Give Every Teacher the Tools to Reflect, Improve, and Grow
Guided Reflection combines secure video, AI-powered lesson insights, technique guides and evidence-informed Pathways so teachers can identify what to improve and take action, independently.
Do Your Teachers Have What They Need to Reflect Effectively?
Is your teachers' reflective practice relying on memory alone?
Teachers want to improve, but self-reflection without evidence is limited. Important moments get missed, and development stays surface-level. When teachers can see what actually happened in their classroom, reflection becomes specific, focused, and far more productive.
Do your teachers know what to focus on and what better looks like?
Even with video, it can be difficult to know where to start. Which moments matter? What should you focus on? And once you’ve identified something, what does better actually look like? Without structured guidance, reflection stays unfocused and next steps remain unclear.
Do your teachers openly discuss their T&L challenges with each other?
When reflective practice becomes natural and embedded, something shifts. Teachers talk more openly about teaching and learning. School improvement stops being top-down and starts being genuinely collaborative. But that culture needs the right conditions to take root.
Introducing: Video- & AI-assisted Self Reflection
IRIS Connect gives teachers a structured, evidence-informed way to reflect on their own practice, identify specific areas for development, and take meaningful action. All without waiting for a coach, mentor, or scheduled observation.
For senior leaders, this means every teacher in the school has access to high-quality, personalised professional development, without adding to leadership workload.
- "It was really useful to be able to reflect on myself with a clear focus in mind. The reading material helped us identify what was good about our practice and what needed improving."
– Natalie, Oakridge Junior School
How It Works: From Recording to Real Improvement
Record Lessons Securely, on Any Device
Teachers capture real classroom moments using any Apple or Android device. Recordings upload automatically to a private, GDPR-compliant account on the IRIS Connect platform. No one can view or analyse a recording without the teacher’s explicit permission.
Get AI-Powered Lesson Insights in Minutes
AI Insights analyses the full lesson using the latest research on key instructional strategies. It highlights specific moments worth revisiting and provides targeted reflection prompts with time-stamped links directly into the video. Teachers no longer need to guess where to focus.
Follow Personalised Development Steps
Based on their AI-generated insights, teachers select a development focus. Each Pathway includes bite-sized theory, video models from experienced practitioners, and embedded resources from the WalkThrus library.* Whether following ready-made journeys or school-designed ones, teachers get development that is relevant to their individual context.
*Separate WalkThrus subscription required.
Document Progress and Evidence Impact
Teachers annotate their videos with time-stamped reflections, building a rich evidence trail of professional growth over time. Leaders gain visibility into engagement and development trends through progress dashboards, without adding workload. Evidence capture goes beyond anecdotal feedback to demonstrate the real impact of self-directed CPD.
Why Guided Reflection Over Traditional Approaches
| Traditional Reflection |
Video-Only Reflection |
Guided Reflection(Video + AI + Pathways) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you reflect on | What you remember | What you see on video | Targeted moments highlighted by AI |
| Guidance provided | None | None | Reflective questions + tailored recommendations |
| Next steps | Figure it out alone | Figure it out alone | Theory, video models + embedded resources |
| Evidence trail | Paper notes at best | Time-stamped annotations | Full automated report + annotations + dashboard |
| Leadership visibility | Minimal | Limited | Progress dashboards across the school |
What Teachers Are Saying
“It was really useful to be able to reflect on myself with a clear focus in mind. The reading material helped us identify what was good about our practice and what needed improving. It allowed us to choose clear ways to move our practice forward and guided us in our reflections in a way that was very useful.”
Natalie, Oakridge Junior School
“It can feel intimidating to ask for feedback from a colleague in an area where you feel vulnerable. Using AI tools to help analyse your own lessons totally removes this fear and allows you to focus purely on the feedback, rather than how you are being perceived.”
Jess, Rosebery School
“It was actually much easier than I thought. It has made a difference to my practice as it made me focus on what I was saying and the way I was saying it. It also enabled me to look in hindsight at the way students were engaging.”
Amy, The Liverpool Life Sciences UTC + Studio School
Ready to Empower Every Teacher to Reflect and Grow?
Discover how Guided Reflection helps you build a culture of continuous, self-directed improvement across your school.