Amal Fellowship Overview with SIBA and UAF

Amal Career-Prep Fellowship with
SIBA and UAF BBA Agri-Business

Students






The Amal Career-Prep Fellowship: Developing the Skills, Mindsets and
Learning Abilities Needed to Secure and Excel within Meaningful Careers


























5 July 2017

Table of Contents


SECTION 1: BACKGROUND ON AMAL

PART 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PART 2: CAREER PREP FELLOWSHIP OVERVIEW
PART 3: TEACHING FELLOWSHIP OVERVIEW
PART 4: RESOURCE PEOPLE
PART 5: ALUMNI AND ASSESSMENT
PART 6: INDUSTRY LINKAGES

SECTION 2: PROPOSAL / PROGRAM
PART 1: THE PROBLEM:
PART 2: COURSE OVERVIEW
PART 3: LEARNING OUTCOMES
PART 4: CURRICULUM
PART 5: TEACHING METHODOLOGIES
PART 6: CAREER COUNSELING
PART 7: COURSE OUTLINE
PART 8: ALUMNI SUPPORT
PART 9: RESOURCE PEOPLE
PART 10: CAPACITY
PART 11: FACILITIES
PART 12: ASSESSMENT: MONITORING AND EVALUATION
PART 13: BUDGET
PART 14: APPENDIX






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SECTION 1: BACKGROUND ON AMAL


PART 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Amal is a nonprofit education institution with the vision of helping the Pakistani youth and
higher education system reach their full potential. We were established in 2013 through
the financial support of Stanford University (read more at amalacademy.org/stanford).

As of July 2017, we have reached over 1,500 students through our flagship 3-month Amal
Career-Prep Fellowship, having launched over 40 batches across 9 universities throughout
Pakistan (PU, UET, UAF, GCU, UMT, UOE, UVAS, UCP, COMSATS). Over 80% of our alumni
have received job offers within three months.

We have also launched an intensive 3-week faculty training program with the Higher
Education Commission, in order to develop the mindsets, skills and teaching abilities of
faculty members throughout Pakistan.

Amal is based in Lahore, with a team of 30+ full time employees. Our advisory board
consists of Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan, Syed Babar Ali, Yasser Bashir, Sohail Rizvi, Jawad Aslam
and Jacqueline Novogratz, and our investors include Stanford University, Acumen, Echoing
Green, Nauman Ahmed Khan, and Chris Anderson (TED.com).

We are registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 since 2014.

To learn more, please visit www.amalacademy.org or contact us at +92 42 35882031 or
+92 308 7322344.


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PART 2: CAREER PREP FELLOWSHIP OVERVIEW

Amal Career-Prep Fellowship Overview: The Amal Career Prep Fellowship is Amal’s
flagship program, launched in 2014 and scaling across 9 universities, reaching over 1,500
students throughout Pakistan (over 80% of whom have gotten jobs within 3 months)

The goal of this course is to prepare university students and graduates for successful
professional careers, specifically by developing them in the following three areas:

1. Professional skills (e.g., communication, teamwork, leadership, problem-solving,
critical thinking)

2. Mindsets (e.g., growth mindset, self-efficacy, responsibility)
3. Learning abilities (e.g., peer-to-peer learning, self learning)

Curriculum: The program is typically 3-months long and consists of 140 hours, 70 hours of
which are contact hours (in-person sessions) and 70 of which are done through project
work and online courses. There are 24 sessions, 20 online courses and 12 projects that the
fellows need to completed (although this can be adjusted, based on the learners’ profiles).

Our focus in this fellowship is to collaborate with each individual student in order to
develop his/her skills, learning abilities and mindsets. Specifically, our goal is that, after the
fellowship, each student will be able to do the following:

I. Resumes, Application, Cover Letters: Write convincing and effective job

applications, resumes and cover letters, in order to maximize the chance of
securing interviews
II. Communication: Communicate clearly and concisely, particularly in English and
especially during interviews and eventually inside the work environment
III. Leadership: Identify the key principles from the most influential leaders of our
time and begin developing/applying these principles in their own lives




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IV. Career Planning: More clearly identify and understand their short and long term
goals, and develop/implement a strategy that will allow them to achieve those
goals

