AAIE 2023 Global Leadership Conversation

Grace Hung (’29) & Eason Wang (’29) Mar. 9, 2023

Leadership conversations or workshops often make leaders reflect on their own practices and beliefs. So, we asked Dr. Brown to share what he thinks is a strength and weakness of his in education. Dr. Brown shared that a weakness is that he still has so much to learn about different ideas in education. Plus, because education is constantly changing, he needs to be constantly learning. That said, Dr. Brown believes some of the things he has learned over the years, including his personal experiences, can be considered a strength. For example, a couple of his professional achievements have been traveling around the world leading presentations on different aspects in education, and also evaluating different international schools around the world and providing guidance and advice to help them improve. At the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE) Conference that he just came back from, Dr. Brown was one of 5 panelists who shared their experiences and knowledge with other international Heads and Directors. Overall, Dr. Brown’s conversations at the AAIE Conference, with other international heads and global educational leaders, helped him learn new ideas about the most current and best education practices.

Dr. Brown was very fortunate to have had dinner with two famous educators, Dr. Thomas Guskey and Mr. Myron Dueck. Both are experts in educational theory, standard based grading and reporting, and assessment. They had meaningful conversations and shared professional experiences with each other. This was one of the highlights of his educational trip.

After the conference, Dr. Brown’s new learnings and experiences made him feel reconnected, recharged and refocused.