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Mr. Young is starting to become an old man! This year, I celebrate my 12th your as a teacher in the Prairie South School Division #210. Other teachers have told me, in the past, that "blink and your career will be over, if you really enjoy your job!" After 12 years, I can definitely say that I do not know where the last decade has gone, but I certainly have enjoyed the journey!

I was born and raised in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. My elementary years were spent attending King George for Kindergarten and then Sunningdale School, up to the end of Grade 8. My high school years were spent attending Central Collegiate. After high school I spent one year at SIAST taking the first year business course and then one year at Western Christian College in Dauphin, Manitoba. I received my teaching degree from the University of Regina in 2004 and was hired by Prairie South to teach Business Education (major) and English Language Arts (minor) at A.E. Peacock Collegiate, immediately after graduation. I was privileged to teach at Peacock for the last nine years of my career, working with so many amazing students and staff. Two years ago, I was honored to be granted a position at Cornerstone Christian School teaching all of the Business Education courses that were offered in the high school as well as Media Studies, Communication Media, and working with the elementary students in the afternoons!

I do have a passion for the use of technology in the classroom. We are living in a changing world and I do my best to keep up with things in pop culture as it is of interest to me and I want to keep things fresh for the students in my classroom. With the use of technology within the classroom, I do make it a priority to integrate and discuss how to use technology (social media, posting things, research online, reading text, etc.) in a responsible way, with my students. I'm not afraid to have those discussions with my students and I will challenge them to think from all sides about appropriate content and inappropriate content. At the end of the day, I want my students to realize that through their learning, they are building their skills and developing their tools to have a positive presence online and using technology that will benefit them as they grow.

I have been developing and using this wikispace for over 8 years now as a way for myself, my students, parents, educators, and administrators to explore the things we are doing within our classroom, in an interactive way. My students use the wiki on a daily basis, parents use it to see what is going on within the classroom (assignments, due dates, etc.), and teachers and administrators have used it to pull resources for lesson plans and evaluations. My teaching policy is for teachers taking assignments and evaluations from the site, please take it, use it to fit your classroom needs, and I don't need any credit. If you do use it, I would love to hear how it worked for you, in your classroom. If there are suggestions you could give me that made it work better for you, I would love to hear about it!

Here is an article the folks at wikispaces interviewed me for as a feature on their site.

As a teacher, I am involved in many different extracurricular activities within the school. Some of them include:
 * Cross Country
 * Running Club
 * Track and Field
 * Helping our Student Government with special events
 * Student Advisory Groups (Students having a voice for using technology)
 * Helping with the annual musical
 * Being available to help where ever there is a need within the school with supervision and being involved during special events

Outside of school I do have a number of different hobbies that I enjoy:
 * Running (6 time Full Marathoner and over 25 Half Marathons and counting)
 * Training/Conditions at CrossFit 161
 * Spending time with my nieces (8 and 4 years old) and watching them grow (very proud uncle) also an adopted uncle to a few special kids and privileged godfather to an amazing godson!
 * Traveling (for those that know me, Disney World is at the top of the list!)
 * Enjoying being out at my family farm

Personal Motivational Bible Verse:

// "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." -Isaiah 40:31 //

I always look forward to working with so many of the students at Cornerstone Christian, every year! It is a privilege for me as I get to spend the time watching them grow in their learning. I love to challenge their thinking as I do believe that makes us all better learners; myself included. As most students know, I love to ask the question "Why?". To me, getting to the root of your personal learning and discovering things about ourselves is one of the most amazing things that one can do. God has blessed us all with so many talents and skills and I see it as my job to bring that out in each one of my students in preparing them for what God has planned for them in their journey through life, wherever the path may lead.

Please feel free to contact me at anytime, if you have any questions and information that you need. Email is the best line of communication for me, as I can get back to you more quickly than returning a phone call. You can contact me at young.brett@ccsmj.ca.

You can also feel free to follow our classroom activities on Twitter at @MrBYoung or Instagram at @MrBYoung.

My more personal twitter account is @MrBrettYoung **. ** Here you will find more things related to my hobbies, health and fitness, travel, and my family.


 * Some of the crazy things I have been involved with during this amazing career: **

$2200 raised by my grade 9 class at Peacock Collegiate, that went towards replacing our gym floor. This is what they made me do!!!

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Running a relay team at the Weyburn Track and Field Meet:

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