Jason is a dedicated and driven educational leader who has guided The Study Academy to become one of Toronto’s most celebrated progressive schools, known for its outstanding work with twice exceptional (2e) learners and having built a sterling reputation in skillfully blending high standards and personalized supports in each classroom. Jason brings a fulsome background as a research scholar, educator, entrepreneur, and executive to his role as Principal, having completed extensive research for the International Olympic Committee and Adidas, worked as a secondary teacher in addition to curriculum consultant and sessional lecturer at the University of Calgary, ran a successful small educational business, and currently sits as President of the Board at Crest Swimming. Jason’s current role at TSA is focussed on Continuous Improvement Planning and building new channels for stakeholder inputs to support decision-making processes that improve educational outcomes. This developmental work is being accomplished in conjunction with TSA's CIP accreditation with Cognia.Jason is an active and long-standing member of the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society and has most recently presented research at the 2018 biennial conference on the topic of Neurofeedback in the classroom. Further, Jason leads an educationally-focussed research team at TSA, which had a multi-awarded paper published in 2019 in the peer-reviewed journal Mind, Brain, and Education and another peer-reviewed publication more recently in the Journal of Attention of Disorders.
Listed skills include Research, Strategic Planning, Teaching, Data Analysis, and 12 others.