Upcoming Events
& Webinars
Would you like to accelerate your learning?
Join us as we share ideas and best practices for educators like yourself to support your professional development on these in-person events or online webinars.
Our Next Conference
The CPD Exchange 2025 - Hybrid Conference, London & Online
Tue 6th May 2025 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
The CPD Exchange is your opportunity to connect, collaborate, and discover practical CPD solutions that are making a real difference.
Join us to:
- Learn from other schools successfully tackling challenges around coaching, reflection and communities of practice
- Explore innovative approaches like AI and video to improve teacher development
- Engage in discussions and exchange ideas with like-minded educators
- Walk away with actionable insights to apply in your own school
FREE Community Hubs
An excellent opportunity to network with individuals in the IRIS Connect community and like-minded education professionals. Share your ideas and experiences and go back to school with the tools and inspiration to increase the impact of professional learning.
FREE Live Webinars
Our webinars are a great way for educators of any level to stay up to date with the latest developments in effective professional learning and teaching. Explore an array of PD related topics from theory, modelling, feedback to coaching.
Coaching and AI: Don’t outsource the thinking from Chartered College of Teaching
15th May 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join Dr. Haili Hughes and Andy Newell as they explore the challenges and possibilities of delivering high-quality instructional coaching and adaptive professional development at scale. They’ll begin by unpacking the tension between consistency and responsiveness in teacher development, asking how schools can remain evidence-informed while supporting teachers as adaptive professionals. They’ll then explore how AI might support this work—discussing its potential, its limits, and the importance of keeping humans in the loop.
IRIS Connect USER training webinar
The IRIS Connect refresher webinar is designed specifically for existing customers who have completed their initial onboarding training but may need a refresher on using the platform’s basic features.
Next dates: 30/04/25, 11/06/25
IRIS Connect LEADER training webinar
This webinar is designed for current and aspiring IRIS Connect leaders who are keen on enhancing their knowledge of structured pathways and innovative tools.
Next dates: 29/04/25, 10/06/25
Events
Take advantage of a live demo of our video based professional development platform, or just simply have a chat with our education consultants about your school. Discover the impact IRIS Connect could have on the quality of education pupils receive at your school.
CST Directors of Improvement Conference 2025
The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham – 3 April 2025
Stand 16
“I have been leading with IRIS Connect in my school for over a year. The opportunity to meet up, network and share ideas at their Community Hubs, with other IRIS Lead teachers is invaluable, I feel involved and part of a broader IRIS Connect Community.”
– Kacey Chauhan, Teaching and Learning Leader, The Chalk Hills Academy
