UAE teachers become social media influencers to create classrooms with a difference


Anam Rizvi
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It's not just pupils, schoolteachers in the UAE are also finding their spotlight in social media, using online fame to educate children in another environment.

There is much more to their posts than just offering lessons, teachers are using the platform to support their peers, and motivate more people to join the profession at a time of a global shortage in teaching.

Teacher influencers go beyond the four walls of the classroom to ensure pupils engage with positive or educational content on social media in response to negative influences.

Thomas Blakemore, a British teacher who worked in Dubai for six years, posts videos to support pupils and teachers and has a collective social media following of around 250,000 people.

“One day, my class came in after a popular influencer had created a video that was very negative. My class were talking about it, and I thought that's not something they should be talking about or know about,” said Mr Blakemore.

He said he had always wanted to create videos for his class, but that moment made the difference.

“My first videos were about supporting my class,” he said. “I had a pupil in class who struggled with anxiety, especially around tests, so I created test videos, and, six years later, I still have children watching those videos.”

Keeping it positive

The teacher started posting videos in 2018, and said the fact that children still watched those videos, motivated him.

“I think the word 'influencer' has, unfortunately, negative connotations. But an influencer as a role can have both positive and negative implications,” said Mr Blakemore.

“When you think of an influencer in the world of education, especially teachers, it's through being a positive influencer to the greater world around them.”

He said he watched popular influencers to understand what pupils found engaging about the person, so that he could emulate their approach with a hope to engage children more deeply in lessons.

Influencers often address burnout and attract people to the teaching profession by showing the positive sides of as well as the reality of a career in teaching.

He spoke of the importance of being authentic on social media, and said: “Just like every other profession, teaching has some incredibly challenging times and I think it's important to talk about the challenges that we all face as teachers.”

He said burnout could come in the form of physical or emotional stress because of the amount of energy that you have to put in as a teacher, and there is misalignment burnout, where your goals and aims are not those of the school.

Thomas Blakemore, a primary school teacher at Kent College Dubai, creates content online to support teachers interested in moving to the UAE. Photo: Thomas Blakemore
Thomas Blakemore, a primary school teacher at Kent College Dubai, creates content online to support teachers interested in moving to the UAE. Photo: Thomas Blakemore

He said often when people did not address challenges, the situation peaked and they left the profession.

“In some ways, I think in the UK, I'd struggled a little bit. I was maybe on the cusp of burnout, and by taking on some social media and having that outlet gave me something else to work towards,” he said.

Unesco’s global report on teachers in 2024 revealed an urgent need for 44 million primary and secondary teachers by 2030. Global attrition rates, which measure employees' departures, among primary schoolteachers have more than doubled from 4.62 per cent in 2015 to 9.06 per cent in 2022.

Across the world, teacher influencers have gained popularity as they aim to help pupils navigate the social media space while also addressing the challenges of being a teacher.

American kindergarten teacher Jennifer Craft has amassed a following of 690,000 followers on Instagram by posting videos from her classrooms on promoting diversity and educating young children.

Growing in numbers

Rachel Accurso, famous as Ms Rachel for her learning videos for toddlers on social media, has two master’s degrees in education and has 13.3 million subscribers on YouTube.

Alex Gray, head of sixth form at Arcadia School in Dubai, said he initially started using social media for his own professional development during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Back in May of 2020, we were all at home and I was looking for ways to utilise my interests and passion, which is photography and videography as well as to upskill and share ideas,” said Mr Gray.

“I got into it by trying to just help myself to develop and then use my own passion and interests and post this to also as a support teachers who were looking for ideas.”

In 2023, Mr Gray set up a podcast called The International Classroom which has drawn hundreds of thousands of views. Through this podcast, Mr Gray talks to people across the world on a variety of subjects such as teacher well-being and the impact of technology and Artificial Intelligence on education.

“It allowed me really to have conversations with educators and thought leaders. I think it's about being able to open doors for educators to learn and hear from people around the world,” he said.

He posts his podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and posts videos on Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn.

“The aim of it is to really provide value to teachers, to inspire them, to support them, to provide them with professional development or ideas around topics that we all know are important, but maybe they're in an area or an environment where they're not getting the professional development opportunities,” he said.

One of the mini series he will be posting this year focuses on social and emotional learning from a student's perspective and from a teacher's perspective.

“We try to focus a lot on those things because it's really, really important. We can empathise still being in the profession and still teaching over 100 students a day and trying to manage having a family and all these other things that go with it,” he said.

Olly Lewis, deputy head at Amity International School Abu Dhabi. Photo: Olly Lewis
Olly Lewis, deputy head at Amity International School Abu Dhabi. Photo: Olly Lewis

For Olly Lewis, deputy head at Amity International School Abu Dhabi, the journey to becoming a teacher influencer started years ago when he worked in the UK and started creating revision programmes for his pupils which he posted on X.

