.
Can Pixie help me write IEP reports or progress reports?
Pixie helps you capture notes and track student progress during instruction, which can inform your reports. However, teachers remain responsible for writing official IEP documents and ensuring they meet legal and district requirements. Pixie is a documentation aid, not a compliance tool.
Built by Educators
Created by teachers and reading specialists with 17+ years of experience in structured literacy and dyslexia support.
Methodology & Curriculum
Does PixieDrafts replace my methodology?
No. PixieDrafts supports teacher-controlled lesson workflows and works alongside existing structured literacy approaches like Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, and Slingerland.
Do I have to use a specific dyslexia methodology?
No. PixieToolkit works alongside your existing methodology: Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, Slingerland, or your school's approach. It supports your workflow, not replaces it.
Does Pixie replace Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, or Slingerland?
No. PixieToolkit is a planning and workflow tool, not a curriculum or methodology. It helps you plan lessons faster within your chosen instructional approach.
Can I use my school's own approach?
Yes. Pixie is designed to support your existing templates, frameworks, and instructional approaches. You control the structure and content.
Legal, Compliance & Diagnosis
Does PixieScores diagnose dyslexia?
No. PixieScores is not a diagnostic tool. It helps organize and track assessment-related instructional information and progress.
Does Pixie diagnose students?
No. PixieToolkit is not a diagnosis tool. It does not assess, evaluate, or diagnose dyslexia or any learning difference. It's a lesson planning and progress tracking workflow system for teachers.
Does PixieToolkit guarantee IEP or legal compliance?
No. PixieToolkit may help organize lesson and progress information, but it does not guarantee compliance with federal, state, district, or legal requirements.
Does Pixie guarantee compliance with state or federal rules?
No. Teachers and schools remain responsible for legal and instructional compliance. PixieToolkit is a planning tool that supports your workflow, not a compliance or legal system.
Is Pixie a legal or clinical recommendation tool?
No. Pixie helps teachers plan lessons. It does not provide legal, clinical, or diagnostic recommendations. Teachers and schools make those decisions.
Buying & Setup
How do I get access to Pixie?
Pixie is currently in early access. Request your spot and we'll be in touch. The first 50 teachers get in free: no credit card, no commitment.
Can schools or teams get access?
Not yet. We're starting with individual teachers. If you're interested in a school or team plan, request early access and let us know, and we'll keep you posted.
Do you offer demos?
Not at this stage. Request early access and try it yourself; that's the best way to see what Pixie can do.
Privacy & Data
What happens to my students' data?
Your data stays yours. We don't sell it, share it with third parties, or use it to train AI models.
What happens to my lessons and resources?
Everything you create in Pixie belongs to you. We don't claim ownership over your work.
Is my content used to train AI?
No. Your lessons, templates, and resources are never used to train AI models.
Will Pixie replace my job?
No. Pixie handles the mechanical parts of lesson planning. The teaching, the judgment, the relationship with your students: that's irreplaceable.
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