OUR PROGRAM
You’re in control
At TUMO, you’re in charge of your own learning. We believe you deserve to build projects and solve problems that you truly care about. This hands-on approach makes learning more exciting and leads to better outcomes.
When you join TUMO, you get to pick your four focus areas from the eight offered skills. You can always try new content or switch focus areas whenever you want. Every student starts with an orientation phase where you can sample all our skill areas and choose your favorites. Most students stay at TUMO for about two years, but you can stay as long as you want.
To learn more about the skill areas offered at TUMO, click the icons below.
Teens should be in charge of their own learning. Like anyone else, teens deserve to build projects and solve problems that they actually care about. Unsurprisingly, this approach also leads to better learning outcomes. When at TUMO, students pick their focus areas from the eight offered skills and can always try new content or switch focus areas. Every student goes through an orientation phase when they join TUMO which allows them to sample all of our skill areas and pick their favorites. On average students remain at TUMO for two years but you can stay as long as you wish.
To learn more about the skill areas offered at TUMO click the icons below.
Learn at Your Own Pace
Personalized learning at TUMO means you get the right content at the right time—challenging enough to stretch your skills while still being accessible. It also means you only move on to new content when you’ve truly mastered a concept. TUMO’s three types of learning are designed to support your independent work and personal growth while also helping you develop essential collaboration and teamwork skills.
You engage in three types of learning, each building on the other. You start with the self-learning phase, working independently to complete activities with the support of an in-person learning coach who serves as your long-term mentor. After successfully passing enough self-learning activities, you unlock workshops—month-long courses led by our staff of industry professionals. Once you complete a workshop, you will have access to higher-level “learning labs” led by industry-leading professionals.
Self-learning
two hours, twice per week
Self-learning activities are short, interactive exercises designed to inspire learners and develop a specific skill through a small project. Each student has a long-term mentor, called a learning coach who tracks their progress and assists them during self-learning. Each activity is submitted for review by a TUMO workshop leader who is an expert in the given field. After successfully completing enough prerequisite activities students “unlock” workshops.
Workshops
month-long
Workshops are month-long intensive courses where teens combine their skills to create a larger project. Workshop leaders are industry professionals with years of experience that they share with our students. Each skill area has three workshops progressing from beginner to advanced and preparatory activities between each level means that students come prepared for new challenges. Students can save their workshop results in their personal, online portfolio.
Learning Labs
two weeks
Learning labs are like workshops except that they are led by leading experts from industry who volunteer to lead two week intensive “master classes.” Often reserved for the more advanced students, learning labs typically incorporate students from multiple skill areas to complete a group project. Alumni often cite interactions with learning lab leaders as pivotal in choosing their own careers.
Choose Your Own Path
To provide personalized learning on a large scale, TUMO created a learning management platform called TUMO Path. This platform charts a unique learning experience for each student and helps you prioritize activities as you navigate through TUMO’s extensive library of content. The TUMO Path considers factors like your interests, rate of progress, and available workshops and learning labs to create an optimized two-year plan tailored just for you. This plan evolves dynamically as your interests change or new resources become available. The TUMO Path also lets you visualize your progress as you “level up” through new workshops.