When he moved to the UAE, he started writing newsletters about teaching and learning and started sharing these.

Asked about what being a teacher influencer meant to him, he said it meant using his experiences and insights to positive effect on the profession.

Mr Lewis, a founding fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching in the UK, he said: “I've always advocated that people should join the profession.

“No two days are the same in teaching and you get to share your passion and love for your subject with people. That's what makes the profession really appealing,” said Mr Lewis, whose videos on education have received hundreds of thousands of views across various social media platforms.

“Teaching is a hard job. It's a challenging job, but it's a mega rewarding job.”

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1. Fasting 

2. Prayer 

3. Hajj 

4. Shahada 

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The first ETF was launched as recently as 1993, but the sector boasted $5.78 billion in assets under management at the end of September as inflows hit record highs, according to the latest figures from ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm.

There are thousands to choose from, with the five largest providers BlackRock’s iShares, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisers, Deutsche Bank X-trackers and Invesco PowerShares.

While the best-known track major indices such as MSCI World, the S&P 500 and FTSE 100, you can also invest in specific countries or regions, large, medium or small companies, government bonds, gold, crude oil, cocoa, water, carbon, cattle, corn futures, currency shifts or even a stock market crash. 

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Favourite vegetable: Broccoli

Favourite food: Seafood

Favourite thing to cook: Duck l'orange

Favourite book: Give and Take by Adam Grant, one of his professors at University of Pennsylvania

Favourite place to travel: Home in Kuwait.

Favourite place in the UAE: Al Qudra lakes

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Micro-retirement is not a recognised concept or employment status under Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021 on the Regulation of Labour Relations (as amended) (UAE Labour Law). As such, it reflects a voluntary work-life balance practice, rather than a recognised legal employment category, according to Dilini Loku, senior associate for law firm Gateley Middle East.

“Some companies may offer formal sabbatical policies or career break programmes; however, beyond such arrangements, there is no automatic right or statutory entitlement to extended breaks,” she explains.

“Any leave taken beyond statutory entitlements, such as annual leave, is typically regarded as unpaid leave in accordance with Article 33 of the UAE Labour Law. While employees may legally take unpaid leave, such requests are subject to the employer’s discretion and require approval.”

If an employee resigns to pursue micro-retirement, the employment contract is terminated, and the employer is under no legal obligation to rehire the employee in the future unless specific contractual agreements are in place (such as return-to-work arrangements), which are generally uncommon, Ms Loku adds.

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Teachers' pay - what you need to know

Pay varies significantly depending on the school, its rating and the curriculum. Here's a rough guide as of January 2021:

- top end schools tend to pay Dh16,000-17,000 a month - plus a monthly housing allowance of up to Dh6,000. These tend to be British curriculum schools rated 'outstanding' or 'very good', followed by American schools

- average salary across curriculums and skill levels is about Dh10,000, recruiters say

- it is becoming more common for schools to provide accommodation, sometimes in an apartment block with other teachers, rather than hand teachers a cash housing allowance

- some strong performing schools have cut back on salaries since the pandemic began, sometimes offering Dh16,000 including the housing allowance, which reflects the slump in rental costs, and sheer demand for jobs

- maths and science teachers are most in demand and some schools will pay up to Dh3,000 more than other teachers in recognition of their technical skills

- at the other end of the market, teachers in some Indian schools, where fees are lower and competition among applicants is intense, can be paid as low as Dh3,000 per month

- in Indian schools, it has also become common for teachers to share residential accommodation, living in a block with colleagues

Hales' batting career

Tests 11; Runs 573; 100s 0; 50s 5; Avg 27.38; Best 94

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Anghami
Started: December 2011
Co-founders: Elie Habib, Eddy Maroun
Based: Beirut and Dubai
Sector: Entertainment
Size: 85 employees
Stage: Series C
Investors: MEVP, du, Mobily, MBC, Samena Capital

Red flags
  • Promises of high, fixed or 'guaranteed' returns.
  • Unregulated structured products or complex investments often used to bypass traditional safeguards.
  • Lack of clear information, vague language, no access to audited financials.
  • Overseas companies targeting investors in other jurisdictions - this can make legal recovery difficult.
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Shakhbout bin Sultan Street

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  2. Cinematography, shots and movement.
  3. All aspects of post-production.
  4. Emerging technologies and VFX with AI and CGI.
  5. Understanding of marketing objectives and audience engagement.
  6. Tourism industry knowledge.
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The years Ramadan fell in May

1987

1954

1921

1888

Simran

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Three stars

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