With fewer than 50% of students securing internships, innovative solutions are needed to provide experiential learning opportunities and build a qualified future workforce.

SchoolSims offers simulation-based experiential learning for teacher candidates, school counselors, and education leadership students, enhancing decision-making and confidence in real-world scenarios. Our Workforce Development Simulations extend beyond education, supporting Career Services and technical schools in preparing students for diverse career paths.

• Immersive, risk-free simulations develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and leadership skills, ensuring aspiring educators, counselors, and leaders are workforce-ready from day one.
• The AI-driven Accreditation Dashboard streamlines data analysis and compliance by automating the evaluation of simulation responses, helping higher education programs enhance educator preparation, improve student outcomes, and strengthen career readiness.

The SchoolSims AI-Driven Accreditation Dashboard empowers higher education institutions with automated, AI-powered analysis of simulation decision points and free-text responses. The dashboard streamlines data analysis and simplifies accreditation reporting by assigning codes and scoring responses based on relevance to course content and standards.

With this cutting-edge tool, institutions can:

• Ensure alignment with accreditation standards through automated scoring
• Gain deeper insights into student learning outcomes with AI-driven analysis
• Simplify reporting and compliance with real-time data and structured insights
• Improve program effectiveness by identifying trends in educator responses

The Accreditation Dashboard enhances efficiency, accuracy, and transparency by leveraging AI, helping institutions meet the highest benchmarks in educator preparation.

SchoolSims simulations seamlessly integrate simulation-based experiential learning to develop educational leaders and teachers, aligning with standards such as PSEL, NELP, CAEP, InTASC, AAQEP, and state-specific standards. These simulations immerse participants in authentic school-based scenarios, providing a risk-free environment to practice evaluating context and actively applying standards.

The research by Dr. David De Jong and Dr. Sara Dexter explores the role of online self-debriefing in experiential learning for educational leadership students. The study analyzed 826 responses from 59 school leadership students who participated in 14 different online leadership simulations and provided self-debriefing reflections afterward. The findings reveal that self-debriefing effectively supports all four phases of Kolb’s experiential learning cycle: Concrete Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization, and Active Experimentation.

Key themes emerging from the study show that online simulations provide authentic, equal-access opportunities for leadership practice, allowing aspiring leaders to ground their experiences, reflect on them, integrate new understandings, and test alternative approaches. The research emphasizes the importance of designing self-debriefing questions that align with the experiential learning cycle, highlighting self-debriefing as a critical element of professional development in higher education.