V. Confidence: Overcome nervousness and low confidence, especially during
interviews, in order to clearly communicate their ideas and experiences

VI. Professional Behavior: Make a quality first impression and ensure that they
continue to conduct themselves in a professional manner, both in interviews and
work-related scenarios

VII. Problem Solving: Identify the source of each problem and develop a
strategy/action plan for overcoming that problem

VIII. Positive Thinking: Appreciate the role and power that our thoughts and attitude
have towards our success in life, and be able to better control those thoughts

IX. Learning how to Learn: Developing the ability to learn from their peers, learn
from their self, and become a lifelong learner

X. Growth Mindset: Overcoming fear of failure, embracing risks and challenges as
growth opportunities

XI. Self-Efficacy: to take ownership and responsibility for their careers, their future,
and the work that is required in order to achieve their goals


Teaching approach: Our teaching methodology is based on the following learning styles:
experiential learning, project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, peer-to-peer learning,
blended learning and self-learning. We invest heavily in training our faculty members in
order to achieve the above-mentioned learning outcomes, using these novel but effective
teaching methodologies. Specifically, we have a 7-module induction program that each new
team member completes when joining (and during their first 3 months at) Amal.



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Progress to date: In 2014, Amal launched the Amal Career-Prep Fellowship, which works
in public universities to prepare students for meaningful careers. Specifically, we do this by
developing their professional skills (communication, teamwork, etc), mindsets (growth
mindset, self-efficacy, etc) and their learning abilities (self-learning, peer-to-peer learning,
etc). As of July 2017, we have reached over 1,500 Amal Fellows across 40+ Fellowship
batches in 9 different universities. This includes 6 Fellowships at University of Agriculture
Faisalabad (UAF), reaching approximately 240 Fellows in our UAF Fellowship.

Over 80% of our alumni have received job offers within three months.

Some of the common sectors that fellows are currently working in include education,
public sector, retail, banking and finance, manufacturing, petroleum, telecommunication,
power and energy, pharmaceutical and others.

Moreover, our fellows are working in hundreds of different companies including Nestle,
PPSC, Nippon Paint, Coca Cola, Meezan Bank, United Bank Limited, Allied Bank Limited,
DESCON, PEL, PARCO and many other international and local companies across the
country/region.

Learner profile: We believe that the best learning happens when there is a diverse group
of learners who are studying together. Therefore, we work hard to ensure that the fellows
are from a diverse background. Specifically, this includes the following:

– Didn’t grow up in a major city (e.g., grew up in village): 60%
– Studying in public university: 95%
– Family income below 30,000 PKR: 75%
– Studying a general degree / subject: 15%
– Wants to go into the education field (e.g., as a teacher): 20%



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PART 3: TEACHING FELLOWSHIP OVERVIEW

Overview: In early 2017, we collaborated with the Higher Education Commission in order
to scale up the impact of the Career-Prep Fellowship, specifically by training faculty on the
teaching methodologies and learning outcomes of the Amal Fellowship.

The official title of the 3-week course we launched is: Narrowing the Industry-Academia
Gap for Pakistan’s University Students: Developing Faculty’s Professional Skills in Order to
Accelerate their Students’ Career Competencies, Mindsets and Learning Abilities, as
Required in Today’s Work Environment.

Program objective: Our primary objective for this course is to introduce faculty to the
skills and learning tools needed to accelerate the professional competencies, learning
abilities and mindsets of their future students. As such, the learning is divided into two
main categories: skills development and teaching abilities.

Progress to date: We launched this program in May 2017 with 12 faculty members from
university in Lahore. The results were extremely encouraging, and we are now scaling up
the initiative for faculty from other cities/universities.

More specifically, we received the following feedback from the participants:

– Net promoter score (how likely are you to recommend a colleague for this course):
8.45 / 10

– How effective do you think the entire teaching team was: 8.72 / 10
– How effective do you think the content and teaching styles were: 8.63 / 10

Future plans: Moving forward, we believe that faculty training is an important part of our
strategy for reaching students across Pakistan. We are working the HEC in order to scale up
this course, and have received requests from various universities to train their faculty
members, and will be launching these programs in the near future.



