Solutions for Teacher Prep

Sibme supports the preparation of future educators and fostering professional growth for faculty. With tools for evidence-based feedback, AI-driven insights, and streamlined collaboration, Sibme enhances teaching practices and student success. Dive into our solutions or review case studies to see the impact in higher education.

Improving teacher effectiveness has its challenges

Time

Time constraints can limit opportunities for teachers to collaborate and refine their practice. Sibme's platform streamlines collaboration and professional learning, integrating seamlessly into educators' busy schedules. With features that promote efficient communication and time management, Sibme enables supervisors and faculty to maximize student growth without compromising their existing responsibilities.

Distance

Supervisors spend at least half of their time traveling from candidate to candidate for observations and conferences. This limits the amount of time supervisors have to do what really matters: help them learn the important skills they need to teach. Sibme allows for synchronous and asynchronous observation and feedback, making sure that time spent together is time spent on what matters.

Consistency

Traditional observations can be subjective and inconsistent from candidate-to-candidate. By aligning feedback to evidence and customizable frameworks, programs can ensure that students, supervisors, cooperating teachers, and faculty are all aligned around a common understanding of expectations and effective teaching.

Reporting

Using dozens of different programs for surveys, observations, submissions, and feedback can be a massive headache when the time comes for accreditation. Sibme is a one-stop-shop for all your program management, including edTPA submissions, observations, and data collection, making reporting and data analysis a breeze.

Improving teacher effectiveness has its challenges

Time

Time constraints can limit opportunities for teachers to collaborate and refine their practice. Sibme's platform streamlines collaboration and professional learning, integrating seamlessly into educators' busy schedules. With features that promote efficient communication and time management, Sibme enables supervisors and faculty to maximize student growth without compromising their existing responsibilities.

Distance

Supervisors spend at least half of their time traveling from candidate to candidate for observations and conferences. This limits the amount of time supervisors have to do what really matters: help them learn the important skills they need to teach. Sibme allows for synchronous and asynchronous observation and feedback, making sure that time spent together is time spent on what matters.

Consistency

Traditional observations can be subjective and inconsistent from candidate-to-candidate. By aligning feedback to evidence and customizable frameworks, programs can ensure that students, supervisors, cooperating teachers, and faculty are all aligned around a common understanding of expectations and effective teaching.

Reporting

Using dozens of different programs for surveys, observations, submissions, and feedback can be a massive headache when the time comes for accreditation. Sibme is a one-stop-shop for all your program management, including edTPA submissions, observations, and data collection, making reporting and data analysis a breeze,

Teacher Candidates

Calibrating Supervisor Feedback

Supervisors at Point Loma University struggled to provide consistent feedback to teacher-candidates due to the complexity of aligning with 60 state teaching expectations. This made real-time classroom observations incomplete and inconsistent across supervisors.

Using Sibme, supervisors recorded and annotated video observations, aligning feedback with state standards. Teacher-candidates coached with annotated videos achieved an average edTPA score of 18.16/25, surpassing those receiving traditional feedback, who averaged 17.02/25. Supervisors noted deeper insights, enhanced student preparation, and a streamlined process for evaluating teaching competencies, fostering more reflective and effective teaching practices.

COPESD's

Virtual Coaching for Teacher Growth

Two literacy coaches faced the challenge of supporting 13 sites across a vast region, making it difficult to provide consistent and impactful guidance.

Sibme’s Virtual Coaching Cycles enabled scalable feedback and collaboration. This led to 99% of teachers owning their growth, 88% feeling more confident, and improved self-evaluation through video reflections.