Roundtable: The learning barista: creating the perfect blend of teaching, learning and assessment

Silvana Richardson Silvana Richardson is Head of Education at Bell UK, Cambridge, England, Strategic Education Advisor at The Bell Foundation, and member of the Eaquals Board of Trustees. She has worked in the field of English Language Teaching for 37 years as teacher, teacher educator, academic manager, inspector and consultant. She has trained EFL, MFL, ESOL, EAL, CLIL and subject teachers, teacher educators and school leaders in the state and private sectors both in the UK and abroad, and has designed, taught and supervised courses and projects commissioned by Ministries of Education and national and international teaching associations. Silvana was visiting lecturer on English as an Additional Language at the Faculty of Education, Cambridge University, Director of the Bell Delta Online, Academic Director at Bell Teacher Campus and Bell Teacher Academy, and is a speaker in international conferences. She has written online materials, blogposts and articles for teachers and school leaders, has co-written two Cambridge papers in ELT with Scott Thornbury and Gabriel Diaz Maggioli, and is the author of the forthcoming book on Promoting Teacher Learning for Cambridge University Press and Assessment. Pablo Toledo Pablo Toledo is Senior Assessment Services Manager for Southern Cone and Andes in CUP&A. He is an English teacher and teacher trainer with a Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Assessment from the University of Cambridge and a Diploma in Education Policy from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Before joining Cambridge, he managed projects in the areas of remote teaching, internationalisation of higher education and language teaching to refugees for the British Council and led the Education department of the Buenos Aires Herald newspaper. He is the president of LAALTA (Latin American Association of Language Testing and Assessment). Lucas Rigonato Lucas Rigonato is an Academic Coordinator at Escola Morumbi Moema and a Ph.D. student in Applied Linguistics at USP. With a Master's from UFG and Fulbright experience, he specializes in teacher training, curriculum development, and educational innovation. Lucas has led teams in producing educational materials and integrating technology into learning. He is a member of Projeto Nacional de Letramentos, a collaborative network among universities focused on research and interventions in language teacher education. Lucas also explores AI in education and has presented on this topic at conferences.