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PART 4: RESOURCE PEOPLE

A. Amal team profiles

Benje Williams, Facilitator, Course Designer: Benje is Cofounder and CEO at Amal. In the
past, he has supported entrepreneurs through various roles at Acumen Fund in Pakistan,
Kenya and India. He has launched an education IT center in the Nairobi slums, and has
worked as a management consultant at PwC in New York, at Dalberg in South Africa and at
TechnoServe in Kenya.

He holds a MBA from Stanford University and a BS from UC Berkeley.

Ali Siddiq, Operations Director: Ali has 10+ years of professional work experience,
including at American Air and Amazon in the United States, as the Head of Business
Development at Salamat School System, as CEO of Institute of Professional Learning, and as
a Senior Manager at the Punjab Education Sector Program.

He holds a BS from UET, a MS in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University (USA),
and a MBA from Notre Dame University (USA).

Sarah Farooq, Coordinator: Sarah has been working at Amal as a Program Manager for
over 2 years. Prior to that, she worked at Pakistan Microfinance Network and UN Women,
UN Global Compact in New York and at a startup (Sanergy) in Kenya. Through these
experiences, she has realized the incredible potential of youth for a better future and the
power of investing in that potential.

She completed her Masters from Fordham University on a Fulbright scholarship and did
her BSc from Lahore University of Management Sciences.


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Maryam Humayun, Facilitator, Course Designer: Maryam has been working at Amal as
Program Manager for one year. She has managed multiple fellowships and is now focused
on curriculum development. Previously, she has worked at Teach For Pakistan (TFP) and
taught 7th grade mathematics in Lahore. Through her experience at TFP, she has realized
the critical importance of education in empowering the youth and an urgent need to
improve the education system for a prosperous Pakistan.

She holds a MBA and BSc in Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Wajieha Waheed, Facilitator: Wajieha is a Program Manager at Amal Academy. For two
years (2014-2016) she worked as a Teaching Fellow at Teach For Pakistan, where she
helped set up a community library, organized teacher trainings within the school and
launched a literacy development project. She has also participated in research studies with
Social Innovation Lab LUMS, especially focused on an analysis of the Educational
Landscape of Pakistan.

She has completed her Bachelors in Economics and Political Science from LUMS.

Faizan Naeem, Associate: Faizan is an Amal Fellow from Batch 17, Faisalabad. He
completed his undergraduate studies from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, China. Despite his technical background, he strongly feels the need to work
towards curbing the problem of underemployment and unemployment amongst the
Pakistani Youth, and he is really passionate about Amal's interdisciplinary approach to
educational management and innovative learning.

Syed Babar Ali, Advisor, guest speaker: Founder, LUMS. Founder and Chairman,
Packages Limited. Founder, Ali Institute. Founder, Naqsh School of Arts. Founder,
Sydenwala Higher Secondary School.

Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan, Advisor, guest speaker: Former Vice Chancellor at LUMS.
Visiting Faculty at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Sohail Rizvi, Advisor, guest speaker: COO, Mode Metric. Head of HR Operations at Allied
Bank. Visiting Faculty at UMT. Visiting Faculty at UET.



PART 5: ALUMNI AND ASSESSMENT

Amal Alumni: As of July 2017, we have over 1,000 Amal Alumni who have completed our
flagship Amal Fellowship, with an additional 500+ Amal Fellows currently enrolled in the
Fellowship.

Alumni programming: We believe that our alumni are one of our most important assets –
and that their learning continues (and in many ways is deepened) after the fellowship – so
we have developed an active and engaging alumni support program. This includes monthly

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events, industry mentorship, monthly speaking/volunteering opportunities with the
current fellows (e.g., mock interviews), and more.

Assessment: The primary metric we use to assess the effectiveness of our Fellowship is the
rate in which our fellows receive job offers, within three months of completing the
fellowship. Since launching in 2014, we have been able to keep this number above 80%. At
the same time, we have maintained a control group before, and the rate of job offers within
3 months for this control group has been 20%, which helps to illustrate the effectiveness of
our program.

We assess this both through surveys and through phone banking (for the alumni who don’t
respond to the surveys).

