Dr David Frost
Position/Status
Senior Lecturer in Education
E-mail Address: dcf20@cam.ac.uk
Phone: 01223 767634
Qualifications
BEd, MA, PhD
Profile
David Frost taught mostly in secondary schools before moving into higher education. He is currently a member of the School Improvement and Educational Leadership team in the Faculty of Education and a member of the management team for 'Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network'.
Since the mid-1980s, he has worked with teachers, schools and LEAs to provide frameworks of support for school improvement. He has considerable expertise in the field of continuing professional development. His research has focused on strategies for supporting teachers as 'change agents' and his current work addresses the question of how the quality of teaching and learning in schools can be improved through the development of organisational capacity and professional networking.
Current Research Projects
'Learning How to Learn in Classrooms Schools and Networks' a project within the ESRC funded Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP)
The 'Impact Project' - a small scale research project leading to the development of materials/instruments to support the planning and evaluation of school-based development work
The 'Hertfordshire Learning Preferences Project' - an evaluation of an action research project in which 10 secondary schools collaborate to develop the use of learning preference profiling as the basis of dialogue between teachers and pupils
The 'Carpe Vitam Leadership for Learning Project' - an international research project focussing on learning-centred leadership in schools in a number of Scandinavian countries, Greece, Austria and the USACo-ordinator of the Hertfordshire M.Ed in Teaching and Learning. Supervision of M.Phil / PhD research Various Certificate of Further Professional Studies courses and projects in collaboration with Herts. LEA.
The 'Schools Facing Extremely Challenging Circumstances Project' - a DfES funded evaluation of this support package
Course Involvement
Co-ordinator of the Hertfordshire M.Ed in Teaching and Learning
Supervision of M.Phil / PhD research
Various Certificate of Further Professional Studies courses and projects in collaboration with Herts. LEA
Advanced Certificate in Educational Research programme linked to the DfES' Best Practice Research scholarship scheme
Publications
Frost, D. (2006) Why is the concept of agency so important in Leadership for Learning? A paper presented within the symposium: 'Leadership for Learning' at ICSEI 2006, the 19th International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 3rd-6th January.
MacBeath, J. Frost, D. Swaffield, S. Sutherland, G. and Waterhouse, J. (2006) Researching Leadership for Learning in Seven Countries (The Carpe Vitam Project) A paper presented within the symposium: The Carpe Vitam Leadership for Learning Project at ICSEI 2006, the 19th International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 3rd-6th January.
Frost, D. (2006) Teacher leadership and knowledge building: the experience of the HertsCam Network A paper presented within the symposium: 'Leadership for Learning' at ICSEI 2006, the 19th International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 3rd-6th January.
Mylles, J. and Frost, D. (2006) Building Teacher Leadership in Hertfordshire, Improving Schools, March 2006
Frost, D (2005) 'Resisting the juggernaut: building capacity through teacher leadership in spite of it all' Leading and Management 10 (2) pp 70-87
MacBeath, J. Frost, D. and Swaffield, S. (2005) Researching Leadership for Learning in Seven Countries (The Carpe Vitam Project), Education Research and Perspectives 32 (2) pp 24-42
Frost, D. and Durrant, J. (2004) 'Supporting Teachers' Leadership: What Can Principals Do? A teachers' perspective from research' in J. Chrispeels (ed.) Learning To Lead Together: The Promise and Cahllenge of Sharing Leadership, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications (pp 307-326)
Frost, D. and Roberts, J. (2004) 'From teacher research to teacher leadership: the case of the Hertfordshire Learning Preferences project' Teacher development 8 (2 & 3)
Frost,D. (2004) 'What Can Headteachers Do to Support Teachers' Leadership?' Inform No 4 Occasional papers published by 'Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network August 2004
Frost, D. and Swaffield, S. (2004) The Leadership for Learning (Carpe Vitam) project: an eclectic and emerging methododlgy, paper presented within the symposium, 'The Leadership for Learning (Carpe Vitam) project' at the 17th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Rotterdam, 6th-9th Jan. 2004
Frost, D. and Durrant, J. (2003) Teacher-led Development Work: guidance and support, London: David Fulton Publishers
Frost, D. and Harris, A. (2003) Teacher Leadership: towards a research agenda, Cambridge Journal of Education, 33 (3) pp479-498
Frost, D. and Durrant, J. (2003) Teacher Leadership: Rationale, Strategy and Impact, School Leadership and Management, 23 (2) pp 173-186
Frost, D, Cullen, J and Cunningham, M. (2003) Making a difference: building a research community of practice, Professional Development Today 6 (2) pp 13-20
Frost, D. (2003) 'Scaffolding teacher leadership' a paper presented within the Cambridge Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2003
Frost, D. (2003) 'Teacher leadership: towards a research agenda', a paper within the symposium 'Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network' at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Sydney, Australia, January 2003
Frost, D. and Durrant, J. (2003) 'Bottom up? Top down? Inside-out? Joined up? Building capacity for school improvement through teacher leadership', a paper presented at the annual conference of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Sydney, Australia, January 2003
Frost, D. and Durrant, J. (2002) Teachers as Leaders: Exploring the Impact of Teacher Led Development Work, in School Leadership and Management, 22 (2) pp 143-161
Frost, D., Durrant, J., Head, M. and Holden, G. (2000) Teacher-led School Improvement, London: RoutledgeFalmer
Frost, D. (2000) Teacher-led School Improvement: Agency and Strategy, Management in Education, Vol. 14 (No. 4 pp 21-24 & No. 5 pp 17-20)