Jamila MUAZU ABUBAKAR

Director ATAFOM Language Academy, Head of ATAFOM Info Office Nigeria

Summary of Major Academic Qualifications

2017 till date Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in ProspectiveEducational Administration and Planning Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Nigeria
2013 – 2015 Master of Science (MSc)Educational Administration and Planning Universiti Putra Malaysia
2010 – 2011 Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other LanguagesTESOLS London Teacher Training College (LTTC)
2005 – 2010 Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)Educational Administration and Planning University of Jos
2008 – 2010 Diploma in Computer ApplicationComputer Application University of Jos

Institutions Attended With Dates

Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University (ATBU)	2017 –	till date
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)	2013-	2015
London Teacher Training College (LTTC)	2010 –	2011
University of Jos	2005 –	2010
University of Jos	2008 –	2010
Al Iman Secondary School, Jos	1992 –	1998

Membership of Professional Bodies

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers (KSAALT)

Teachers of Young Children (TOYC Saudi Arabia)

Scholarship Awards

Islamic Development Bank Scholarship (IDB) 2001 – 2003

Jigawa State Scholarship Board Award 2006 – 2009

Working Experience

English Teacher 2011 to 2013

King Fahd University School – Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Taught English as a second language at intermediate and advanced level
Attended a variety of professional development workshops centered on learning goals, classroom management, student motivation, and engaging learning activities.
Conducted small group and individual class room activities with students based on differentiated learning needs to ensure all students are learning at full potentials.
Facilitated activities that developed students’ physical, emotional and social growth.
Assigned lessons and corrected homework.

English Teacher

Canadian Language Centre – Khobar, Saudi Arabia 2013

Facilitated activities that developed students’ fluency in spoken
Assigned lessons and corrected

Lecturer

JIBWIS College of Education – Jos, Nigeria 2015 till date

Courses Taught

PED 112: English Studies in Primary Education
PED 117: Social Studies in Primary Education
EDU 226: Educational Administration, Planning and Supervision
EDU 214: Research Methods in Education
PED 321: Primary Education Planning, Administration and Supervision
PED 221: Research Methods in Primary Education
PED 111: Foundations of Education

Projects Supervised

Factors Militating against Effective Teaching and Learning of Social Studies in Public Schools in Jos North by Maryam Sardauna Yakubu September,
A Survey of Factors that Influence Effective Teaching of Social Studies in some selected Primary Schools in Jos Metropolis by Hafsa Sani Aji November,
Influence of School Plant on the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in JSCE in Jos North by Khadija Usman Shuaibu November

Founder of Jos Montessori Reading Centre

In 2017, I founded the Jos Montessori reading centre. The centre was established as a result of poor reading and comprehension skills I noticed among children and youth in my locality. I started the centre with few kids from my neighborhood in order to test the effectiveness of the systematic synthetic phonics progams I bought abroad. To our surprise we were able to make kids and adults read within a period of just 6 months.

After seeing the effectiveness of the phonics programs we are using, I expanded the centre and began giving workshops and consultancy services to schools in my locality.

I am an expert in teaching and training teachers in the following reading programs:

Alpha Phonics A primer for Beginning readers by Samuel Blumenfeld
Jolly Phonics
Phonics Primer by The National Right to Read Foundation
Children Learning Reading by Jim Yang
The THRASS

Publications

Muazu, J.A. (2010). Educational Qualification of School Administrators in Jigawa State, B.Ed. Thesis Submitted to the Department of Educational Foundation, Faculty of Education, University of Jos, Nigeria
Muazu, J.A. (2015). Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction of Female School Principals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. M.A. Thesis Submitted to the Department of Educational Administration, Universiti, Putra Malaysia. Accepted for publication by the Scholars Press, Germany.
Muazu, J.A., and Mallam, Z.M. (2015). Translation and Validation of the Arabic Version of the Job Descriptive Index. IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences, 3(9), 1 – 10.
Muazu, J.A., and Mallam, Z.M. (2015). Job Satisfaction of Female Principals in Saudi Arabia. IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences, 3(9), 11 – 20.
Muazu, J.A., and Abdul Hamid, J. (August 2015). Work Family Conflict and the Effect on Job Satisfaction of Female School Principals in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Educational Research and Practice – The Everly, Putrajaya, Malaysia

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Attended TOYC workshop titled “Teachers got talent”, organized by Teachers of Young Children: TOYC at IPS Khobar, Saudi Arabia, October 11. 2012.

Attended TOYC 2nd Workshop titled “The Power of Passion” at Bayan Garden School, Khobar, Saudi Arabia. December 6, 2012.

Attended a five hour Cambridge Professional Development Workshop titled: “Engage, Motivate, and Learn Lesson Planning” at King Fahad University of Petroleum &Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia December 12. 2012.

Attended the 4th Annual Mini – Conference of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers (KSAALT) titled: “Developing Academic Proficiency in the Classroom” at Prince Muhammad University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia. December 13. 2012.

Attended the 6th Annual Conference of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers (KSAALT) titled “Diversifying Education: Teaching, Learning & Language” at Prince Muhammad Bn Fahd University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. May 2, 2013.

Attended the 3^rd International Conference on Educational Research and Practice – The Everly, Putrajaya, Malaysia. August 25 & 26 2015.

Language

English90%

Hausa 90%

Arabic 70%

Jamila MUAZU ABUBAKAR