Effective Lesson Observations                      with IRIS Connect

If you want to improve your quality of teaching, we can help. Lesson observation and dialogue is a part of a teacher’s “language of learning”. You can learn a lot from watching others and being observed can provide a valuable perspective on your own practice.

Lesson Observation - Why Choose IRIS Connect? 

Here at IRIS Connect, we have a wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to lesson observation. This powerful technique can help educational institutions to improve the quality of student learning, however, a widespread implementation of an “open classrooms” culture can be hard to achieve. 

IRIS Connect overcomes these challenges by:

• Reducing costs by removing the reliance on live observers. Teachers can record their own lessons and then share them with an observer at an appropriate time

• Increasing the authenticity of observations providing real time observational data. IRIS Connect has been shown to significantly reduce the observer effect on the dynamics of the observed lesson

• Providing teachers with deeper insights into their own practice using observational data collected via counters, timers and observation forms

• Improving observational feedback and dialogue as observers can record a time linked commentary which is embedded in the timeline of the video

• Empowering teachers to take ownership of the lesson observation process. Clear permissioning and privacy protections are part of the DNA of the system and this ensures trust and enables the developmental context which is essential for effective lesson observation.

• Delivering broader value within the school and community of schools. By introducing one-to-many interactions via our group observation libraries, a lesson observation can be securely shared with others who may benefit.

If you would like to find out more information on our lesson observation system, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Get in touch with IRIS Connect Today

IRIS Connect turns a simple lesson observation into a powerful tool to support mentoring, coaching and the development of interschool teacher learning communities. Get in touch with the team to see how your school could benefit from effective lesson observations.
 

IRIS provides a fantastic technical support that is helping our college continue to develop the craft of teaching and the science of learning - good teachers still need graft and flair but I fully expect to see this raise our standards even further and provide our students with the best learning and teaching possible. - Martin Craig, Headteacher Balby Carr