We also measure the learning outcomes that we are able to achieve during the 3-month
Fellowship. The following gives a short overview for some of these metrics and the growth
that we achieved from the beginning of the fellowship until its completion:

– English Speaking: 150%
– Career Planning: 120%
– Leadership: 90%
– Public speaking: 115%
– Confidence: 100%


PART 6: INDUSTRY LINKAGES

Our approach: Although it might seem that industry linkages are necessary in order to
ensure job offers, we have intentionally / strategically avoided making industry linkages in
order to prove the effectiveness of our curriculum and teaching methodologies.




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More specifically, we have been able to achieve an 80% job offer rate (within 3 months)
without having established any market linkages (other than for curriculum development,
guest speakers, etc.)

The reason for this is to keep our program as simple and replicable as possible, so that
other universities and educational institutions could adopt our approach and achieve
similar learning outcomes.

Our collaborations: That being said, there are a number of corporate organizations who
have been deeply involved in our curriculum development, who have come to our sessions
in order to give guest lectures, and who have helped us develop online courses and video
content that we have incorporated into our curriculum. These collaborations have been
extremely invaluable, and have helped us develop a program that is effective and that can
be used by other education institutions in order to achieve similar learning outcomes.

Advisors and alumni: Over the past 4 years, we have established strong relationships with
a solid group of diverse and deeply-experienced advisors (mentioned previously), all of
whom have been incredible helpful in guiding us in the best way possible to build and
improve our program.

Additionally, we have a strong group of alumni, which we engage during every fellowship
as volunteers. For example, we invite them to give mock interviews with our fellows, invite
them to give informational interviews with the fellows, request them to come as guest
speakers, etc.



SECTION 2: PROPOSAL / PROGRAM OVERVIEW


PART 1: THE PROBLEM: Students throughout Pakistan have immense potential, but often
haven’t yet had the chance to develop the skills and mindsets that are critical to achieve
that potential. Secondly, university students or graduates are not always familiar with the
career opportunities that are available to them. As a result, they often struggle to transition
from their university / academic life into meaningful jobs and careers.

Fortunately, however, we believe that there is a plethora of opportunities for students,
assuming they are able to develop the right skills, mindsets and career guidance.

Therefore, we will work to develop these skills, mindsets and professional aspirations
through this Career-Prep Fellowship learning experience, so that these students can realize
their potential and launch into meaningful careers.

Given our experience, we are committed to helping these individuals succeed, and will
guarantee that at least 50% (with a target of 80%) will be able to secure promising job
offers within three months of completing this course.


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PART 2: COURSE OVERVIEW: The Amal Career-Prep Fellowship is Amal’s flagship
program, launched in 2014, scaling across 9 universities, reaching over 1,500 students
throughout Pakistan, including approximately 240 Fellows from 6 Fellowships launched at
UAF. 80% of our alumni securing job offers within three months of completion.

We will build off of our deep experience with the Amal Career-Prep Fellowship, in order to
launch an intensive 2-month (200 hour) Career-Prep Fellowship with SIBA and UAF BBA
Agri-Business Students.

This course would be customized for the specific needs of these Agri-Business students,
although it would be very similar to the existing Fellowship we have been hosting since
2014.

The reason is that our current Amal Fellow learner is very similar to the learners we
imagine we will be supporting through this course: Amal Fellows are generally from public
universities, are low in confidence, 60% of them are from a village background, and 80% of
them are from low-income backgrounds.


PART 3: LEARNING OUTCOMES: Specifically, we will focus on developing three high level
learning outcomes in these Agri-business students:

1. Professional skills (e.g., communication, teamwork, leadership, problem-solving,
critical thinking)

2. Mindsets (e.g., growth mindset, self-efficacy, responsibility)
3. Learning abilities (e.g., peer-to-peer learning, self learning)


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Over the past 4 years, we have learned that these abilities are the most important for young
people to have when starting (and moving up within) their careers.

