Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob is an Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. He obtained his PhD in Educational Planning and Policy from the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia, M.Ed in Educational Administration, B.A in Islamic Studies. His research interests include educational policy, educational planning, school culture, professional learning community, teachers competencies, Islamic administration, teacher education and professional development. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, a social science journal indexed in Scopus. He has more than 10 years of teaching experience in educational institutions.