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What HertsCam does
Our core programmes are the school-based Teacher Led Development Work (TLDW) programme and the MEd in Leading Teaching and Learning, but there are many other activities and projects through which network members pursue their aims. At our Network Events – five during the course of the year - and at our Annual Conference, it is inspiring to see teachers sharing accounts of their development work and working together to build robust professional knowledge. We also enter into partnerships with other organisations to support school self-evaluation and to enable others to build programmes to support teacher leadership. We have worked with partners in more than 17 countries around the world to help create programmes of support for teacher leadership. To hear more about HertsCam, please join us at our next Network Event on Wednesday 6th May 2020 4:30pm- 6:15pm at: Maple Cross JMI and Nursery School Denham Way, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 9SS To register for this event, please contact Heather Walker at: hwalker@hertscamnetwork.org.uk
4th Network Event of 2019-20 at Wormley C of E Primary School - 10th March 2020 Wormley C of E Primary School warmly welcomed members of HertsCam to our 4th Network Event of the 2019-20 school year. We were delighted to welcome 82 colleagues both old and new to TLDW and the MEd programmes into the disco themed hall. The programme was opened by our host Tracy Gaiteri, Headteacher and HertsCam MEd graduate. Tracy introduced us to the analogy of DJ to leadership: 1. Know your audience 2. Consider a range of styles 3. Create the right environment 4. Draw everyone to the beat 5. Mix it up 6. Keep everyone involved and dancing…the beat goes on = legacy. Deb Harris, MEd graduate introduced Jennifer Tinsley, Ashleigh Davies, Sally Hutchings and Diane Campkin (Yr.2 MEd ) who spoke about their different TLDW projects and the lasting impact that has been achieved across the school. All those present were invited to consider continuing their learning journey by enrolling on the HertsCam MEd in Leading Teaching and Learning. There was a vibrant atmosphere across the 24 Posters in the Gallery Walk sessions and the 6 classroom-based Workshops with post-it-note contributions, sharing, shaping and building knowledge. The Gallery Walk and Workshops provided an insight into a range of enquiries, provoking discussion and the sharing of ideas. Project titles included; Developing strategies to support progression into sixth form, Developing strategies for effective Peer and Self Marking, Developing strategies for an intense mentoring programme to support students and engage parents for positive well-being, Developing strategies to engage and celebrate the cultural diversity of the school community, Strategies to develop emotional awareness through stories, Developing strategies to improve behaviour through outdoor learning across all Primary.
Participants feedback after the event included: It was great to hear about wider school impact It was all great, thank you! I enjoyed hearing about the impact TLDW can have long term How important making links between subjects can be More time for posters please Thank you to Tracy Gaiteri for hosting, to Heather Walker for the administration of the event and to everyone who contributed through the posters and workshops. We look forward to welcoming you to our next Network Event on Wednesday 6th May 2020 hosted by Hannah Trickett at Maple Cross JMI and Nursery School, Rickmansworth WD3 9SS Doctoral studies focusing on HertsCam David Frost was a member of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education for more than twenty years during which time he was approached by a series of people who wanted him to supervise their doctoral studies. Among these were several whose studies focused on the non-positional teacher leadership work within HertsCam and the International Teacher Leadership initiative. The dissertations / theses resulting from these doctoral studies are now available electronically and are outlined below.
It can be downloaded as an e-book, below:
HertsCam Publications
Our books are available on Amazon.
Empowering teachers as agents of change (the blue book) is now available as an e-book. You can download this without charge here:
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Recruiting now for the HertsCam MEd in Leading Teaching and Learning
Apply now and join us in September 2020. Please contact Heather Walker at: hwalker@hertscamnetwork.org.uk for more details. 
HertsCam launches a new YouTube Channel We've recently launched a new HertsCam channel with two new videos available for you to view. Please share, like and subscribe! The first video was filmed at our Annual Conference 2019. This is an annual, international event showcasing and celebrating teacher leadership with contributions from teachers and international experts: The second video is a short presentation by David Frost about the concept of teacher professionality: The HertsCam Research, Publications and Doctoral Study group
This is a new initiative to support network members who wish to engage in further study. This may be in the form of:
If you would like to join us at the next exploratory session please email Heather Walker at hwalker@hertscamnetwork.org.uk
HertsCam re-organisation 2019-20
In July this year David Frost withdrew from the day-to-day management of the HertsCam Network in order to focus on HertsCam publications and his own writing.
After consultation with the HertsCam Managing Group and Trustees the following has been agreed: 
Sarah Lightfoot, who has been MEd leader and a stalwart of HertsCam for many years, has taken a break. Everyone in HertsCam extends their deepest thanks to her for all her hard work and dedication to teacher leadership. We also offer our many congratulations to her on achieving her EdD.
The new structure is bedding down with programme leaders getting to know their remit and liaising with colleagues. It is an exciting time for HertsCam and we hope you will come and say hello at one of our events or get in touch with us with your ideas to expand our activities. Val Hill Network Leader Transforming education: a new HertsCam MEd cohort begins
We are very excited to welcome 14 new participants onto the MEd programme in September 2019 and look forward to the impact they will undoubtedly have on leadership and learning within their schools and beyond.
To read more, please visit the HertsCam MEd page: Launching the Teacher Leadership in Kazakhstan initiative
In the middle of August, a team of six from HertsCam travelled to Kazakhstan to help launch this exciting TLK initiative. The 3-day Induction Conference was held at Nazarbayev University in the capital city, Astana, which has recently been officially re-named as Nur-Sultan. The project, funded by the Soros Foundation, will extend over three years in order to bring non-positional teacher leadership to most regions of the country. Click here for a full report of the Induction Conference and for more information about the TLK initiative.
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