This information is also supported through research. According to a recent research – titled
“Academia-Industry Linkages Gap Analysis Survey,” which surveyed over 150 companies
throughout Pakistan – the following are the most important skills and abilities that a
graduate needs to have when joining a company:

i. Verbal Communication (83.63%)
ii. Positive Attitude (71.93%)
iii. Team Working (64.91%)
iv. Critical Thinking (59.06%) & Self-Confidence (59.06%)
v. Written Communication (57.31%) & Drive & Resilience (57.31%)


PART 4: CURRICULUM: This program will be 2-months long and consists of 200 hours,
150 hours of which are contact hours (in-person sessions) and 50 of which are done
through project work.

Our focus in this course is to collaborate with each individual student in order to develop
his/her skills, learning abilities and mindsets. Specifically, our goal is that, after the course,
each student will be able to do the following:

I. Resumes, Application, Cover Letters: Write convincing and effective job

applications, resumes and cover letters, in order to maximize the chance of
securing interviews
II. Communication: Communicate clearly and concisely, particularly in English and
especially during interviews and eventually inside the work environment
III. Leadership: Identify the key principles from the most influential leaders of our
time and begin developing/applying these principles in their own lives
IV. Career Planning: More clearly identify and understand their short and long term
goals, and develop/implement a strategy that will allow them to achieve those
goals

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V. Confidence: Overcome nervousness and low confidence, especially during
interviews, in order to clearly communicate their ideas and experiences

VI. Professional Behavior: Make a quality first impression and ensure that they
continue to conduct themselves in a professional manner, both in interviews and
work-related scenarios

VII. Problem Solving: Identify the source of each problem and develop a
strategy/action plan for overcoming that problem

VIII. Positive Thinking: Appreciate the role and power that our thoughts and attitude
have towards our success in life, and be able to better control those thoughts

IX. Learning how to learn: Developing the ability to learn from their peers, learn
from their self, and become a lifelong learner

X. Growth mindset: Overcoming fear of failure, embracing risks and challenges as
growth opportunities

XI. Self-efficacy: to take ownership and responsibility for their careers, their future,
and the work that is required in order to achieve their goals



PART 5: TEACHING METHODOLOGIES: Our teaching methodology is based on the
following learning styles: experiential learning, project-based learning, inquiry-based
learning, peer-to-peer learning, blended learning and self-learning. We invest heavily in
training our faculty members in order to achieve the above-mentioned learning outcomes,
using these novel but effective teaching methodologies. Specifically, we have a 7-module
induction program that each new team member completes when joining (and during their
first 3 months at) Amal.


PART 6: CAREER COUNSELING: Students are often unfamiliar with the career
opportunities that are available to them, and how to best evaluate these opportunities
based on their own unique situation. Therefore, we spend considerable time hiring and
training our program managers to give one on one counseling with each of our Fellows
during the fellowship program. Specifically, they conduct specific pre-assessments that we
have developed and curated in order to identify and understand three main things: 1) the
interests of the fellow 2) the personality of the fellow and 3) the needs (financial, family,
etc.) of the fellow.

They will then discuss these three areas with the fellow, one-on-one, and will help them
understand what type of opportunities might best fit their unique situation. They will then
help them navigate these opportunities, and take meaningful action towards securing a
career that is aligned with their interests, personalities, and needs.

This is one of the most valuable aspects of the fellowship, and is built upon the principles
and learning outcomes from the curriculum itself. In other words, neither the curriculum or
the career counseling will be as effective in isolation, but both depend on and build on each
other.


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The Program Manager for this Agri-business Fellowship will have at least 1 one-on-one
career counseling session with each of the fellows, and will likely have 2 – 3 sessions.


PART 7: COURSE OUTLINE: Please see the appendix for the Course Outline, which
provides a more detailed overview of the fellowship content.


PART 8: ALUMNI SUPPORT: We believe that our alumni are one of our most important
assets – and that their learning continues (and in many ways is deepened) after the
fellowship – so we have developed an active and engaging alumni support program. This
includes monthly events, industry mentorship, monthly speaking/volunteering
opportunities with the current fellows (e.g., mock interviews), and more.

Because this Fellowship will be very similar to our existing Career Prep Fellowship
program, we will also consider these Agri-business students as Amal Fellows and as Amal
Alumni. As a result, we will be providing the same ongoing Alumni support to them as we
will to all of our Fellows.


