Kristen Weatherby

Kristen Weatherby

Dr. Weatherby is a researcher and education consultant helping start-ups, SMEs and other organisations understand, measure, and communicate their impact in education. Most recently, she helped develop and launch University College London’s EDUCATE accelerator supporting edtech start-ups in their development of world class products for education. At the OECD, Dr. Weatherby led the 2013 cycle of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), working with governments and partners to survey 104,000 teachers about their working conditions and learning environments. At Microsoft, she led initiatives to support schools and teachers integrating technology into teaching in the United States, the United Kingdom and worldwide. Her research examines technology use in teacher professional development, as well as broader issues impacting the status of the teaching profession globally. She has a PhD in education technology from the UCL Institute of Education and is a governor of her local primary school.