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Discover adaptive instructional coaching, reflection and collaboration, powered by video technology and AI.

🔗 https://www.irisconnect.com/uk/

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We’re ecstatic to launch our new Instructional Coaching solution!

A game changer powered by video and AI.

See what we’ve been working on: irisconnect.wistia.com/medias/zf150...
AI-assisted Coaching Pathways
2 min 35 sec video
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📣Don’t miss Building Personalised PD: How Emerging Technology Changes the Game
📆12 Nov | ⏲️16–17pm |💻 Online
👍IRIS Connect with @ascl-uk.bsky.social

Discover how to retain great teachers and build thriving school communities.
Join: t.co/2yJf4o8p6E
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Upcoming Webinar!

🗓️Thu 4 Dec | 🕓 4–5PM GMT
Observations Reimagined: Rethinking Feedback in Colleges and Beyond

Join IRIS Connect and @getfurther.bsky.social for a free online session exploring how to make feedback more empowering, collaborative, and truly developmental.

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Select tickets – Observations Reimagined: Rethinking Feedback in Colleges and Beyond – Zoom
Observations Reimagined: Rethinking Feedback in Colleges and Beyond – Zoom, Thu 4 Dec 2025 - Observations is a word which fills many-a-teacher with dread, but it doesn’t have to be this way. At IRIS C...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Learn how moving #professionaldevelopment from compliance to confidence can help you retain your best teachers, upskill your team, and create a thriving school community with this great #webinar next month with IRIS Connect

Find out more and book your place at www.ascl.org.uk/PersonalisedPD

#CPD
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎈Tomorrow, 21 Oct🎈
Curious to find out how you can support your teachers with PD that inspires agency, professional growth and joy? Come and speak to us at the TDT National Conference tomorrow, we'd love to share some ideas!
👍Join the event: t.co/EDej4i6mQI t.co/9pvZFov3fT
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📣We’re excited to be the Platinum Sponsor of the Teacher Development Trust National Conference 2025, next week in London.
This event brings together leaders to explore how we can build school cultures that inspire teacher agency, professional growth, & joy.
📣https://tdtrust.org/national-conference/
October 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Don’t miss this thought-provoking podcast: “Same Old, Same Old CPD!”
What does the future of high-impact, exciting and fresh professional development really look like?

Listen here: educationshowroom.co.uk/portfolio/sa...
Same Old, Same Old CPD! So What Does The Future Of High-Impact, Exciting, Fresh Professional Development Look Like? — The Education Showroom
Listen To Our Podcast Now: So What Does The Future Of High-Impact, Exciting, Fresh Professional Development Look Like?
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September 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Missed our guest blog with @ascl-uk.bsky.social ?
Looking for a way to personalise professional development that empowers staff, supports retention, helps upskill future leaders, and strengthens school culture?
🚀If so, this blog is for you: t.co/mxkGntTYWb
September 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We're hiring for 2 new positions!

Come join our passionate team that values collaboration, innovation and professional growth.

- Learning Design Coordinator
- Senior Learning Designer

More info & apply details 👉 www.irisconnect.com/uk/join-us/

#hiring #vacancy #edtech #jobhunt
September 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Teachers ask hundreds of questions daily. ❓❓❓
The key is using them with purpose. Which questioning techniques have the biggest impact in different situations?

Discover 10 proven strategies to improve questioning and discussion in the classroom:
blog.irisconnect.com/uk/how-to-im...
September 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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To retain talented educators and support their growth, PD needs to become deeply personal and rooted in the reality of a teacher’s classroom. In this guest #blog, Matt Newell @iris-connect.bsky.social outlines a three-step model to help you personalise PD in your setting: ow.ly/BjCe50WUkeK

#CPD
September 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Have you ever recorded your own lesson? 🎥❓
At Stratford School Academy, teachers used IRIS Connect to film lessons, reflect on real classroom footage & refine their practice. They even created short “How-To” videos to model techniques, celebrate wins & support deliberate practice.
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September 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
That mix of excitement and apprehension at the start of ITT is familiar.💥
“Video reflection is just the starting point...”
See how Nottinghamshire Torch SCITT uses IRIS Connect to deliver consistent, high-quality ITT at scale—without losing personalisation or rigour.
📣Case study: t.co/cEP4uHh3rM
September 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
New Blog alert!