PART 9: RESOURCE PEOPLE: Like our Fellowship, we will have a dedicated team who will
manage this program over the two months. Specifically, this will include 1 Program
Manager, 2 Program Associates, and 2 curriculum developers who will be responsible for
designing and revising the curriculum for this course, based on their experiences and based
on real time observations of the Fellows as the program launches and progresses. The team
will also include support from the Operations team and management team, and potentially
some guest speakers from the Amal team, from our Advisors, and from industry
professionals.


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Although there will be guest speakers, we believe that it is critical to have a core team that
is responsible for building a strong relationship with these Fellows, tracking each of their
individual progress / learning challenges, conducting one-on-one career counseling
sessions, etc.

We have found that the Program Managers and Program Associates are fundamental to the
success of the fellowship, and we invest significant time in training and monitoring this
team to make sure they provide the best learning environment for our Fellows.

Specifically, the PM, PA and Resource People will be a mix from Amal’s 30+ person team, a
few of which were highlighted in the team section above.


PART 10: CAPACITY: We suggest that we initially start with 1 fellowships – launching in
September 2017 – and evaluate the results before potentially scaling up in January 2018.


PART 11: FACILITIES: Amal has been operating in Lahore since 2013, and has established
a fully serviced training institute and campus on Mall Road (Upper Mall), in the heart of
Lahore (across from Gymkhana).

Amal Campus (Lahore) has capacity to train up to 100 Agri-business Fellows at a time, and
can be used 24/7 in order to accommodate the diverse schedules that different learners
might have (e.g., we can have sessions in the morning, sessions in the evening, sessions on
the weekends, etc.).

Given we are based in Lahore, and have operations in Lahore and Faisalabad, it would be
most convenient to have this Fellowship at our campus in Lahore. Alternatively we can
have this fellowship in Faisalabad, given that we already have an established program and
history with UAF, a dedicated team who is working there, and a strong alumni based (240
Amal Fellows) from Faisalabad that we can leverage for various learning activities (e.g.,
mock interviews, networking events, etc.)


PART 12: ASSESSMENT: MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Post fellowship: In order to assess the efficacy of this program, we will use the same
survey and phone banking mechanisms that we use in our Fellowship. Specifically, after the
Agri-business fellows complete the fellowship, we will follow up with them each month by
survey, and we will call them by the third month to confirm their job status.

As mentioned, we are committed to achieving a job offer rate of 50% within three months
of completing the fellowship, for all the Agri-business Fellows who are actively looking for
employment (although we are committing to 50%, our target will be 80%, which is the
benchmark from our existing fellowship).


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During the fellowship: Ensuring that quality learning is happening during the fellowship
is extremely critical for us, therefore, we have established reliable mechanisms in order to
identify any challenges, solicit constructive feedback, and continually improve the learning
environment.

Specifically, this includes the following methods:

1. Exit surveys after each project: Fellows will fill out a exit survey after each course or
project work that they complete online. The curriculum team will review these in
order to make any necessary adjustments in the content we are teaching

2. Monthly reviews: Each month, the fellows will complete a thorough analysis of the
fellowship and the teaching team, in order to share concerns, make suggestions, and
offer encouragement. This survey is both quantitative – so that we can analyze the
results objectively against all the other fellowships – and it is qualitative – so that
we can extract tangible and clear action items from the fellows

3. Observations: Each week, we have a member from management observe the
fellowship, in order to ensure that the lesson plans are being facilitated in the most
effective way. We then record feedback, and share this feedback with the teaching
team. Twice a fellowship, we also video tape the teaching team as they facilitate, so
that they can observe themselves and improve accordingly.

4. Grading policy: we have a very strict grading policy, which helps us keep track of
each fellows attendance, their in class participation, their project work completion,
and other important metrics. These data points then feed into their grade for the
Fellowship, which we carefully track in order to identify and prevent any fellows
from becoming low performers.




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PART 13: BUDGET


The following is the cost for 1 batch (approximately 40 – 50 students).



