Staff and Faculty Members
Current Job Openings at OIS
Administration
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Student Activities Manager
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Student Surveillance
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Ms Ângela Oliveira
Student Surveillance
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Mr Ângelo Carlos
Maintenance Team Leader
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Ms Barbara Hartstein Harker
Marketing & Events Coordinator
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Mr Bohdan Bihas
Groundskeeper
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Student Surveillance
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Ms Cassilda Alves
School Secretary
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Ms Carminda Ribeiro
Admissions Officer
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Ms Helena Cerqueira
Student Surveillance
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Mr Genna Shalkivsky
Groundskeeper
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Mr Igor Rosa
Maintenance
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Ms Inês Brito
Student Activities Coordinator
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Ms Luisa Abreu
Registrar and Principal’s Personal Assistant
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Ms Joana Nobre
School Nurse
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Ms. Madalena Miranda
Madalena Miranda
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Ms Paula Candeias
Financial Department Manager
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Facilities Manager
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Ms Patricia Carrão
Human Resources and Accounts Assistant
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IT Help Desk
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Student Activities Coordinator
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Mr Ruben Saramago
IT Manager and Systems Administrator
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Ms Tetyana Shalkivska
Student Surveillance
Counselling
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Ms Barbara Castro de Guimarães
MYP Music Arts
DP Assistant Coordinator
Extended Essay Coordinator
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Emotional Guidance Counsellor
Life Coach
Therapist
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Ms Cynthia Gatham Pekarovic
Careers Counsellor
Extended Essay Coordinator DP
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Ms Christine Ratzke de Figueiredo
DP German B SL and HL
DP Ab-Initio German
MYP German Lang Acquisition Emergent
Student Inclusion Assistant
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Ms Domingas Sottomayor
Service as Action (SA) Coordinator
Photography Coordinator
Animal Husbandry and Gardening Coordinator
Action Learning (AL) Coordinator
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Ms Gemma Montefiore
Head of MYP
PYP PSPE
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Ms Greta Sabonyte
Student Inclusion Specialist
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Ms Joana do Vale
Librarian and Individuals & Societies Teacher
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Ms Joana Nobre
School Nurse
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Mr João Cheira
MYP Physical & Health Education Teacher
Head of Department for Physical Health Education (PHE)
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Mr John Brown
DP Psychology SL and HL
DP English B SL and HL
CAS Coordinator
Tutor
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Mr Jorge Santos
Head of Arts
MYP Design
MYP & DP Visual Arts
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Ms Maria Romão
Student Support
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Ms Patrícia Câmara
PYP Portuguese Native Language
MYP Portuguese Lang Acquisition Proficient
MYP Portuguese Lang Acquisition Emergent
MYP Portuguese Lang Acquisition Capable
ATL Coordinator
Tutor
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Ms Paula Mutamir
Student Inclusion Specialist
Professional Development in PYP
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Ms Vera Biscaia
Student Inclusion Coordinator
PYP
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PYP Teacher
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Teaching Assistant
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Ms Ann Marie Drysdale
Year 6 Class Teacher
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Teaching Assistant
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Teaching Assistant
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Ms Emma Ashton
PYP Creative Arts
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PYP Portuguese Teacher (Foreign)
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Jonathan was born in Northern Ireland and has Bachelor of Education (Hons) degree from Stranmillis University. Over the past 20 years as an educator, Jonathan has worked in Egypt, Brasil and now Portugal, experiencing and promoting the best practices in Primary Education and leading key subject areas including Science, ICT and Maths.
For the last 10 years, Jonathan has embraced the IB philosophy and approach to education in an international, inquiry-based setting. As a former PYP Coordinator and Deputy Head of Primary in Brasil, he successfully led an experienced IB school through their third evaluation, receiving several commendations.
Jonathan enjoys keeping up to date with the latest innovations and research into learning, very much believing Seymour Sarason that productive learning is where a challenging, often frustrating but ultimately self-rewarding process engenders and reinforces wanting to learn more.
