Faculty Community

Where the Books
Become Practice

A global network of IB educators using decolonial frameworks in the TOK classroom. Facilitation guides, live sessions, peer accountability, and direct access to the author — between every visit and beyond every book.

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16
Chapter Facilitation Guides
50+
Essay & Exhibition Prompts
Monthly
Live Q&A with Author
Global
Faculty Network

What's Inside

Everything the Books Can't Do Alone

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Facilitation Guide Library

All 16 chapter guides for Vol. 1, each with a facilitation script, discussion moves, student-facing prompts, and assessment integration notes. Ready for Monday.

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Essay & Exhibition Bank

50+ decolonial TOK essay and exhibition prompt starters, organized by chapter and knowledge question. Mapped to the IB's own assessment criteria.

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Monthly Live Sessions

Recorded Q&A with Dr. Aden every month. Bring your classroom questions, curriculum puzzles, and assessment challenges. Full archive available to Practitioners.

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Unit Plan Templates

Sixteen unit plan templates mapped chapter-by-chapter to the Knowing Otherwise framework. Editable, school-agnostic, aligned to TOK 2022.

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Faculty Forum

A private global network of educators doing this work. Share units, get peer review on student work, discuss what's landing in the room and what isn't.

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School Curriculum Audit

School Licence holders get an annual 90-minute virtual curriculum audit with Dr. Aden. Review your TOK course against the full decolonial framework. Walk away with a written action plan.

From the Community

Educators Doing the Work

The facilitation guides didn't just save me prep time — they changed how I think about TOK assessment. My students are writing better essays because the prompts actually mean something to them.

TOK Coordinator · International School, Geneva

I've been to a lot of IB professional development. Dr. Aden's sessions are the only ones I've come back from and immediately changed something I was doing. That's rare.

DP Coordinator · International School, Nairobi

The school licence paid for itself in the first month. Having 10 faculty working from the same framework transformed our department conversations about what TOK is actually for.

Head of School · IB World School, Singapore

Membership Tiers

Choose Your Implementation Layer

Reader

$0

Always free · No card required

  • → Public discussion forum
  • → Monthly newsletter from Dr. Aden
  • → One free facilitation guide (Ch. 01)
  • → Events calendar & announcements
  • — Facilitation guide library
  • — Monthly live Q&A
  • — Essay & exhibition bank

Start here. Upgrade any time.

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Practitioner

$19/mo

or $180/year — save 21%

  • → Everything in Reader
  • → Full facilitation guide library — all 16 chapters, Vol. 1
  • → Monthly live Q&A with Dr. Aden (recorded)
  • → Private faculty forum access
  • → 50+ TOK essay & exhibition prompt starters
  • → Unit plan templates, all 16 chapters
  • → Early access to Vol. 2 & 3 material pre-publication

Cancel any time.

School Licence

$89/mo

Up to 10 faculty · or $850/year

  • → Everything in Practitioner × 10 seats
  • → Annual 90-min virtual curriculum audit with Dr. Aden
  • → School-specific private discussion channel
  • → Priority booking for in-person residencies
  • → Annual letter of engagement for PD documentation
  • → Bulk book pricing referral

Invoice available for school purchase orders.

Full Comparison

What Each Tier Includes

Feature Reader
Free		 Practitioner
$19/mo		 School Licence
$89/mo
Community Access
Public discussion forum✓✓✓
Monthly newsletter from Dr. Aden✓✓✓
Private faculty forum—✓✓
School-specific discussion channel——✓
Facilitation Resources
Chapter 01 facilitation guide (free sample)✓✓✓
Full facilitation guide library (all 16 ch.)—✓✓
Unit plan templates (all 16 chapters)—✓✓
50+ essay & exhibition prompt starters—✓✓
Live Access
Monthly live Q&A with Dr. Aden—✓✓
Session recordings archive—✓✓
Annual virtual curriculum audit (90 min)——✓
Institutional
Seats included11Up to 10
Priority in-person residency booking——✓
PD letter of engagement——✓
Invoice / purchase order option——✓

How It Works

From Page to Classroom in Four Steps

01

Read the Book

Start with Vol. 1. Each chapter introduces a decolonial framework and makes the argument for why it belongs in your TOK course.

02

Open the Guide

Pull the corresponding facilitation guide. Read the classroom script, adapt the discussion moves, and map it to your current unit.

03

Bring It to Students

Run the session. Use the prompt bank for essays and exhibitions. Note what lands and what doesn't — bring those notes to the forum.

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Iterate with Peers

Post in the faculty forum. Join the monthly live session. Get feedback from Dr. Aden and a global cohort doing the same work in different contexts.

Questions

Common Questions

No. You can join the Reader tier (free) without purchasing any book. The facilitation guides in the Practitioner tier are designed to pair with Vol. 1, but you'll get value from the forum, newsletter, and live sessions regardless. That said — the community is most powerful when you're working through the texts. Most members read and implement simultaneously.
Yes. Many members start as Practitioners, bring the work to their school, and upgrade to a School Licence once they have buy-in from leadership. We can prorate the difference if you upgrade mid-cycle. Email us for details.
The 10 seats can go to anyone at your school — TOK teachers, the DP coordinator, the curriculum director, the head of school. Some schools use seats for librarians who are building the resource collection around the series. You decide who gets access.
The community runs on a dedicated platform with forum, resource library, and event calendar. No social media accounts required. You get a direct login with your membership. School Licences get a shared admin dashboard for seat management.
Yes. School Licence holders can pay by invoice. We issue PO-compatible invoices for annual licences. Email info@deeperafricanhistory.com with your school's purchasing requirements and we'll set it up.
School Licence holders get one 90-minute virtual session with Dr. Aden per year. You share your current TOK course documentation in advance. In the session, we review it against the Knowing Otherwise framework — chapter by chapter — and identify where the decolonial argument is already present, where it's absent, and what the highest-leverage changes would be. You receive a written audit summary within two weeks.
Yes, deliberately. The entire Knowing Otherwise series is structured around the IB's own language, commitments, and assessment criteria — then held to them. The facilitation guides and prompt banks are mapped to TOK 2022 knowledge questions and the IB's Areas of Knowledge. The argument is not that the IB's framework should be discarded, but that it should do what it claims to do.

Start Free. Stay as Long as It's Useful.

Join the Reader tier today — no card, no commitment. Upgrade when you're ready to go deeper. The community grows with you.