Dr Trista Hollweck
Board Director
Dr Trista Hollweck is a pracademic who integrates the worlds of research, policy, and practice. She is a former teacher, vice-principal, and school district consultant. Trista has designed, implemented and led educational networks at the local, provincial, national and international level. Currently, she teaches mentoring and coaching at the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa and leads an IDRC-funded research project on scaling teacher-driven communities of practice and learning in Sierra Leone.
Trista’s research examines professional learning networks, teacher retention and evaluation, mentoring and coaching programs, women and educational leadership, learning through play, and systemic change. Trista received her doctorate from the University of Ottawa and is an active ICSEI member. She was the ICSEI Early Career representative from 2017-2019, and is the co-chair of the Generational Renewal, Inclusion and Diversity (GRID) Standing Committee and co-editor of the ICSEI Dialogic. Trista is a proud mom of three and is committed to supporting schools and systems to improve education for all students within and across educational systems globally.