ED 6011 Educational Theory and School Administration
ED 6012 Politics and Policy in Educational Administration
ED 6014 Secondary School Administration
Practicum/professional mentoring
Supervision of about 100 course-based MEd students in Educational Administration and Leadership each year.
Completed supervision of two MEd thesis route students.
Completed supervision of four PhD students as of January 2018.
External examiner for 15 doctoral dissertations and two MEd theses as of January 2018.
Professional practice, committees and volunteer work
Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (CASEA): Served as 2nd Vice-President (2010 – 2012), 1st Vice-President (2012 – 2013), President (2013 – 2016), and Past President (2016 – 2018).
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM): Served as Vice-President (2013 – 2014) and President (2014 – 2018).
Ontario teacher certification since 1983.
Reviewer for several journals, grant applications, university programs, and conference proposals.
Book review editor for Leadership and Policy in Schools.
Selected publications
Brien, K. (2017). [Review of the book A decade of research on school principals]. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 17(1), 166 – 170.
Broster, R., & Brien, K. (2010). Cyber-bullying of educators by students: Evolving legal and policy developments. Education & Law Journal, 20, 35 – 61.