Matthew Jacobson, former NSW principal, founder of Navigation Ed

For country principals and the teachers they send

I give country principals their evenings back.

I was a principal for 20 years. Now I spend a day with country principals and their teachers and we do the work they've been dreading — the parent letter, the assessment task, the staff-meeting plan — properly, with AI, so it stops eating their nights. I come to them; nobody else does.

20 years in the principal's chair

I come to you — Merimbula, Bairnsdale, Albury

You leave with it done, not a slide deck

Trail through the Blue Mountains bush

What happens on the day

Six hours. Your laptop. Your classes.

Built for early adopters, not beginners. Public, Catholic and independent teachers in the same room, working on their own units.

  • Assessment —that still measures thinking when every student has AI
  • Feedback —and report comments written in your own voice
  • Differentiation —for the kids who need it, without doubling your workload
  • Guardrails —to do all of it safely in a school

Fridays, 9:00–3:30

Next events

Merimbula

Club Sapphire

Fri 18 Sep 2026

24 seats · $330 / $275 second seat

Bairnsdale

Venue TBC

Fri 16 Oct 2026

24 seats · $330 / $275 second seat

Albury-Wodonga

Venue TBC

Fri 23 Oct 2026

24 seats · $330 / $275 second seat

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My last principal's office. The dog helped with the paperwork.

My last principal's office. The dog helped with the paperwork.

Why I do this

Not a pitch. Just why.

This is Matt talking about his own change — not a client testimonial. Merimbula stories arrive after 18 September.

No pitch, 20 minutes

Book a call

Talk it through before you commit a Friday. No pitch — just whether this is right for your school.