Caught on Camera: Turning Worry into Excitement
In our latest blog, guest writers
Javeria Zahid and Wahida Begum share how Stratford School Academy reshaped its teaching culture.

What began in secrecy became collaboration.

🔗 bit.ly/3JU6n7w
Caught on Camera – Turning Worry into Excitement
Transforming fear into pride, Stratford School used IRIS Connect video to drive open, impactful teacher development.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📚 A new school year begins!
The whole IRIS Connect team would like to wish every teacher a successful and fulfilling year ahead.

May it be a time of fresh ideas, growth, and inspiring learning for both you and your students. 🌟
September 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Did you know IRIS Connect supports teacher development in Australia & NZ?
At Elisabeth Murdoch College, AI Insights delivered timely, efficient feedback—without adding to teachers' workload.

🚀Come see us at Stand 20
📣NASDAP 2025, Wellington | 30 Jul–1 Aug
🔗Register >https://hubs.li/Q03x_Zd30
July 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Join us at NASDAP 2025 in New Zealand!
📍 Stand 20 – Explore our new AI features or chat about your current professional learning initiatives.

🎥 Workshop: How Video & AI Are Shaping Teacher Learning
👤 Christophe (IRIS Connect) & Melissa Campbell (Rangi Ruru Girls’ School)
📌https://t.co/Yt5gCQONmQ
July 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚀 NEW CASE STUDY🚀
Discover how Nottinghamshire TORCH SCITT is tackling some of ITT’s toughest challenges through innovation.

Using customised ITAP Pathways & video tools from, they deliver consistent, high-quality training at scale — without losing personalisation or rigour.

👉 hubs.li/Q03x10sq0
July 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Calling all IRIS Connect users!📣

Want to learn more about our latest features? Join us for a 30min drop-in session this afternoon, 10th July, 4pm.💥

Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/irisc...

#AIinEducation #EdTech #InstructionalCoaching
July 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Did you know IRIS Connect supports teacher development in Australia too? 🦘
At Elisabeth Murdoch College, our AI Insights was a key tool for developing effective strategies.

Find out how we can help you — come and see us TOMORROW at the Quality Teaching in Practice Conference, t.co/WoIvsD1aAC
July 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🧠Defining Agency - More Than Just Freedom

🗯️ @drchriswb.bsky.social
delivered a powerful talk at the CPD Exchange 2025 in May.

🔎Tune in as he explores how to balance clear, consistent frameworks with protecting teachers’ professional agency — so they feel trusted, engaged, and equipped to adapt.
June 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Exciting, Mind-blowing. Game-changing.
⏲️Today | 16:00–17:00
ASCL Webinar: Overcoming Resource Limitations with AI-assisted Instructional Coaching
Discover how AI can boost teacher support & student outcomes—without adding pressure to your team.

🎫Sign up now: hubs.li/Q03v0C250
@ascl-uk.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Join this ASCL webinar with Andy Newell‪
⏲️Monday | 16:00–17:00

What you’ll learn:
✔️ How AI enhances PD without replacing human thinking
✔️Why cognitive change & adaptive expertise matter in instructional coaching
✔️How to scale deep, reflective CPD using video & AI

👉 Sign up: bit.ly/46gnYzH
June 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
💥CPD shouldn’t be copy-paste.💥 Every lesson, subject, child, and teacher is unique.

With IRIS Connect, tailor PD frameworks to your context:
• Instructional coaching models
• Step-by-step self-reflection
• Collaborative PD in teams
& more

Talk to a consultant: www.irisconnect.com/uk/contact-us/
June 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
📣One Day to Go! 📣
Join this 1-hour virtual EdTech showcase and explore 5 AI tools transforming curriculum, CPD, & planning.

Andy Newell (@andynewellpd.bsky.social) will share insights on Video & AI for Adaptive Expertise.

📌Thursday 19 June ⏰6:00 BST

Sign up hubs.li/Q03spCkj0
June 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In our interview with Brett Court (Amersham School) at our Instructional Coaching Conference, he shared a key takeaway:
🧠 Coaching helps unpack the mental models behind teacher decision-making—helping us better understand what we do, when, and why (or why not).
🚀Watch Sarah’s session: bit.ly/3FVWkNI
June 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM