What is IRIS Connect?
IRIS Connect exists to bridge the gap between effective professional development and classroom practice. Through its video-based CPD platform, teachers can reflect on their own teaching practice, collaborate with colleagues and share expertise to further develop their teaching quality and improve pupil learning outcomes. With its integrated groups, teachers also get access to a wealth of knowledge and tips and techniques from industry leading experts. Join over 100,000 teachers worldwide who trust in IRIS Connect for their continuous professional development!
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 Company | Business Name: IRIS Connect HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 2007 |
| Age Range | 0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18 |
 Features | Self ReflectionProfessional DevelopmentLesson RecordingLesson ObservationTeacher FeedbackShare Teaching PracticePersonalised Development PathwaysEvidence-based Theory ModulesCoaching And MentoringCoaching Trainees |
 Languages | English, French, Dutch, Chinese |
 Accessibility | Robust features |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR |
 Requirements | Available OfflineInternet - Low Bandwidth The system is incredibly easy to use. Our in-house support team offer all the technical installation and system set-up in-person and online. Our implementation team offer workshops to get you and your team started. All you need is a wifi connection. |
 Set Up | 2 minutes |
 Training | In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos |
 Support | EmailFAQs/ForumKnowledge BasePhone Support |
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IRIS Connect PricingPricing Plans Paid Subscription  Optimised for a quick response | |
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IRIS Connect Reviews
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Mar 2020
Proving to be a valuable reflection tool
Anne found IRIS Connect:
- Slightly improves attainment“Not sure of impact yet - too early to tell”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Teachers able to reflect and make tweaks on their practice”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“no evidence of this yet”
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge and skills“Have yet to share materials on a big scale but IRIS does have potential to improve knowledge”
- Slightly saves school money
Mar 2020
Our council currently: 1. makes the wifi log-in tricky. 2. is telling us not to use whilst they run a GDPR check.
Dan found IRIS Connect:
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Probationers and mentors who can't always be out of class to observe”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“teachers don't need to be out of class to observe, they can also observe formation of letters of all pupils”
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge and skills
- Does not significantly save school money
Mar 2020
You need to have a clear plan to implement effectively e.g school culture, specific groups. Excellent self reflection tool
Steve Smith found IRIS Connect:
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Stimulus for coaching conversations Professional learning groups Targetted support”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills“Sharing good practice”
- Slightly saves school money“Reduced cover for some learning walks Sharing examples of teaching between schools”
Mar 2020
Sophie Francis found IRIS Connect:
- Does not significantly improve attainment
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge and skills
- Does not save school money
Feb 2020
It's excellent in every aspect, hardware, software, tech support, maintenance, portability.
Angela Easton found IRIS Connect:
- Significantly improves attainment“Sharing quality first teaching strategies e.g. modeling, this is essential for exam preparation.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Sharing good practice. Reduces the need for cover.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Reduces cover, reduces observation time and verbal feedback.”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge and skills“Sharing application of strategies delivered during CPD sessions.”
- Significantly saves school money“Reduces cover, reduces the need for external cpd. INSETS do not need repeating for absent colleagues.”
Feb 2020
The platform is flexible and with a little creativity can be made to suit the needs of schools or departments quite readily.
Nigel Currie found IRIS Connect:
- Moderately improves attainment“Improvement in teaching & learning, Standardisation/moderation of expectations.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Able to model good approaches within departments more readily.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Performance development observation cycles enable more sharing using less time and organisation.”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills“Departments modelling the teaching of new curriculum /content.”
- Moderately saves school money“Cover costs if all performance development observations were to require a 'body' in to cover the observer's lesson.”
Feb 2020
IRIS has further supported our in house coaching programme and breaks down barriers of time and geography so that all practitioners within our school and in the wider academy trust can benefit from sharing expertise.
Tom O'Hara found IRIS Connect:
- Moderately improves attainment“Allowing whole class input to unpick low level behaviours”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“The use of the live coaching to access expertise from around the school so that teachers are able to meet performance management targets”
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge and skills“The use of groups to embed support staff skills and understanding of the process that happen in our school, as part of our TA induction.”
- Slightly saves school money