Item Cost (PKR)

Training needs assessment (TNA) 50,000

Operations/admin support team 200,000

Trainer / resource people (includes facilitation, project 800,000
revision, career counseling)

Curriculum customization (customization of online 200,000

courses, project work, sessions, etc)

Material (certificates, supplies, stationery, project material) 100,000

Transportation, accommodation, food, etc. 400,000

Overhead 225,000

Total 1,975,000






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PART 14: APPENDIX

A. Sample of Amal online courses

To view a collection of Amal’s online courses, kindly visit: amal.teachable.com

Below is a quick preview:
















B. Sample of session presentations












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C. Sample of video content

To view a collection of Amal’s video content, kindly visit: vimeo.com/amalacademy

Below is a quick preview:






















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D. Website and contact details

To learn more about Amal, you can visit our webpage at amalacademy.org (sample below)

You can also contact us at the following:

Amal Academy
259-B Khizer Road, Upper Mall,
Lahore 54000, Pakistan

Phone: +92 42 35958687
Mobile: +92 308 7322344






D. Curriculum overview


The following is a brief overview of the content/curriculum that we curate from in order to develop

a customized Fellowship course.



MODULE 1: LAYING THE FOUNDATION (GROWTH MINDSET, WORK ETHIC, SELF EFFICACY,
ATTITUDE)

Session Topics Required readings / videos Project work

0 - Learning how to learn - Exploring 5 Questions about - Medium blog

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- Overview of Course Lifelong Learning with Mashal post “Eat that
- Rules and policies Chaudhri
- "Keep learning new things and Frog with a
jobs will follow" with Kunal Pomodoro”
Chawla




1 - First Amal Principle: - Tehmina Durrani “Edhi: A Mirror - #Juststart

Amal To The Blind” Project Khudi

- Second Amal Principle: - TED Talk from Tom Wujec and Self

Khudi Learning

through your

own Blog



2 - Third Amal Principle: - “Beyond the Heights” with - Mirror to the

Kam kam aur kam Samina Baig Blind reading

- Fourth Amal Principle: - Blog Post

Eck aur eck giara



3 - Knowing yourself: - “Find your passion and align it - Receiving

Exploring your with your career” with Sohail sb feedback from

personality, - “Decisions are very unique to friends about

understanding your each person” with Sohail sb your strengths

past experiences - “Stanford University - Distinguishing

- Setting SMART goals Commencement Speech” with between Jobs,

- Career counseling Steve Jobs Hobbies, Career,

and Vocation

- Creation of Life

Maps

MODULE 2: GETTING THE JOB (COMMUNICATION, CV, INTERVIEWING, PUBLIC SPEAKING)

Session Topics Required readings / videos Project work

4 - Understanding the job - Applying online and how to - Applying for a
job on Rozee.pk
market maximize Rozee.pk
- Informational
- Researching for jobs interview

- Applying for jobs

- Business writing

5 - Creating a superhero - Making an impressive first - Helping Ruqayya

resume impression Rocks with her

- 4 steps to a successful resume

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resume - Creating your

own #superhero
resume

6 - Creating a cover letter - “How to show passion” with - Creating your

- 4 paragraphs of a cover Career Cake own

letter #superpartner

cover letter

7 - Interview - Web resources on assessments - Online

Assessments: Cracking for jobs assessment

the Code



8 - Preparing for - “How to Win Friends & Influence - The Interested

interviews People” by Dale Carnegie Challenge!

