ADJUNCT FACULTY

MTL ADJUNCT FACULTY

Marcilene Dutton, J.D.

Adjunct Lecturer of Educational Leadership
2020 Timberbrook Drive
Springfield, IL   62702-4627
mdutt2@uis.edu

Ms. Dutton currently teaches EDL 574: Critical Legal Issues in Education in the Educational Leadership Program. She is also the Associate Director of the Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA), a statewide organization representing Illinois public school superintendents. 

Degrees:
Juris Doctorate in Civil Law from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Louisiana conferred December, 1989.
Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Bachelor of Science Degree in English, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, conferred May, 1985

Professional Affiliations:
Ms. Dutton is a member in good standing of the Illinois Bar Association and the Louisiana Bar Association.  In addition, she has been admitted to practice law before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois.

Ms. Dutton is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association. She serves on both the Education Law Section Council and the Judicial Evaluations Outside of Cook County Standing Committee. 

Ms. Dutton is also active in associations which support public schools, such as the American Association of School Administrators, the Horace Mann League, and the Educational League of Illinois.

School Leadership Experience:
Ms. Dutton has represented the interests of public school superintendents as the IASA Associate Director for the past twelve years.  Immediately prior to her employment at IASA, she was employed by the well known school law firm of Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton and Taylor which is a Chicago based law firm with satellite offices through out Illinois to serve its many school and other clients. 

Ms. Dutton is a frequent lecturer at administrative meetings throughout the state and at national conferences sponsored by the American Association of School Administrators.

Research Interests:
Ms. Dutton focuses primarily on issues related to the employment of school superintendents in Illinois. She has an in-depth knowledge of the contract law, rules and regulations governing the Illinois Downstate Teachers’ Retirement System, and tax law.  Ms. Dutton is also active in the governmental affairs arm of the Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance and consequently is well versed in current legislation impacting Illinois Public Schools.

Professional Representations and Writings:
Topics Related to Superintendents and Legal Issues Facing Schools.  Numerous Illinois Association of School Administrators Regional and State Conferences and Workshops, 1993—2005.

Topics Related to Superintendent Employment and Legal Issues Facing Schools.  American Association of School Administrators National Conference, spring 1993—2005.  Over 20+ presentations.

Dutton, M.  (June 2004). What’s Inside Your Contract?  In The School Administrator. (pp. 22-25).  Arlington, VA:  American Association of School Administrators.

Dutton, M.  (2004). It’s What’s Inside that Counts. In H.C. Sobehart (Ed.), Women Administrators Conference 2004 Monograph:  Leadership in a Time of Change.  (pp. 48-51).  Pittsburgh, PA: American Association of School Administrators and Duquesne University School of Education Leadership Institute.

Dutton, M.  (2002.) The Real Deal:  Negotiating Your Contract. In H.C. Sobehart (Ed.), Women Administrators Conference 2002 Monograph:  Leadership in Changing Times.  (pp. 13-14).  Pittsburgh, PA: American Association of School Administrators and Duquesne University School of Education Leadership Institute.

Dutton, M. (2001).  Performance-Based Contracts:  Nearly Five Years Later. Springfield, IL: Illinois Association of School Administrators.

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Sandy Gadel

Adjunct Professor
Email: sgade1@uis.edu

Sandy has taught Foundations of Teacher Leadership, NBPTS Assistance I & II, and NBPTS Issues and Trends.

Degree:
M.A. from University of Illinois-Springfield in Teacher Leadership, 2003
B.S. from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale in Math Education, 1986
National Board Certified Teacher in AYA Mathematics, 2000

Experience:
Sandy has taught math at Centralia High School in Centralia, IL for 20 years and is currently the math department chair.  She also teaches in the TEP program for UIS – Secondary Math Methods.

Sandy has been a local coordinator for the Illinois Comprehensive Support System for NBPTS for 3 years. She is responsible for conducting awareness, pre-candidacy, and candidacy sessions as well as mentoring NBPTS candidates.

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Associate Director
Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning
Adjunct Instructor Education Leadership
Brookens 427
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703
Email: mccurdy.shari@uis.edu

Shari currently teaches courses in the area of educational technology.

Degree:
Masters in Communication
University of Illinois at Springfield
Communication Department Graduation Marshall
Thesis topic: A Web-based Survey of Issues and Attitudes Regarding Filtering in K-12 and Library Settings.

Bachelor of Science
Illinois State University
Bone Scholar

Research Interests:
Within the area of scholarship, Shari has conducted presentations at the state and national levels. At the national level, presentations have focused on collaborations for diversity. At the state level, she has presented on topics related to the pedagogy and tools available for online learning, K-12 technology, communication in online classes, and best practices for collaboration.

Publications: 

McCurdy, Shari & Ray Schroeder. Achieving Diversity Through Online Inter-Institutional Collaborations, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN), Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2006, Sloan Consortium.  

McCurdy, S. & Schroeder, R. (2005). Achieving Diversity through Online Inter-institutional Collaborations. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2005 (pp. 2075-2079). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

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Jeff Newell

Adjunct Lecturer
Email: jnewe2@uis.edu

Mr. Newell currently teaches Technology in the Curriculum, Foundation for Technology in the Curriculum and Technology Strategies for Teachers.

Degree:
Master of Science from Western Illinois University in Instructional Technology & Telecommunications in 2003.

School Leadership Experience:
Mr. Newell is the Associate Director for Instructional Technology at the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). He is also the Director of Illinois Community Colleges Online (ILCCO), a consortium of colleges exchanging online courses and programs to increase the opportunity for students to meet their learning needs. At ICCB Mr. Newell is also involved with a number of statewide initiatives to promote online learning, technology use in the classroom, and faculty development.

Prior to ICCB, Mr. Newell was an educational television director-producer working for the Center for the Application of Information Technology at Western Illinois University and the Center for Educational Television at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Mr. Newell worked on a variety tape-based and broadcast continuing education programs in the areas of educational methodologies, instructional technology, adult education, K-12 education, medical, and health education.

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Dr. Greg Reynolds

Adjunct Faculty UIS
email: jreyn2@uis.edu

Superintendent of Schools (Retired)

23 years as Superintendent, 35 years in public education and two years in private education. 1992 Ph.D. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
1982 Ed.S. Western  Illinois  University
1978 M.A. Sangamon State University (UIS)
1971 B.M. Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

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