Online Teacher Community vies to win the Leadership and Management Solutions Category

Bagshot, Surrey. 30th November 2010.  IRIS Connect (www.IRISconnect.co.uk) the online teacher learning community has been short-listed for a BETT award in the Leadership and Management Solutions category.

BETT Awards are considered the most esteemed accolade in the industry. The awards have seen a number of changes this year, which has resulted in great number of entries so to be short-listed is a fantastic achievement.

“Being shortlisted for a BETT award is fantastic for IRIS Connect. To be considered alongside the other innovative products in this category is reward in itself. This represents both the beginning and end of a journey for IRIS Connect.  It comes at the end of a four-year process in which we have explored research into school improvement and adult learning, in order to develop a pioneering product to respond to the findings,” comments Andy Newell, Managing Director or IRIS Connect.

IRIS Connect empowers teachers to take control of their professional development. The system allows them to conduct lesson observations, reflect on their teaching, coach and be coached, within a secure online community of practice. Despite concerns over education funding IRIS Connect has continued to grow rapidly this year.

The Education System recognises that investing in teaching skills offers the greatest return on investment at this time of budgetary constraint

“IRIS Connect has been shown to save schools money and deliver improved learning outcomes by making effective use of any schools greatest resource; the skills and knowledge of its own teachers.  We’re delighted that this contribution has been recognised by the judges of the BETT awards,” says Matt Jacks of Steljes Limited - the exclusive distributors of IRIS Connect in the UK and Ireland.

To find out more or to see a demonstration of IRIS Connect, call 08450 724 800
www.IRISconnect.co.uk

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