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Dr David Frost

David Frost

Position/Status
Senior Lecturer - Educational Leadership and School Improvement

E-mail Address: dcf20@cam.ac.uk

Phone: 01223 767634

Qualifications
  • PhD (University of East Anglia)
  • MA (Cantab)
  • MA (University of Kent)
  • BEd (London University)
  • Cert Ed (London University)

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

  • British Educational Research Association
  • Collaborative Action Research Network
  • International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement

Profile

David Frost is a member of the Educational Leadership and School Improvement team in the Faculty of Education and one of the founder of members of 'Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network'.

His research focuses on 'leadership for learning' with a particular emphasis on teacher leadership. Through partnerships with schools and local authorities he has developed strategies for supporting teachers as agents of change and activists in the creation and transfer of professional knowledge. He is the founding editor of the journal 'Teacher Leadership'. Other research includes the international 'The Carpe Vitam Leadership for Learning project' which he co-directed. He is one of the directors of the Pupil Influence and Participation project commissioned by the GTCE.

David is coordinator of the HertsCam Network which includes a masters programme the 'Herts MEd in Leading Teaching and Learning' and the award-bearing, school-based 'Teacher Led Development Work' programme. He also leads the Learning Circles programme in collaboration with the National Union of Teachers.

Academic area/links

  • Educational Leadership
  • School Improvement
  • Leadership for Learning
  • Teacher leadership

Research Topics

  • Leadership for Learning
  • Teacher leadership
  • Pupil participation
  • Schools in challenging circumstances

Current and recent research projects

  • The evaluation of the Schools Facing Exceptionally Challenging Circumstances project
  • The Carpe Vitam Leadership for Learning project
  • The Carpe Vitam Leadership for Learning project: Stevenage Extension
  • The evaluation of Project Based Learning Initiative in Turkey
  • Influence and participation of children and young people in their learning project
  • International Teacher Leadership Network

Course Involvement

  • MEd: The Herts MEd in Leading Teaching and Learning
  • MPhil: Educational Leadership and School Improvement
  • The HertsCam Teacher Led Development Work programme
  • The MPhil programme
  • The PhD programme

Publications

Books

MacBeath, J., Frost, D., Swaffield, S. and Waterhouse, J. (2007) Leadership for Learning: Making the Connections, Cambridge: University of Cambridge Faculty of Education

MacBeath, J., Gray, J., Cullen, J., Frost, D., Steward, S. and Swaffield, S. (2007) Schools on the Edge: Responding to Challenging Circumstances, London: Paul Chapman Publishing

James, M., Black, P., Carmichael, P., Conner, C., Dudley, P., Fox, A., Frost, D., Honour, L., MacBeath, J., McCormick, R., Marshall, B., Pedder, D., Proctor, R., Swaffield, S. and Wiliam, D. (2006) Learning How to Learn: Tools for Schools, London: Routledge

Frost, D. and Durrant, J. (2003) Teacher-led Development Work: guidance and support, London: David Fulton Publishers

Chapters in books

Frost, D. (2008) Researching the connections, developing a methodology in J. MacBeath and N. Dempster (eds) Connecting Leadership and Learning: Principles for Practice, London: Routledge

Frost, D., MacBeath, J. and Moller, J. (2008) Leaving a legacy: helping schools to collaborate in a climate of competition in J. MacBeath and N. Dempster (eds) Connecting Leadership and Learning: Principles for Practice, London: Routledge

Frost, D. and Swaffield, S. (2008) Researching LfL through an international collaborative project, in J. MacBeath and Y.C. Cheng (Eds.) Leadership for Learning International Perspectives, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers pp. 89-107

Frost, D. (2007) 'Practitioner research and leadership: the key to school improvement', in Coleman, M. and Briggs, A. (eds) Research Methods in Educational Leadership and Management (second edition), London: Paul Chapman, pp. 173-188

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 Challenge of Sharing Leadership, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, pp 307-326

Journal articles

MacBeath, J. Frost, D. and Swaffield, S. (forthcoming) Principled Narrative International Journal of Leadership in Education (special issue: 'Researching Leadership for Learning Internationally' edited by Johnson, G., Møller, J. and Portin, B.)

