About the Event:

On Saturday, 9th April 2022, CourseLeap hosted a dynamic information session for students and parents called the Getting to the Top: Headstart for the IB Diploma Programme. This event was geared towards guiding and informing them about CourseLeap’s flagship course offerings: Pre-IB courses for students entering Grade 11 IB Diploma Programme. The panel was led by Mrs. Dhingra, the founder of CourseLeap, and Mr. Barry Phipps, a distinguished consultant and educator at multiple international schools in Mumbai. The session was conducted over Zoom, and covered prominent key takeaways that illuminated the prime importance of securing a powerful head start to achieve the top scores in the IBDP, and CourseLeap’s role in accomplishing the same. After an intriguing and informative panel, Mrs. Dhingra and Mr. Phipps answered insightful and pointed questions from the audience and resolved any possible doubts in their mind about the promising academic future ahead. 

Meet our Panelists, CourseLeap’s instructors with unmatched, exceptional academic and professional pedigree:

1. Mrs. Yogesh Dhingra: CourseLeap’s Founder, Academic Advisor and Chief instructor for Mathematics
2. Mr. Barry Phipps:  An independent college and career counsellor, formerly the Deputy Head of the Oberoi International School and who led the counselling department at Dhirubhai Ambani International School.
3.  Ms. Chrisann Almeida: Lead Instructor for the IB Core: Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay
4. Mr. Nick Pillow: Lead Instructor for English
5. Mrs. Shiba Misra: Lead Instructor for Economics
6. Mr. George Mansur: Lead Instructor for Spanish and French
7.  Mr. Amit Rastogi: Lead Instructor for Computer Science
8. Maia Bedi: CourseLeap alumnus and intern, as well as a former IBDP student at Dhirubhai Ambani International School 

Key Takeaways:

1. Introduction to CourseLeap and our Edge

2. Panelist Speak: CourseLeap’s Offerings and Objectives for Summer 2022:

• Rigour of content and skills for Mastery over IB Mathematics
• ‘Core’ Competencies for research and academic writing Built by Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay
• Multifaceted Applications of IB English
• Real-world Relevance of IB Economics
• Logic Building in IB Computer Science 

3. Alumni Speak: Maia Bedi

4. Our Learning Management System (LMS) and future in EdTech

5. Beyond Summer : Course Offerings during the IB and Pre-University