Guest Speakers

David Frost is a founding trustee of the HertsCam Network and an Emeritus Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge.  As a member of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education (1996-2016) he pursued the question of how to empower teachers as agents of change through his research and teaching.  He was the co-ordinator of the programme that was the forerunner of the HertsCam MEd, part of the Cambridge provision from 1999-2014.  He has published widely and spoken about teacher leadership at events all over the world.     He continues to guide and support the work of HertsCam.

Hannah Trickett is Headteacher at Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School in south-west Hertfordshire. Hannah originally qualified as a teacher from Brighton University after studying education whilst living by the sea.  With over ten years in a variety of roles including senior leadership across a range of key stages she graduated from the HertsCam MEd in Leading Teaching and Learning in 2017.

As a full-time PhD student at Cambridge from 2012 – 2017 supervised by David Frost, during what became known as the Egyptian revolution of 2011, she wanted to use her doctoral studies to contribute to societal renewal and develop a programme in Cairo based on the methodology of teacher-led development work.  In 2015, Amina founded the CairoCam Network with the aim of supporting non-positional teacher leadership in many schools. With just 4 schools, 9 facilitators and 34 participants,  this has now grown to a network of 12 schools, 24 facilitators and 121 participants.

Hoda Matar is a school principal at Alhoda International School. She holds a masters degree in School Leadership from the American University in Cairo.  She has been working in the field of education for more than twenty years and holds a certificate as a professional educator from the Graduate School of Education AUC.  Hoda also leads the professional development programme at her school.

Gulmira Qanay is currently a post doctoral scholar at the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education and is leading a large-scale initiative to support non-positional teacher leadership across Kazakhstan.  Gulmira was a full-time PhD student at Cambridge from 2014-19.  Supervised by David Frost, her study used an action research methodology and focused on her initiative to support a programme based on the teacher-led development work methodology in four schools in Taraz, a city in the south of Kazakhstan. Currently, Gulmira is providing support to the three-year long Teacher Leadership in Kazakhstan initiative, which involves 180 practitioners from 16 mainstream schools located in 4 different regions of Kazakhstan.

Zaida Mauletova has obtained her undergraduate degree at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Zaida has been working as a history teacher in schools in Kazakhstan for the last 40 years. Currently, Zaida is a Vice-Principal for Teaching and Learning in school-gymnasium №8 in Almaty. In 2019, she received an award from the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan in recognition of excellence in teaching.

Gulnara Talasspaeyeva has graduated from Ualikhanov Kokshetau Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan. She has been teaching Russian language and literature in schools in Kazakhstan for 31 years. Currently, Gulnara is a Vice Principal for Teaching and Methodology in school-gymnasium №17 in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan. Throughout her teaching career, Gulnara has received numerous awards for teaching excellence and innovative work in schools in Kazakhstan.

​Morag McCrorie is Head of Secondary at Nexus International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Morag originally qualified in Modern Languages and has been teaching for over 20 years in a variety of roles including senior leadership roles in both the UK and China. She graduated from the forerunner of the HertsCam MEd in 2002 and is an International Baccalaureate (IB) examiner and also the co-author of a number of textbooks for MFL teaching for Oxford University Press.