Streamline professional development across your school

Scalable, Cost Effective and Time-saving PD Tools

Pathways

Provide step-by-step guidance and track progress

Facilitate a personalised PD programme with our adaptive instructional coaching, reflection and collaboration Pathways designed by industry experts, and backed by research to get you started on your PD journey.

Use our ready-made development frameworks or create your own with a secure online space to plan, collaborate, share strategies, and record progress all in one place.

Video solution

Increase the impact and reduce the delivery cost of your PD provision

Take advantage of our fully secure and easy-to-use classroom video recording technology to level up the effectiveness of your PD frameworks.

Center PD in the reality of your teachers’ classrooms, put them in the driver’s seat of their development and significantly reduce the need for lesson cover with our world-famous solution for video lesson observations.

AI Insights

Spend your limited time focusing on what truly matters

Supercharge your video observations with AI-powered lesson analysis, providing you with valuable lesson insights within seconds.

Teachers get actionable lesson feedback at the click of a button
Coaches focus their time on in-depth targeted support
Leaders provide personalised PD despite capacity limits

“Through IRIS Connect, the teaching and learning strategy takes on a life of its own, it becomes something that we’re all talking about and doing, it becomes a part of our culture, not just professional learning.”

- Anna, Sir Thomas Wharton Academy

“IRIS Connect is worth every penny! It’s given more autonomy to staff, especially phase and subject leaders and we’ve got so much more to learn from it. It has paid for itself, just in time saved!”

- Christopher, Grove Road Primary

"IRIS Connect’s AI Insights are a transformative tool for professional development. They provide objective, in-depth analysis of teaching, removing the emotional weight and personal bias often linked to peer or line manager feedback. The result is a fuller, more accurate picture that supports staff to effectively reflect on their practice."

- Laura Killeen, Lead Practitioner and Teacher of History, Moreton School

One Powerful Solution for Effective PD

Guided Self-reflection

Create a self-improving MAT culture by empowering staff to independently improve teaching practice through effective self-reflection.

Adaptive Instructional Coaching

Leverage the power of Pathways, Video Tools and AI to support coaches to deliver targeted impactful support within and across schools.

Effortless Sharing & Collaboration

Facilitate collective professional learning, share good teaching practice and unlock the power of peer feedback all in one platform.

For every teacher
at every career stage

Supporting the ‘Golden Thread of Teacher Development’

Trainee Teachers

…receive better coaching and mentoring, more often

Our video-enabled online platform overcomes the challenges of time & distance, allowing teacher trainers to provide more frequent, more quality feedback to their trainees without needing to be in the same room. Trainees can then articulate their own reflections and models when responding to these asynchronous comments. The recording and reflection capabilities within IRIS Connect also enables trainees to rehearse their lesson in a low stakes environment; letting them develop their practice and build up confidence before entering the actual classroom.

Coaches &
Mentors

…effectively coach multiple people without needing to physically be there

Coaches and mentors can give their teachers evidence-based and contextualised feedback from wherever they are and at a time that suits them. A previously uploaded lesson recording can be annotated through time-stamped comments and discussed face to face or via secure video conferencing directly on the IRIS Connect platform. It allows for an easy identification of the best next steps in a mentees’ development plan as well as sharing of exemplar videos and other valuable resources to support their progress.

Experienced Teachers

…further improve learning outcomes for their students

According to Professor John Hattie, teachers only see and hear 20% of what’s happening during any given lesson. This means that even the most experienced teachers miss out on valuable observations that would help them adapt their classroom practice to their students’ needs. Through IRIS Connect, teachers can not only fine-tune their teaching strategies but also identify barriers to learning and re-engage with students so they can ensure no one falls off their radar.

Early Career Teachers

…gain the skills needed to sustain their growth throughout their teaching career

Through targeted reflection, IRIS Connect enables ECTs to ‘feedback to self’ as their expertise emerges. Furthermore, targets can become much more specific and defined, as the mentee can request feedback and direct the attention of their mentor/coach to granular aspects of their teaching, helping them identify the action steps. Working alongside the Education Development Trust, IRIS Connect supports ECTs and their mentors as they work their way through the 8 standards of the Early Career Framework.

