Past President’s of the CCEAM

Past Presidents of the CCEAM

Professor Carolyn Shields
2022 -2024

Professor Carolyn Shields served as President from 2022-2024 and vice president from 2020-2022. She teaches and conducts research related to transformative leadership as a way of creating schools that are equitable, inclusive, excellent, and socially just. Her 12 books, hundreds of conference presentations invited keynotes, and refereed publications have brought her international accolades, including being named a fellow of CCEAM in 2004 and an honorary doctorate from Laval University in 2017. She has been active in CCEAM since 1999 and is also active in research organizations in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Professor Paul Miller
2018 -2022

Paul Miller, PhD, is the first Caribbean national to be elected to the office of CCEAM President. An internationally respected academic administrator and researcher, he has a significant track record of published research in educational leadership. His research teacher race discrimination in England is assisting the UK Cabinet Office in policy development, and his research on school leadership development and school improvement is being used by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the development of leadership standards. Paul is Professor of Educational Leadership & Management at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and a member of Council of both the Institute for Educational Administration & Leadership – Jamaica (IEAL-J) and the British Educational Leadership Administration Society (BELMAS).

Associate Professor Ken Brien
2014 – 2018

Ken Brien, EdD is Association Professor at the University of New Brunswick and has served as President of CCEAM 2014 -2018 and Vice-President 2012-2014. He is

Past President (2016 – 2018) Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (CASEA). He has been a reviewer for several journals, grant applications, university programs, and conference proposals and book review editor for Leadership and Policy in Schools. His most recent publication is the book A decade of research on school principals]. Leadership and Policy.

His key areas of interest are educational law, policy, governance; professional learning communities; roles of principals and vice-principals; parental involvement in education and distance education.

Emeritus Professor Frank Crowther, AM
2011 – 2013

Emeritus Professor Frank Crowther is recognised as a leading international scholar on the subject of Leadership. His books are international best sellers.

His doctoral dissertation at the University of Wisconsin in 1984 received the International Exemplary Dissertation Award. He is also a Gold Medalist of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders, and Fellow of both the Australian Council for Educational Leaders and Australian College of Education. In 2004 he was recognised by The Bulletin magazine as one of 100 Smart Australians and in 2006 he was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM).

Frank has contributed to education through extensive careers in both Canada and Australia. He spent eighteen years in Alberta, Canada as a teacher, principal, inspector and Regional Director for Edmonton and Northern Alberta. On his return from Alberta to Australia in 1986 Frank received the Award of Excellence of the Alberta Teachers Association for services to the educator profession in Alberta and Canada.

Prior to his retirement from fulltime work in 2006, Frank was the Pro Vice Chancellor as well as Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Southern Queensland. He continues to conduct research and consultancy work, particularly with the internationally-renowned IDEAS School Revitalisation Project, across Australia as well as internationally.

Frank is married, with three adult children and two grandchildren. His hobbies include regular fishing trips to the Swaines Reef and trekking. At the age of 63, he successfully trekked to the Everest Base Camp.