Tom Doyle, Ph.D.

Tom Doyle is the Academic Director of the ACE M. Ed. program. During his tenure, the program has emphasized engaging curriculum and instruction and effective assessment. To promote excellent teacher formation in the academic program, he launched an electronic academic portfolio, inaugurated a two-year differentiated supervisory process, and integrated pastoral support with academic supervision.

Previously, he served as an instructor in the ACE summer program, Vicar of Education for the Archdiocese of Mobile, a Catholic high school principal and president, and a physics and calculus teacher.

He pursues interests in curriculum and instruction and in training school boards to tap the manifold abilities of Catholic school parents and friends. Currently, he leads the effort to strengthen the academic quality of Catholic schools, one of the twelve initiatives in the Notre Dame Task Force on Catholic Education.