Unlocking leadership potential through human connection
Transform from Overwhelmed to Authentic Leader... I help IB educators like you see connections and streamline approaches that transform overwhelming complexity into authentic learning experiences and solutions. Whether you're a teacher struggling with inquiry-based learning and fragmented curriculum, or a new PYP coordinator drowning in competing demands, discover your authentic leadership voice and create conditions where you, your colleagues, and your students can thrive.
Discover the Humanisticed method
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Clarity
Discover your authentic leadership purpose beyond administrative tasks or curriculum compliance to understand the real challenge beneath the surface
Connection
Build deep empathy and understanding with your teaching teams or students, shifting perspective from problem to opportunity
Creation
Develop innovative solutions that integrate multiple curricular demands, fusing theory with practice
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Collaboration
Engage and inspire your team in meaningful professional growth that helps them see new possibilities and approaches to teaching and learning
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Confirmation
Learn and use evidence-based approaches to guage authentic learning outcomes and celebrate success
Discover the Humanisticed method
1
2
Clarity
Discover your authentic leadership purpose beyond administrative tasks or curriculum compliance to understand the real challenge beneath the surface
Connection
Build deep empathy and understanding with your teaching teams or students, shifting perspective from problem to opportunity
Creation
Develop innovative solutions that integrate multiple curricular demands, fusing theory with practice
3
4
Collaboration
Engage and inspire your team in meaningful professional growth that helps them see new possibilities and approaches to teaching and learning
5
Confirmation
Learn and use evidence-based approaches to guage authentic learning outcomes and celebrate success
"The degree to which I can create relationships which facilitate the growth of others as separate persons is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself."
- Carl Rogers
About
My name is Gareth Jacobson. Through my work in IB schools across different continents over the past twenty years, I've had the opportunity to experience education from multiple perspectives - as a classroom teacher navigating the daily realities of the home room, as a PYP coordinator trying to balance administrative responsibilities with pedagogical leadership, and as a principal working tirelessly to create conditions where authentic learning can flourish.
What has struck me consistently across these different contexts is how often I've encountered the same underlying challenges: dedicated educators who find themselves caught in administrative cycles that pull them away from the work they're most passionate about, teams that struggle to collaborate meaningfully despite shared goals, and learning experiences that become fragmented under the weight of competing initiatives and requirements.
These observations led me to develop what I call The HumanisticEd Method - an approach grounded in Carl Rogers' understanding of human potential and shaped by years of practical application in real school settings. At its core, this approach stems from the way I work and my conviction that every educator has an inherent capacity for growth and authentic leadership. Our role is to create the conditions where this potential can be realized.