- PASSENGER - Acumen story: being interesting - The #KeepCalm

framework vs interested Challenge

- Conducting research - Amal case study: Waqar Naeem

on company

- Punctuality

- Professional dress code



9 - Preparing for - Understanding employer’s - Practicing

interviews mentality Questions

- Knowing your - Questions behind the Question behind the

interviewer - Amal case study: Aigerim’s Question

- Importance of being interview with Edhi Foundation - Your 3

specific #StrengthStorie

- Giving and receiving s

feedback



10 - Engaging with - “4 Steps to Giving Good - Becoming a

interviewer Feedback” video series journalist

- Nonverbal - 5 Steps to Remembering names - Practice active

communication: body listening

language, handshake, - #AmalChallenge,

listening Body Language

- Showing appreciation - Creating a

to interviewer superstar thank

- Following up after the you email

interview



11 - Preparing for - Samina Baig's secret recipe of - Reaching out to

interviews success HR Professionals

- Importance of being - Amal case study: Benje’s life to practice Equip

authentic during the lessons and Real

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interview

- Equipping for the
interview



12 - Going the extra mile - Amal case study: Tristan Walker - Going the

- Applying via in-person - Asim Bilal going the extra mile #extramile with

drop - HR executives from Hilal an Elevator

- Elevator Pitch Confectionery, Gourmet Foods, Pitch

and Informational Technology - In Person Drop

University revealing the secret

- Amal case study: Umair and

Aigerim

13 - Embracing failure - Amal case study: J.K. Rowling - Facing your fear

- Amal video series of failure by

raising funds for

Edhi Foundation

14 - Creating LinkedIn - Demo: Setting up LinkedIn profile - Creating a

profile - “Looking professional on Rockstar

- Being professional on Facebook” video series LinkedIn Profile

Facebook



MODULE 3: SUCCEEDING ON THE JOB (CAREER MANAGEMENT, TEAMWORK, PROBLEM
SOLVING)

Session Topics Required readings / videos Project work

15 - Becoming the most - Amal case study: Benjamin and - The 17

valuable team player David Indisputable

- Effective team - “The 17 Indisputable Laws of Laws of

communication Teamwork” by John Maxwell Teamwork from

- Power of kindness - Amal case study: Saba Gul and John Maxwell

Kindness in Pakistan - Five Randoms

Acts of Kindness



16 - Practicing Mock - In-session practice with Amal - In-session
interviews Alumni practice with
Amal Alumni

17 - 5 Secrets of Positive - TED talk “Growth mindset” with - Thank you letter

Thinking Carol Dweck to Amal Alumni

- Growth mindset - TED talk “The happy secret to - Practicing

better work” with Shawn Achor Happiness to

- Growth mindset assessment boost your

success

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18 - 6 steps to problem - TED Talk “How I harnessed the - #AmalChallenge,

solving wind” with William Kamkwamba Problem Solving

- Identifying and - “Identifying and understanding

understanding the the problem” with Management

problem Consulting firm, Accenture

- Effective tools for - TED Talk “My invention that

problem solving made peace with lions” with

Richard Turere

19 - 9 Tips to Manage and - “Importance of spending at least - Sharing the 6

Maximize your Career one year in your first job” with tips with your

- Making career choices Sohail Rizvi classmate

- “Taking control of your - Sharing the 6

relationship with your boss and tips tips with a

team members” with Sohail Rizvi working

- “Finding a mentor and manage professional

the relationship strategically”

with Sohail Rizvi

20 - Living a life of purpose - TED Talk “Inspiring a life of - Identifying your

immersion” with Jacqueline life of purpose

Novogratz by embracing

- Amal case study: Edhi sb your pain

- Acumen case study: Jawad and - Learning from

AMC Others:

Exploring the

Life Purpose of

your Network

MODULE 4: REACHING YOUR POTENTIAL IN YOUR CAREER (MENTORSHIP, EXCEL,
LEADERSHIP)

Session Topics Required readings / videos Project work

21 - Finding a professional - Syed Babar Ali on mentorship - Sharing a story

mentor - Success through Humility" with of your mentor

- Establishing a Jamshaid Cheema - Meeting with

relationship with a - “Maximizing your mentorship your potential

mentor relationship” with Atif sb mentor

- Maximizing your

relationship with a

mentor

22 - Developing key hard - Basic functions in MS Excel - Planning your

skills for workplace: - “Advanced Excel” with Laura Ruiz move to a

MS Excel Diaz different city for

a new job

- Practicing

advanced moves

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23 - Practicing leadership - TED talk “Everyday leadership” - #Leadershipchal

- Leading without with Drew Dudley lenge: Start a

authority - TED talk “A life lesson from a campaign for a

- Traditional leadership volunteer firefighter” with Mark cause you care

vs persuadable Bezos about

leadership - “Claiming the bigger picture” with - The video

Seth Godin challenge

-

24 - Work life balance - Old Lahore Tour - Preparing to
facilitate during
- Mindfulness
the tour
- Learning to observe

and appreciate beauty,

history and art

FINAL PROJECT








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