29 سبتمبر - 1 اكتوبر 2026
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مركز ذي أرينا الرياض للمعارض والفعاليات| المملكة العربية السعودية.
Mukhtar Jacobs
English Curriculum Coordinator - Ajialuna Educational Company
Muhktar Jacobs is an English Curriculum Coordinator at Ajialuna Educational Company in Saudi Arabia, working across multiple international school campuses to strengthen curriculum design, assessment alignment, and instructional quality from Grades 1–12. His work centers on building academic systems that are rigorous, coherent, and sustainable across frameworks such as NAFS, GAT, and SAT, while ensuring that expectations remain practical and meaningful at classroom level.
He holds a BEd in Further Education and Training, a BEd Honours degree, an MEd in Education Management, and an MEd in Psychology of Education. He is currently a PhD candidate in Language and Educational Psychology, with research interests in culturally relevant pedagogy, student engagement, psychological well-being, and the role of literature in English classrooms.
Muhktar’s work sits at the intersection of curriculum, assessment, leadership, and teacher development. He is particularly interested in how school systems shape both teaching quality and the everyday experiences of teachers. His approach is grounded in a clear belief: strong schools are not built through compliance, but through professional trust, purposeful systems, and conditions that allow teachers to do their best work.
Speaker Sessions
GESS Talks Live
1525
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Beyond Breaking Point: Recognising, Preventing, and Recovering from Teacher Burnout
Session Summary:
Teacher burnout isn't weakness—it's a systemic crisis threatening educational quality and educator wellbeing across schools globally. Characterised by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and reduced sense of accomplishment, burnout drives talented teachers from the profession and diminishes effectiveness for those who remain. This session moves beyond superficial wellness tips to examine root causes: unsustainable workloads, inadequate support, role ambiguity, and organisational cultures that normalise exhaustion. Participants will explore evidence-based strategies for recognising early warning signs in themselves and colleagues, implementing systemic changes that address causes rather than symptoms, and creating recovery pathways for educators already experiencing burnout. Sustainable teaching careers require more than resilience—they demand transformation that prioritises educator wellbeing as foundational to student success. Learn how to:
• Recognise burnout indicators and understanding progression from initial enthusiasm through frustration, apathy, and potential departure to enable early intervention
• Identify systemic burnout causes by analysing organisational factors that create conditions for burnout beyond individual coping capacity
• Implement prevention and recovery strategies at individual, team, and organisational levels that protect teacher time and energy, and creating sustainable work environments that enable long-term career satisfaction and effectiveness
Speakers
Mukhtar Jacobs
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English Curriculum Coordinator - Ajialuna Educational Company
التصنيفات
Leadership and Professional Development
Wellbeing and Mental Health
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