Lynsey Baughen is the Education Specialist for Primary Education at Cinglevue International. She works with the Research and Development team collaboratively to support Cinglevue to drive forward innovation by way of giving voice to the experiences and pre-requisites of teachers from a diverse range of educational contexts.
Previously, Lynsey was an ICT coordinator, e-safety officer and champion teacher for Virtual Learning Platforms, she has an affinity with the imaginative use of technology to deliver engaging educational solutions. Also, teaching in and around London for a number of years, Lynsey cultivated a strong interest in therapeutic learning, inclusive education and the utilisation of an arts integrated curriculum. She discovered a passion and affinity for teaching and supporting students with a diagnosis of autism and trained in augmentative and alternative communication, becoming in one stage of her career the lead teacher of a specialist autism resource.
She most recently worked as an art specialist in a specialised developmental setting. Whilst working with a therapeutic, sensory and play-based curriculum she extended her creative and holistic pedagogical knowledge by re-engaging with her postgraduate studies in therapeutic arts practices via the MIECAT Institute in Melbourne. She herself has been an illustrator and an exhibiting artist. Additionally, Lynsey has been a mentor and tutor to gifted and talented students.
Lynsey gained her degree from Liverpool John Moore’s University, before completing a postgraduate certificate in Primary Education with Southampton University. Upon recognising that many schools were struggling to support neurodiversities and student mental health, Lynsey went on to complete a postgraduate in Dyslexia and Literacy verified by the University of York and began a foundation course in Therapeutic Arts Practices with Hertfordshire University. As an Art Scholarship student herself, she has undertaken course training with Central Saint Martin’s College in London and Shillington College in Brisbane and holds additional qualifications in marketing and graphic design.
Working at Cinglevue, of particular interest to Lynsey are twice exceptional students and how to empower teachers to create personalised student-centric solutions that develop the whole child and capture talent, challenge and attainment in a way that allows individuals to progress to their full potential. Lynsey is curious and thirsty for learning, she enjoys her work with Cinglevue, which keeps her immersed in an environment of passionate learning, creative application and researched ingenuity.
