“More practice isn’t as effective as providing the RIGHT practice.” Sage words of wisdom from Jamey Peavler.

We had brilliant discussions around PD needs, challenges and successes with Deputy and Assistant Heads at the Aspiring Leadership Conference in London Mondale Events. If you didn't have a chance to chat with Alan today, visit our website bit.ly/46QotOh & get in touch.

researchgate.net/publication/30…. Can we trust "best practices"? 🤔 While evidence-based approaches like #EBM shine in healthcare, we must consider cognitive constraints when applying to other domains, like teaching. #EvidenceBasedEducation #TeacherTraining #irisconnect

Large Language Models (#LLMs) like Chat GPT4 are revolutionizing language data analysis and potentially the science of psychology. But ensuring equity & standardization is key. #PsychologyTech #FutureOfResearch #OpenAI #GPT4 #MetaLLaMa #GoogleBard nature.com/articles/s4415…

2023 study: “Our thesis is that a primary cause of the rise in mental disorders is a decline over decades in opportunities for children and teens to play, roam, and engage in other activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults."

#TLC2023 Instructional Coaching Group

📚 Teacher PL is key for student success. RPPL's report highlights the need for better evaluation tools. Dive in for insights & a call to action: annenberg.brown.edu/rppl/measuring… 🍎📊 #Education #PLMeasurement

All success is a lagging indicator. All the good stuff (and bad stuff) in your life is downstream from choices made long before. Hitting a personal record on the bench press is a lagging indicator of a lot of discipline and hard work. Receiving a promotion is a lagging indicator

The greatest enemy of learning is what you think you already know.

Yes Jim Knight 🇺🇦 at IRIS Connect, PD we completely agree! The reality of where a teacher is now is so important, this is why video is the perfect partner to coaching #TLC2023

Ahead of some big announcements from us, I thought I would share some reflections on the implications of AI for learning in general, and teacher PD in particular. If you make it to the end of this mega thread a) well done! b) do sign up for our Early Access programme!

Instructional coaching is more than "just conversations". It's focused, data-driven, involves setting goals, implementing strategies, and ensuring teaching leads to student improvement. It honors and empowers teachers. 🍎📚 #EdChat #CoachingMatters edweek.org/leadership/opi…

We've been working hard IRIS Connect, PD to enable AI to analyse practice and make PD recommendations. This is just the 1st chapter, join the AiDapt Early Access programme to help us write the next. In the blog I explore some of the possibilities. Would love to hear your thoughts.

What's the deeper value of #AI for #TeacherPD and #instructionalcoaching? We believe it is making sense of complexity and delivering adaptable learning at scale. The implications are profound 👇blog.irisconnect.com/uk/making-sens…

Mentoring has many different facets but one of these is to facilitate improvements in teaching. Really thrilled to have this one pager of guidance for mentors on helping new teachers improve their instruction. Thanks Jamie Clark for doing this!

Our hands-on workshops are underway! Andy Newell with AI for adaptive PD at scale, Dr Haili Hughes FRSA on adaptive instructional coaching and Vesna Belogaska exploring sustainable collaborative PD and lesson study! #UnityEd2024 #PD

Up next: A brilliant keynote from the oracy queen herself @BeccyVoice21. How to amplify oracy and change the conversation in your classroom - exciting!

🙋The team is excited for their next book club read! 📚The PD Book - 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development, written by Elena Aguilar (Elena Aguilar) and Lori Cohen (Lori Cohen) 🔎Stay tuned for our thoughts.

Check out my latest article: Psychological Safety: The Keystone of Effective Teacher Professional Development linkedin.com/pulse/psycholo… via LinkedIn

🎉We're thrilled to announce we're a Tools Competition finalist in the Instructional Coaching for ECE track! Our proposal: an AI-powered tool based on the CLASS framework that enhances teacher PD, instructional coaching and classroom effectiveness Finalists: bit.ly/49AbHUK