empowered by pamoja

Brenda OConnor
Senior Business Development Consultant

Pamoja Business Strategy

North America

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our mission
We empower. We offer courses that inspire
students to study what they love. We care
about each individual by developing a
personalised approach to learning, placing the
attributes of the IB learner profile at the heart
of our teaching strategies.
We share with schools and teachers what we
know about data-driven leadership and
instructional support. We create opportunities
for success, each and every day.

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A social enterprise, founded in 2009, working in

cooperation with the International Baccalaureate to
provide online IB Diploma Programme courses and
support the IB initiative to increase global access to
education

Sole provider of the IBDP online

All 17 IBDP courses, including IB core subjects, are

developed by our team of experts in Oxford and around
the world. Taught by our team of highly qualified and
experienced IB teachers, they are delivered to both May
and November examination cohorts

Available for students aged 16-19 attending an IB World

School and taking the Diploma or Career-related
Programmes

Fully accredited by The Schools Commission of the

Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

about us
About us

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The pamoja square portal is empowered

by analytics and data. The online dashboards
present key engagement data to highlight a
student is progressing along with a to-do list
for the week ahead. By pushing this data to
the surface, we are empowering students to
make more informed educational decisions.

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The Learning Management System is the

online space within which all of the lesson
content and collaboration tools reside.
It provides the springboard for rich student
and teacher dialogue.

LMS

course

tools

We utilise specific online tools designed to enable

students to collaborate effectively across time-zones.
Discussion forums provide the space for students
to generate a buzz within a community space as they
discuss topics and assignments with the peers and their
teacher.

the theory
of Pamoja

For schools:

For students & families:

Growth acceleration:
increasing the range of

Access to top quality

teaching

courses offered

Growth management:

collaboration skills and

sustaining a broad and

encourage international

inspiring curriculum

Reduce variable

Develop global

mindedness

operating costs

Become knowledgeable,
inquiring, open-minded,
caring, balanced

Demonstrate and

life-long learners

promote innovative
pedagogy and teaching
strategies

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Enhance university
application profiles

Our values

Innovation

Student-centred
teaching & learning

Self-management

Creativity

Critical thinking

International
understanding

We use our online teaching strategies and data driven leadership to place the learner at
the centre of the teaching and learning process.

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ensuring
student
success

Pamoja provides:

The school provides:

Outstanding,

A Site-based Coordinator

academically rigorous

to liaise with the school,

courses

students, and Pamoja

Small cohorts

Allocated time during

the students schedule

Highly experienced IB

to work on their online

teachers

course

Consistency

Theory of Knowledge is

Regular feedback

at the heart of
everything we do

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our
values
Content
Academic
Resources

Care

Collaboration

Strategic
Support

Personal
Interaction

pamoja
learning
model

Content
Through content mediation and assessment,
learners are fully engaged to meet their own
personal needs.
Collaboration
Self-directed personal instructions and
interactions.
Care
Proactive and reactive strategies:

Support learning with scaffolding resources

Monitor students with actionable data and

dashboards

Develop students with purposeful and timely

teacher feedback

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personal
interaction
in the PLM

Teaching answers is easyasking questions is

tough!

Scheduled and ad hoc personal interaction:

Teacher-student interaction (asynchronous
and synchronous)
Student-student interaction (asynchronous
and synchronous)

Students are empowered to use the full range of

interactive learning opportunities, from one-toone bespoke tuition to crowd sourced
instruction

Progress to the next lesson

or participate in live lesson
with a teacher and /or peers.
Or re-visit the lesson

the learning
journey

Move
forward/
remediate

Formative asssignment
or knowledge check
to gauge subject
understanding/mastery

Engage

Assess/
Reflect

Participation in wider collaborative

activities such as discussions,
blogs and wikis

Hook/Video/Interesting
content item

Intake

Interact

Practice

Transmission
of knowledge
and concepts,
understanding

Exercises designed to
work with the content
with a focus on
outcomes

engage

Essential question and introductory

video to frame and start the lesson.

practice

Move
forward and
remediate

empowerment
by analytics

May 2015 IB
Exam Results

May 2015
83% Pass rate 4+
Average score 4.83
636 students

75% PG within .25 of grade

May 2014
81%

Pass rate 4+

Average score

4.75

522 students

Current
courses
offered

Group 2

Group 3

French ab initio

Business Management SL
Business Management HL

Mandarin ab initio
Spanish ab initio
Spanish B SL

Group 5
Mathematics SL
Mathematics HL

Economics SL*
Economics HL
IT in a global society SL
IT in a global society HL
Philosophy SL
Psychology SL
Psychology HL

Group 6
Film SL

DP Core Elements
Theory of Knowledge
Extended Essay framework

*Also available as a one-year course

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Theory of
Knowledge

53 week course with estimated 2

hours a week study
Takes the strain off the school for
timetabling
International classroom and
collaborative learning
opportunities with students
across the globe

Theory of
Knowledge

53 week course with estimated 2

hours a week study
Weeks 1 6 = Introduction
Weeks 7 12 = The Arts
Weeks 13 18 = Mathematics
Weeks 19 24 = History
Weeks 25 30 = Ethics
Weeks 31 36 = Natural Sciences
Weeks 37 42 = Human Science
Weeks 43, 45, 46 = Overview of Ways of
Knowing
Weeks 44, 47 49 = The Essay
Weeks 50 53 = The Presentation

Preparation time for the essay

and presentation is included.

Tuition Fees
Standard tuition
$1230 per enrolment per year
meeting in November regarding pricing

Theory of Knowledge
$695 per enrolment per year

Extended Essay Framework (must

be a Pamoja Education school)
$175 students in a Pamoja course
$250 other students

Tuition Fees
(cont)
US Special Pricing
40%+ Free/Reduced Lunch
$850 per year

Early Decision
5% - June 30th
Volume discounts
5+ students =10%
10+ students = 15%

Next Steps
Who will pay for the courses school,
grant, parents?
Which courses will be offered at the
school?
Choose a Site-based Coordinator
serves as the liaison between the
students, school and Pamoja
Contact Brenda to enroll students

Questions?
US Special Pricing
40%+ Free/Reduced Lunch
$850 per year

Volume discounts
5+ students =10%
10+ students = 15%

Questions?