Kate Lafferty is a Lecturer within the School of Education at La Trobe University. Kate is an experienced teacher, having worked across primary, secondary and tertiary sectors for over 24 years as both a generalist teacher and Gifted Education specialist and taught at the postgraduate level at Monash University. She has delivered numerous professional development sessions and presented at international conferences.

Melissa Barnes is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching in the School of Education at La Trobe University. Her teaching focus and research interests are situated within the fields of teacher education, pedagogy, assessment, policy and English language learning. Melissa is trained as both a primary school and an English as an Additional Language (EAL) teacher and has taught in schools in the US, Germany, Vietnam, Brunei and Australia.