Luther Brown, PhD, MEd, BSc, OCT. - Lead Faculty
Luther Brown is an experienced educator who served both in Jamaica and here in Canada. In Jamaica he taught at several schools and was an Education Officer with the Ministry of Education. Luther retired as Principal of The Africentric Alternative School (AAS) in Toronto. He served the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in various capacities for over 30 years. He was a teacher, a vice-principal, and a principal of both middle and elementary schools.
As a principal, Luther has led schools in changing their achievement
trajectory, improving community relations, mentoring education workers, and helping develop students as leaders.
Luther who is trained in the Alternative Dispute Resolution served as Chair of the Toronto School Administrators Association (TSAA). The TSAA is the local professional organization that negotiates Terms and Conditions of Employment for Principals and Vice-Principals in support of the production of equitable schooling outcomes for students within the TDSB.
Luther believes ongoing professional learning is an effective way to inform perspective and impact practice. He has created and successfully delivered professional learning at the OPC Odyssey and at TSAA Conferences, the ONABSE Conference - at OCAD University in Toronto, and the Afrocentrisim Conference 2019 at the University British Columbia.
Luther’s academic and professional work has consistently focused on educational leadership to produce equitable schooling outcomes for minoritized students. He earned his PhD and M.Ed from OISE, University of Toronto. and his B.Sc. from the University of Wisconsin. His doctoral work is focused on changing schooling production systems and structures to produce equitable schooling outcome for Black students.
Luther was the producer and host of the programme Caribbean Crucible which aired on the former CHRY 105.5 FM, Community Radio for over 25 years. He is the recipient of several awards for community service.
Publication:
1.Thesis: https://hdl.handle.net/1807/130382
2. The Register. Equitable Schooling Outcomes: https://www.principals.ca/en/resources/Register/OPC-Winter-2024-Final.pdf
2.The Register. Diversity in School Leadership: A reflection of Ontario Students,
4. Not Just Words. A compilation of Poems and Photographs on Apple Books
Or Not Just Words. A compilation of Poems and Photographs on Amazon Kindle
Workshops and One-on-One Learning
Ensuring schools become a place of Belonging.
Facilitate school leadership to ensure schools become places where students, staff, and community feel they belong, because it is important to producing schooling outcomes
Leading Schools In a context of race and racism.
Racism is 'normal' in society. Its ubiquity must be recognized, and acted against. We work with school leaders to produce equitable schooling outcomes in contexts of race and racism. disproportionate rates”. (Brown, 2023)
Leading Single Administrator Schools.
Help school leaders develop professional practice within structures and systems that impede collaborative practice - the life-blood of leading schools for equitable schooling outcomes.
Producing Equitable Schooling Outcomes
Setting School Tone.
Facilitating the development of a healthy school tone - the climate in which teaching and learning occur - to support the production of equitable schooling outcomes.
Working with Hard to Serve Professionals
Facilitate working with hard-to-serve professionals to produce equitable schooling outcomes. Contrarian views can provide pathways to collaborative professional practice.
Coaching & Mentorship.
Provide coaching and mentorship for school leaders to produce equitable schooling outcomes. Our sessions make connections and engage the lived experience of participants.
