Edthena, a company based in San Francisco, has launched a new version of its video coaching platform called VC3. This new platform aims to revolutionize the video coaching process for educators by providing them with innovative tools to collaborate more effectively, gain deeper insights into instructional practices, and engage in more meaningful professional learning.
According to Adam Geller, the founder and CEO of Edthena, educators have one of the toughest jobs, and they deserve access to the most innovative solutions to support their work. With VC3, educators can reflect on their practice more effectively and receive high-quality coaching to ensure their success in the classroom and the success of their students.
The VC3 platform builds on Edthena’s 14 years of experience in helping educators add over two million comments to nearly seven million minutes of classroom video. The core of the coaching experience takes place within the video conversation page, where educators can provide timestamped feedback on videos of classroom teaching. The updated conversation page in VC3 makes it easier to leave comments and encourages teachers and coaches to deepen their reflections.
One of the key features of VC3 is the Insights tab, which includes tools like open-ended questions to inspire observers on what to look for in the video, a student-to-teacher talk time graph to analyze student engagement and language development, and a visual representation of the most frequently used words within the lesson to assess the presence of academic language.
Educators like Amanda Maceo from Alief Independent School District have praised Edthena’s VC3 platform for its innovative AI tools, automatic summaries, closed captioning, and talk time graph, which make it easy to set clear and measurable goals for improvement.
The VC3 experience is available to all users, including schools, districts, and teacher education programs across more than 20 states and multiple countries. These users integrate video observation into teacher induction, mentoring, professional learning communities, and peer observation.
Halley Maza, an instructor in the University at Buffalo Teacher Residency program, highlights the importance of video reflection and facilitative coaching in the professional development process for teacher residents. By using Edthena’s VC3 platform, teacher residents can analyze and refine their instructional strategies, fostering self-efficacy through critical reflection and collaborative learning to improve student outcomes and meet the diverse needs of their students.
To learn more about VC3 and Edthena’s other offerings, visit their website at www.edthena.com. Edthena provides innovative technologies to support educator professional learning by streamlining feedback to teachers through platforms like AI Coach and Edthena Organization Libraries. The company has received numerous awards for its contributions to education technology and professional development.
