Paulo Santos

Paulo dos Santos has been our PYP/MYP/DP Visual Arts, MYP Design, DP Design Technology DP Film and STEAM Teacher since 2007. He is also the Head of the Design Department. He is originally from São Sebastião da Pedreira a parish of Lisbon, Portugal and has taught in Portugal, Denmark, Mozambique and Estonia. He holds a BA in

Communication Design from the Fine Arts Academy of Lisbon and is certified in different educational speciality areas as Film & Media; Photography; Computer Programming and Web Design; New Technologies, Innovation and IT in Education; Concept Based Curriculum and Creative Thinking; Education for Ethics; STEAM as a New Learning Approach!!!

He has 18 years of International Baccalaureate (IB) experience and he is highly trained and certificated in IB PYP/MYP/DP Visual Art, MYP Design, DP Design Technology and DP Film studies.

His goal is to explore and support creativity in the classroom while engaging students in the use of appropriate educational technology aiming to stimulate areas for innovative thinking in order to develop ATL skills throughout their life-long academic learning process.

Paulo has been an international volunteer for the development of the National Education System in Mozambique and member of the Diplomatic and Expat Community and Estonia Society Association. In addition, he has been a Professional Archery Coach since 2019, where he coordinates his own Archery Academy in Portugal, leading athletes to individual and team titles in the National Championships of Portugal. He is also leading his youth archers to the Olympic Portuguese program for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032. As an archery athlete, Paulo has won 13 National Portuguese and Estonian Champion titles including 2 Silver Medals at the European Archery Championships and participated in the Atlanta 1996 and London 2012 Olympic qualification programmes.

His hobbies involve archery, photography, traveling, outdoor sports activities such as hiking, climbing, mountain biking, and most recently, designing, building and riding classic vintage motorcycles.

Last updated on: September 24, 2025