SIBE Lab
Microschool
Embracing the Opportunities of the Future
SIBE Lab
Since 2016, the mission of SIBE Lab is to recognize and value each learner’s individuality, to develop self-awareness and agency, and to build the foundational skills of a lifetime: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Compassion. Through these, our learners will leave SIBE Lab ready for the challenges and opportunities of the future.
Our approach is competency- and project-based. Learners and mentors alike are guided by Driving Questions to create projects that answer them. As a vital part of this process, students--along with their parents and mentors--identify areas they want to improve, and they reflect on their work throughout. We integrate social-emotional, academic, and practical skills in every project, rather than working primarily on one or the other.
How to SIBE
SIBE Lab uses the SIBE Venn to create an individualized educational framework for, and with, every learner. Using their own unique interests and curiosities, every student creates a curriculum to develop skills and knowledge . The framework remains flexible since the Venn changes as interests change. From dinosaurs and trains to marine biology or architecture, interests evolve, build, and represent who we are at a moment in time. The SIBE Venn captures these moments, propels learners through their educational journey using interest-driven deep dives. When their interests are satiated, evolve, or alter - we simply modify their SIBE Venn and framework to reflect this.
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Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
Compassion
The 5Cs at the heart of the Venn are Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity, and Compassion. These never change, but how we develop them depends upon the individual and their interests. Example projects may involve public speaking or vlogging, or perhaps creation and development using coding or wood working. Everyday new opportunities arise in the field of education. Technology makes it possible to adapt and stay.
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