Tracy Goodyear FCCT is Director of Teacher Development at The Mercian Trust, where she leads trust wide professional development, contributes to strategic approaches to expertise building, and supports leaders across multiple schools in creating coherent, evidence informed CPD systems. She is a Fellow, Assessor and Council Member of the Chartered College of Teaching and a Regional Leader for WomenEd, championing equity, leadership development, and professional growth across the sector. She is also a proud facilitator of the global #IAmRemarkable movement. Tracy is the founder and Chair of the Trust wide CPD Leaders’ Forum, which involves shaping cross trust communities of practice, supporting implementation, and evaluating the impact of professional learning at scale. Tracy is deeply committed to improving teacher recruitment and retention by strengthening professional autonomy, cultivating expertise, and developing supportive, high challenge professional cultures.