In this video, Laurie Chase, a senior teacher and safeguarding lead at Laya College in Liverpool, shares her career journey and insights on teaching.
Key Topics:
Quickfire Questions [30:29]: Laurie reveals her classroom essentials, preferences, and habits.
Introduction [01:09]: Laurie introduces herself and Laya College, an English language college with a diverse, multicultural student body.
Early Career [02:37]: She discusses how her family influenced her academic life and how she “fell into” English language teaching by chance during university [04:00].
Self-Care [08:00]: Laurie talks about the importance of safeguarding herself, especially in her role as safeguarding lead, and the support systems she has in place.
Action Research [11:59]: She shares how a challenging lesson observation motivated her to conduct action research and continuously improve her teaching.
Teaching with ADHD [21:10]: Laurie discusses her late diagnosis of ADHD and how it has shaped her teaching approach, giving her greater empathy for students with neurodiversity.
Imposter Syndrome [26:19]: She shares her experience with imposter syndrome and how she overcame it.
