LMU Graduate Faculty
Gary Dutton
Professor, Graduate Education
423.869.6217
gary.dutton@lmunet.edu
Education
EdD in Education Administration and Supervision, University of Tennessee
MS in Education Administration and Supervision, Tennessee Tech
BS in History and Secondary Education, Maryville College
Other Teaching Experience
Tennessee Tech, Administration Courses (Adjunct) - 1977-1990
Consulting/Outside Training
- National Faculty - American Sport Education Programs (ASEP)
- Certified Strategic Planner - Cambridge and Associates
- Regional Accreditation Chair (SACS)1990-2007 - Chaired approximately 100 review teams
- School support consultant, Tennessee State Department of Education - worked with approximately 75 schools who were not meeting National Title 1 requirements
- Comprehensive school reform external facilitator - six schools
- Comprehensive school reform site researcher - six schools
- State Department of Education task force to develop school improvement planning process
- (With Dr. Mary Ann Blank) developed the consolidated planning process for the Tennessee State Department of Education for federal programs and trained every local system in the state in the process
- Voluntarilyy assisted Heritage Middle School to implement Learning Focused School Reform model
- Assisted with training for Blount County middle school's literacy coaches
- Distinguished Educator, Tennessee State Department of Education
- Houston Award, Lincoln Memorial University
- Career Ladder Three Administrator, Tennessee Department of Education
- Outstanding Contributor, TSSAA
- Certified Strategic Planner, Cambridge Associates
National Professors of Educational Administration and Supervision, the LMU specialist program, Published reports/ Blank, Mary Ann and Gary Dutton, “Federal Program Needs Assessment and Consolidated Planning Guide” Tennessee State Department of Education, 2003.
Professonal and Scholarly Affiliations
- Tennessee Professors of Educational Administration (TPEA)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
- National Staff Development Council
- Tennessee Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (TASCD)