Frost, D. (2008) Teacher as Champions of Innovation, Education Review 21 (1) pp 13-21

Frost, D. (2008) Teacher Leadership: values and voice, School Leadership and Management (Special issue on Leadership for Learning) 28 (4) pp. 337-352

Frost, D., MacBeath, J., Swaffield, S. and Waterhouse, J. (2008) 'The Legacy of the Carpe Vitam Leadership for Learning project', Inform No 8, Occasional papers published by 'Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network February 2008

Frost, D. (2006) The concept of 'agency' in leadership for learning Leading and Managing special issue on the Carpe Vitam Leadership for Learning project, 12 (2) pp.19-28

Mylles, J. and Frost, D. (2006) Building Teacher Leadership in Hertfordshire, Improving Schools, March 2006

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. (2005) 'Resisting the juggernaut: building capacity through teacher leadership in spite of it all' Leading and Managing 10 (2) pp 70-87

Frost, D. and Roberts, J. (2004) 'From teacher research to teacher leadership: the case of the Hertfordshire Learning Preferences Project' Teacher Development 8 (2 and 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 Harris, A. (2003) 'Teacher Leadership: towards a research agenda' Cambridge Journal of Education, 33 (3) pp 479-498

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, H. (2003) Making a difference: building a research community of practice, Professional Development Today 6 (2) pp13-20

Frost, D. and Durrant, J. (2002) Teachers as Leaders: Exploring the Impact of Teacher Led Development Work, School Leadership and Management, 22 (2) pp 143-161

Some recent conference papers

Frost, D. (2008) Teacher Leadership: building professional knowledge a paper presented at ICSEI 2008: The 21st annual meeting of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement Auckland, New Zealand, January 2008

Frost, D. with Bolat, O., Frost, R. and and Roberts, A. (2008) The legacy of the Carpe Vitam LfL project: helping schools to collaborate in a climate of competition, a paper presented within the symposium 'The Carpe Vitam LfL project' at ICSEI 2008: The 21st annual meeting of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement Auckland, New Zealand, January 2008

Opfer, D., Bolat, O. and Frost, D. (2008) Contributing to national reform in Turkey through project-based learning: the OPYEP project, a paper presented at ICSEI 2008: The 21st annual meeting of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement Auckland, New Zealand, January 2008

Frost, D. (2007) 'Teacher leadership': articulating and amplifying the teacher voice, a paper presented within the symposium: Leadership for Learning: The Cambridge Network at ICSEI 2007, the 20th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Portoroz, Slovenia 3 - 6 January 2007

MacBeath, J., Cullen, J., Frost, D., Swaffield, S. (2007) Schools on the Edge: responding to challenging circumstances, a paper presented within the symposium: Leadership for Learning: The Cambridge Network at ICSEI 2007, the 20th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Portoroz, Slovenia 3 - 6 January 2007

Frost, D. (2006) 'Action research, school improvement and teacher leadership', paper presented at the 30th Anniversary Conference of The Collaborative Action Research Network. University of Nottingham, 10-12 November 2006

Frost, D. (2006) Why is the concept of agency so important in Leadership for Learning? a paper presented within the symposium: 'Leadership for Learning: the Carpe Vitam project' at ICSEI 2006, the 19th International Congress for 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 for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 3rd-;6th January

Frost, D. and Roberts, A. with Lightfoot, S. and McCrorie, M. (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 for School Effectiveness and Improvement Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 3rd-6th January

Frost, D. (2005) Building capacity in the teeth of the performativity juggernaut, a paper presented within the symposium: 'Leadership for Learning' at ICSEI 2005, the 18th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Barcelona, 2nd-;5th January.

Frost, D. and Swaffield, S. (2004) The Leadership for Learning (Carpe Vitam) project: an eclectic and emerging methodology, 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. (2003) 'The contribution of teacher leadership to 'leadership for learning' a paper presented within the symposium 'Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network' at the annual conference of the British Educational Research Association, Edinburgh, September 2003

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