Connecting Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
A purpose-built platform connecting Professional Experience, practicum, mentoring, reflection, quality assurance and employment-based pathways in one place.
Professional Experience Management
Supporting Professional Experience delivery through stronger partnerships, coordination and oversight.
Practicum Support, Reflection & Insight
Connecting curriculum, practice and insight through Professional Experience.
Employment-Based Pathways
Supporting workplace-based teacher development through connected learning, practice and oversight.
Why we created Mosaic
“We created Mosaic because we saw too many teacher education providers relying on generic technology that didn’t reflect the realities of teacher education. We asked ourselves what a platform purpose-built for teacher education would look like, and then set out to make it a reality.”
Robert Caudwell
Co-Founder, Mosaic by Penrose Education
Professional Experience Management
Bringing together placement coordination, partnership management and programme oversight.
Placement Coordination
Coordinate placements, manage availability and maintain visibility across schools, pre-service teachers and university teams.
Partnership
Management
Support communication, collaboration and shared understanding across school-provider partnerships.
Programme Oversight
and Quality Assurance
Maintain visibility of placement activity, support reporting requirements and strengthen quality assurance processes.
“We deliver ITE across multiple routes, and as our provision grew it became clear that our systems could no longer provide the programme coherence or placement oversight we needed.
Implementing Mosaic has brought structured mentor engagement, student teacher progress tracking and quality assurance oversight into a single platform.”
Katie Leonard, ITE Partnership and Mentoring Manager
University of Staffordshire
Practicum Support, Reflection & Insight
Supporting meaningful Professional Experience through reflection, mentoring and curriculum-connected practice.
Connecting Curriculum to Practice
Demonstrate how the intended curriculum is enacted and evidenced throughout Professional Experience.
Reflection and Professional Growth
Support meaningful reflective practice, mentoring and developmental conversations that promote learning and development.
Cohort Insight, Evidence and Quality Assurance
Surface themes across cohorts to inform teaching, curriculum and quality assurance, whilst evidencing learning and curriculum engagement.
“At Mosaic, we’re increasingly interested in how AI can enhance reflective practice and support deeper insight for teacher learning, without displacing the thinking that really matters.”
Paul Mallaband, Co-founder
Mosaic by Penrose Education
Optional AI-supported reflective practice and cohort insight
Developed in partnership with Noticing, an award-winning, research-informed AI technology organisation. Optional AI features support deeper reflection and cohort-level insight while keeping professional judgement at the centre.
Employment-Based Pathways
Supporting employment-based pathways and school-based learning.
Workplace
and
Academic Learning
Connect professional practice, academic learning and programme outcomes throughout the teacher education journey.
Embedded Practice and Professional Growth
Support learning and development within day-to-day teaching practice, where work and study happen together.
Visibility, Engagement and
Oversight
Maintain visibility of learning, progress and engagement across distributed cohorts working in schools.
“Mosaic has become an essential platform for our Teaching School that bridges theory and practice, connects our people across state borders and is transforming how we support trainee teachers and their mentors.
It’s rare to have this level of direct connection with the developers of educational technology, and it speaks volumes about their commitment to getting it right.”
Carlie Boyle, Deputy Principal
St Philip’s Teaching School (Australia)
We'd love to learn about your teacher education context and priorities.
Complete the form below or email us at: mosaic@penrose.education to start the conversation.
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