Aspiring Leaders

…take on more responsibilities and support your school improvement plan

The regular use of collaborative video reflections encourages aspiring leaders to take charge of their own professional development, increasing their job satisfaction and making them more confident and motivated to make a real impact at their school. Besides supporting them on their NPQ journeys, we often see ambitious teachers taking on more responsibilities as a result of the use of IRIS Connect, leading on professional development initiatives and stepping into leadership roles shortly after.

School Leaders

…create an environment where teachers and students thrive

Teachers’ perceived influence over their professional development goal setting is the area most associated with higher job satisfaction and a greater intention to stay in teaching. (NFER, 2020) Through IRIS Connect, school leaders provide all of their staff with effective development opportunities, giving them the autonomy to develop their practice based on their individual needs, experiences and skill-set. This not only leads to a higher teaching quality and ultimately improved student outcomes, but it also increases job satisfaction and a positive culture for school improvement.

Executive Leaders

…unleash the collective capacity of staff across their organisations

Imagine if all the teachers within your trust could record, edit and share examples of effective teaching practice at the click of a button. Connect subject experts to share over distance, enhance joint practice development across schools and optimise your SLE’s time by enabling remote coaching and observation - all without the cost of travel or lesson cover.

Case studies

How this Trust Built a Family of Success in Diverse Schools

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Find out how IRIS Connect can support your school or organisation

Streamline professional development across your school

Scalable, Cost Effective and Time-saving PD Tools

Pathways

Provide step-by-step guidance and track progress

Video solution

Increase the impact and reduce the delivery cost of your PD provision

AI Insights

Spend your limited time focusing on what truly matters

One Powerful Solution for Effective PD

Guided Self-reflection

Adaptive Instructional Coaching

Effortless Sharing & Collaboration

For every teacher
at every career stage

Trainee Teachers

…receive better coaching and mentoring, more often

Coaches &
Mentors

…effectively coach multiple people without needing to physically be there

Experienced Teachers

…further improve learning outcomes for their students

Early Career Teachers

…gain the skills needed to sustain their growth throughout their teaching career

Aspiring Leaders

…take on more responsibilities and support your school improvement plan

School Leaders

…create an environment where teachers and students thrive

Executive Leaders

…unleash the collective capacity of staff across their organisations

Case studies

How this Trust Built a Family of Success in Diverse Schools

Academy Puts Teachers in the Driver’s Seat of their PD

Brave, Not Perfect: A School’s Secret to Excellent Standards

Request a Consultation

Streamline professional development across your school

Scalable, Cost Effective and Time-saving PD Tools

Pathways

Provide step-by-step guidance and track progress

Video solution

Increase the impact and reduce the delivery cost of your PD provision

AI Insights

Spend your limited time focusing on what truly matters

One Powerful Solution for Effective PD

Guided Self-reflection

Adaptive Instructional Coaching

Effortless Sharing & Collaboration

For every teacher at every career stage

Trainee Teachers

…receive better coaching and mentoring, more often

Coaches & Mentors

…effectively coach multiple people without needing to physically be there

Experienced Teachers

…further improve learning outcomes for their students

Early Career Teachers

…gain the skills needed to sustain their growth throughout their teaching career

Aspiring Leaders

…take on more responsibilities and support your school improvement plan

School Leaders

…create an environment where teachers and students thrive

Executive Leaders

…unleash the collective capacity of staff across their organisations

Case studies

How this Trust Built a Family of Success in Diverse Schools

Academy Puts Teachers in the Driver’s Seat of their PD

Brave, Not Perfect: A School’s Secret to Excellent Standards​

Request a Consultation

For every teacher
at every career stage

Coaches &
Mentors

Brave, Not Perfect: A School’s Secret to Excellent Standards