The Resonance Lab
The Resonance Lab, a microschool located in Cincinnati, Ohio, empowers students to reclaim agency, align with their energy, and lead with authenticity—cultivating resilience, curiosity, and purpose so they can boldly pursue their unique path.
Program Details
Program Philosphy
At The Resonance Lab, we believe Cincinnati area students thrive when rooted in who they are and empowered to lead from within. Our philosophy centers on autonomy, authentic leadership, and co-creation—where learners shape their journeys, build resilience, and pursue purpose with courage and joy.
Serving K-12 Students
Our microschool serves K-12 students from the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area.
Curriculum & Experiences
Our microschool curriculum blends core academics with purpose-driven explorations that honor each child’s voice and energy. From Kindergarten to High School, Cincinnati students engage in project-based learning, leadership development, and holistic practices that build resilience, curiosity, and authentic self-expression. Every learner co-creates their path, ensuring education is both rigorous and deeply personal.
Our Daily Rhythm
Each day at The Resonance Lab in Cincinnati balances core academics with exploration, reflection, and community. Our microschool students begin with grounding practices, engage in project-based learning and collaborative work, and close with time for self-leadership and reflection. Our rhythm nurtures both rigor and alignment.
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Unique Values
Love
At TRL, The Resonance Lab, we root in relationship. We create a community where every student feels deeply seen and honored for who they are and who they are becoming. Love is the foundation that allows learning and leadership to flourish.
Autonomy
At The Resonance Lab, we lead from within. We empower Cincinnati area students to trust their voice, choices, and energy. By honoring individual rhythms, we cultivate ownership, self-confidence, and the freedom to pursue learning with purpose.
Co-Creation
At TRL, our microschool learning is a shared act. Education is not done to students but with them. From daily intentions to real-world projects, learners and facilitators design experiences together—building agency, responsibility, and authentic leadership.
About the Founder
Jess Steele is an educator, author of Premeditated Crisis Leadership, and founder of The Resonance Lab, a K–12 microschool reimagining education through autonomy, authentic leadership, and holistic alignment. She also created the Dear Jess app, equipping leaders with tools for energetic alignment and resilience.
FAQ's
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According to the National Microschooling Center (https://microschoolingcenter.org/), a microschool has anywhere from 5-150 students. The center completes an annual sector analysis which shares common trends, similarities and differences of this amazing movement. We are excited around the trends of self directed and experiential learning, and of course how students are all very well known in these small and intimate learning environments.
An "affiliate" microschool is a modern twist on the franchise model. We support you with the brand, business elements, MBS curriculum, community, and leadership development and you get to be your own founder and operator of a microschool. You are not an employee of our organization, but you do agree to certain commitments and we provide many of the benefits that keep people from opening or operating a successful microschool in the long term.
We believe that parents and community members are an integral part fo the microschool movement. It takes a village and parents, caregivers, grandparents, and many other family members should be involved in a young person's growth and development. Our program supports you in this journey too. Reach out and we can share more!
Unlike other affiliate programs who charge upwards of $20,000 to do a program like this, we offer it for FREE for the first year. We know that early founders don't necessarily have the funds at this early stage and our cost structure supports this. In in exchange for all of the benefits we offer, a percentage of your microschool's tuition goes to the network.
We are actively recruiting our founding cohort and will begin trainings at the end of 2024 in preparation for Fall 2025 launches for our new microschools all across the country!
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