ABSTRACT

HertsCam's core activities include the Teacher Led Development Work (TLDW) programme, the MEd in Leading Teaching and Learning programme and the Networking programme, which includes international engagement. HertsCam recognises the potential of all teachers to exercise leadership as part of their professional role. The rhetoric of teacher leadership was adopted by HertsCam as a way of transcending the limitations of concepts such as continuing professional development, practitioner research and action research. A cornerstone of the non-positional teacher leadership approach is our focus on development projects. The most obvious benefit of non-positional teacher leadership is that development projects can lead to school improvement. The TLDW programme supports teacher leadership in primary, secondary and special schools by enabling teachers and other educational practitioners to plan and lead projects designed to develop the quality and effectiveness of aspects of teaching and learning in their own schools.