Lesson Feedback: What Humans Can Learn From AI
Teachers describe the feedback they receive from our AI Insights tool in words that, if we are honest, should give us pause. “No pressure, calm, naturally me.” “Reduction in anxiety.” “Supportive.” These are lovely things to hear. But there is an uncomfortable question hiding inside the praise.
The SEND Reform Briefing Every School Leader Needs to Read
The SEND Reform Briefing Every School Leader Needs to Read A new SEND reform is live, funding is already flowing, and your first accountability deadline is 31 December 2026. Here is what is happening, what it means for your school, and what you need to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hupN12607QI&t Why This Reform Exists The attainment gap between […]
Making TPL Funding Count: Beyond One-Off Training Days
Making TPL Funding Count: Beyond One-Off Training Days Northern Ireland’s new Teacher Professional Learning (TPL) Fund is a rare opportunity. Through TransformED, the Department of Education has committed to sustained investment in professional learning between 2025 and 2028, with a clear purpose: to enhance teacher effectiveness and improve pupil outcomes. The guidance is explicit. Professional […]
The CPD Exchange 2025: Conference Recordings (May 2025)
The CPD Exchange 2025: Conference Recordings (May 2025) The CPD Exchange marked a significant milestone as IRIS Connect’s first-ever hybrid event. It brought together educators both in person and online to connect, collaborate, and explore practical CPD solutions that are making a real impact in schools. This new format enabled participants from across the education […]
Coach. Empower. Retain: Conference Recordings (Feb 2025)
Coach. Empower. Retain: Conference Recordings (Feb 2025) Educators gathered for an inspiring and collaborative day with like-minded peers, exploring strategies and tools that help schools build teacher agency and adaptive expertise through instructional coaching. Jump Straight to Your Desired Session It’s Not What We Do, It’s The Way That We Do It: Values-Led Coaching and […]
Improving Teaching and Learning for the 2026-27 Academic Year
The challenge to improve teaching and learning school-wide is a task leaders across the world attempt to tackle each year. Education never stands still. Priorities shift, initiatives come and go, and the urgent has a habit of crowding out the important.
Coach. Empower. Retain: Conference Recordings (Dec 2024)
Coach. Empower. Retain: Conference Recordings (Dec 2024) Educators gathered for an inspiring and collaborative day with like-minded peers, exploring strategies and tools that help schools build teacher agency and adaptive expertise through instructional coaching. Jump Straight to Your Desired Session The answer to teacher retention? Teacher agency by Dr. Haili Hughes Developing adaptive expertise with […]
A Blueprint For Coaching Success – IRIS Connect & WalkThrus
A Blueprint For Coaching Success – IRIS Connect & WalkThrus “By combining IRIS Connect with Teaching WalkThrus, we’ve created a synergy between the two which form the cornerstones to our approach to PD. It has provided colleagues at every level within the school with this shared language and understanding of ways to improve teaching, and […]
Workshop Recordings: UnityEd 2024 – Time for Adaptive PD
Workshop Recordings: UnityEd 2024 – Time for Adaptive PD – Rebecca Earnshaw delivering a keynote at UnityEd 2024. Recap Video: Keynotes: Time for Adaptive PD – Andy Newell, IRIS Connect How Can We Keep Great Teachers? CPD As A Tool For Teacher Agency – Sam Gibbs, Greater Manchester Education Trust Speaking Up: How To Amplify […]
CPD for Multi-Academy Trusts: Is Collaboration the Key?
CPD for Multi-Academy Trusts: Is Collaboration the Key? The composition of Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) varies across the country. Great examples can be found of umbrella trusts, collaborative partnerships and MATs made up of different school sizes and types. But where their composition varies, their potential for helping to develop a self-improving system does not. What […]