Thinking Outside the Box

This episode features Brad Masterson, co-founder and principal of Summit West Independent School in Okotoks, Alberta. With degrees in Kinesiology and Education from the University of Calgary, Brad reflects on his path into teaching, including his experience as a mature student and the motivations that led him to pursue education as a career.

The conversation explores his early career challenges, particularly his struggle to fit within the traditional public system, and how that led him to teach in an alternative education system with a “self-directed learning” approach through Green…