Dr. Trista Hollweck

Dr. Trista Hollweck is a pracademic who integrates the worlds of research, policy, and practice. She is a former secondary teacher, vice-principal, and school district consultant at the Western Quebec School Board (WQSB) in Quebec, Canada.

From 2008-2015, Trista designed and led a district-wide mentoring and coaching program that continues to be essential component of the WQSB’s Teacher Induction Program (TIP). This work sparked her doctoral research into systemic change, mentoring and coaching, and the ways in which being a mentor-coach has an impact on experienced teachers’ professional learning, practice, and well-being. Currently, Trista teaches graduate courses on mentoring and coaching at the University of Ottawa, Ontario and is leading a research project in Sierra Leone funded by the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) that examines scaling and sustaining teacher professional development through communities of practice and coaching. 

Trista has designed and led educational networks at the local, provincial, national and international level, such as the Accompaniment Project for the Leadership Committee for English Education in Quebec (LCEEQ), the Canadian Playful Schools Network and the ARC Education Project. 

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.