Kim Evelyn Brown
Position
Principal Lecturer
Teaching area
Secondary School Tertiary Studies (SSTS) - Humanities
Biography
Kim is not new to SSTS, she was there 2021-2024. She’s back and teaching Humanities, having previously taught English.
She has a daughter who is also a teacher and teaches in Brunei. Kim has two grandchildren who she adores. Kim is married and she and her husband share their home with a gorgeous ragdoll cat named Pudi Kat Kat!
Kim is no stranger to teaching with almost 40 years’ experience gained from 6 countries and 15 high schools. She has had multiple roles in Education – HOD (Kuwait) Principal’s Nominee & Lead Curriculum (Busy school, Auckland), Teaching and Learning Advisor (The Cook Islands MOE), Literacy Facilitator (Teams Solution), Campus Lead (Kingslea School -Youth Justice) and so on. These varied experiences have helped shape her teaching style and an appreciation for the opportunities.
Why I love MIT
SSTS (MIT) is an easy place to love. So much so that I plan to retire from here. Why do I love it? There’s a long list but some main reasons are:
- The small class sizes makes for developing strong rapport with students and you can do a lot of one-on-one work with them.
- A supportive teaching environment – there’s no limit if you’re wanting to do extra things, such as previously, I created a Siva (Samoan dance) group, I helped to run the Student Council, I helped run the school ball. I like to be fully involved in a school and SLT always supports things that I propose(d), I value that.
- Culture– I can be who I am here. I recently helped to run activities for Samoan Language Week and SLT was very supported and even joined in. As a Polynesian, it’s really important that our culture is recognised and it is at MIT. I appreciate that very much.
