Allyn Doyle '13

Biography

Allyn is an education and community engagement leader with more than a decade of experience advancing instructional practice, developing educators and adult learning communities, and creating high-impact learning experiences. For the past three years, she has served as Director of Community Engaged Learning at the Meelia Center, partnering with faculty, students, and community organizations to design meaningful and reciprocal community engagement experiences. 

Previously, Allyn served as a teacher (2013-2017) and then Principal (2017-2023) of St. Sylvester School in Chicago. As a teacher, Allyn taught students across all grade levels and ran the school’s afterschool athletics program. As principal, she led school-wide instructional improvement, professional learning, curriculum development, and strategic initiatives. During her tenure, she implemented coaching and professional learning structures that contributed to significant increases in teacher morale and self-efficacy, as well as substantial gains in school-wide student achievement in reading and mathematics and student enrollment. She also led the development of a PK–8 remote and hybrid learning program during the COVID-19 pandemic and was recognized by the Archdiocese of Chicago for her collaborative and person-centered leadership of the school during this time.

Allyn earned an honors B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Spanish from Saint Anselm College, where she graduated as salutatorian. She also holds an M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision from Loyola University Chicago and an M.Ed. from the University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education. Allyn has been recognized through the Polk Brothers Leadership Award and via prestigious educational leadership fellowships through the University of Notre Dame and the Big Shoulders Fund.