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Year 5.2 PYP Teacher
Assistant PYP Coordinator
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Mr Lennart Girard
MYP Physical & Health Education
DP Sport Exercise & Health Science HL/SL
PYP Physical Social and Personal Education
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PYP Portuguese Teacher
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Ms Maria Bonito
PYP Portuguese Native Language
PYP Portuguese Foreign Language
MYP Spanish Lang Acquisition Emergent
Tutor
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Ms Noha Battouty
Year 2 Teacher
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Ms Paula Hannam
MYP Individuals & Societies
MYP Mathematics
PYP Mathematics
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Ms Paula Mutamir
Student Inclusion Specialist
Professional Development in PYP
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Mr Pedro de Barros
Year 5 Class Teacher
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Ms Sophie Bell
Year 4 Class Teacher
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Ms Stephanie Middler
Year 5 Teaching Assistant
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Ms Sarah Philip
Year 3 Class Teacher
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Ms Shaila Spalla
Year 4 Teaching Assistant
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Mr Tiago Ventura
MYP Physical & Health Education
PYP Physical Social and Personal Education
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Teaching Assistant&Visual Arts
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Teaching Assistant
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PSPE Teacher and IB MYP PHE Teacher
MYP & DP
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Ms Ana Durán Alcalde
DP Spanish ab initio
MYP Spanish Lang Acquisition Emergent
MYP Drama Arts
MYP Spanish Lang & Lit
Tutor
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Ms Barbara Castro de Guimarães
MYP Music Arts
DP Assistant Coordinator
Extended Essay Coordinator
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Mr Eoin Brosnan
DP English A Lang & Lit SL
MYP English Lang & Lit
MYP Drama Arts
Tutor
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Mr Jorge Santos
Head of Arts
MYP Design
MYP & DP Visual Arts
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Mr Pedro Zamith
IB MYP/DP Visual Arts Teacher
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Ms Yu Cheng
DP Chinese Lang & Lit HL/SL
MYP Chinese Lang & Lit
MYP Drama Arts
Tutor
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Carmo Oliveira
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Mr Bert van Rillaer
MYP Design
MYP Dutch Lang & Lit
MYP Assistant Coordinator
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Jan joined OIS in 2018 as Head of the IB Diploma Programme and teacher of MYP Design.
Born in Maastricht, the Netherlands, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in (Digital) Media & Culture (University of Amsterdam), a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in European Politics & Administration (Maastricht University), and a Master’s degree in teaching Social Studies (Leiden University).
After teaching social studies in a Dutch bilingual school, he worked at the IB Global Centre in The Hague (2011-2015), focusing on curriculum development of the Diploma Programme Core and the newly established Career-related Programme. He then moved to Milan, Italy, where he successfully led the implementation of the IB Diploma Programme in an Italian school, teaching English and DP History (2015-2018).
Jan enjoys the Great Outdoors, running, cycling, listening to – and playing – anything from punk rock to JS Bach. “Sapere Aude!” has been his personal motto for a long time. He believes OIS is a community that not only shares his values of sustainability and social responsibility but also his interest in figuring stuff out.
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Mr Jorge Santos
Head of Arts
MYP Design
MYP & DP Visual Arts
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Ms Sofia d’Orey
MYP Design
MYP Mathematics and Extended Mathematics
Design Head
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IB DP Economics and Business Management Teacher
IB MYP I&S Teacher
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IB DP Business Teacher and IB MYP I&S Teacher
MUN Coordinator
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Ms Joana do Vale
Librarian and Individuals & Societies Teacher
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Mr John Brown
DP Psychology SL and HL
DP English B SL and HL
CAS Coordinator
Tutor
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Mr Neale Davies
MYP Individuals &
Societies
DP History HL/SL
Head of Department for Individuals and Societies
Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator
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Ms Paula Hannam
MYP Individuals & Societies
MYP Mathematics
PYP Mathematics
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Mr Paul Charles
DP Global Politics HL/SL
MYP Individuals & Societies
Tutor
IB MYP English Teacher and IB DP TOK Teacher
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Ms Ana Breysse
DP French B HL/SL
MYP Portuguese Lang Acquisition Emergent
MYP French Lang Acquisition Emergent
MYP French Lang Acquisition Capable
Tutor
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Ms Ana Durán Alcalde
DP Spanish ab initio
MYP Spanish Lang Acquisition Emergent
MYP Drama Arts
MYP Spanish Lang & Lit
Tutor
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Ms Ana Rodrigues
MYP Portuguese Lang Acquisition Capable
MYP Portuguese Lang Acquisition Emergent
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Ms Antonieta Gálvez
DP Spanish B HL/SL
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Ms Allyson Connell
DP English A: Language and Literature
DP English A: Literature
DP Theory of Knowledge
MYP English Language and Literature
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Mr Bert van Rillaer
MYP Design
MYP Dutch Lang & Lit
MYP Assistant Coordinator
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Ms Christine Ratzke de Figueiredo
DP German B SL and HL
DP Ab-Initio German
MYP German Lang Acquisition Emergent
Student Inclusion Assistant
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MYP English Teacher
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Mr Eoin Brosnan
DP English A Lang & Lit SL
MYP English Lang & Lit
MYP Drama Arts
Tutor
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Ms Filipa Santos
DP Portuguese A Lit HL/SL
MYP Portuguese Lang & Lit
Tutor
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Mr Gavin O’Donnell
DP TOK
MYP Mathematics
MYP English Lang & Lit
MYP Assistant Coordinator
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Mr James Anstis
DP English A language and literature HL/SL
DP Theory of Knowledge
MYP English Lang & Lit
Head of Department for TOK
Tutor
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Ms Joana Carvalho
MYP Portuguese Language and Literature
Tutor
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Mr John Brown
DP Psychology SL and HL
DP English B SL and HL
CAS Coordinator
Tutor
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Ms Maria Bonito
PYP Portuguese Native Language
PYP Portuguese Foreign Language
MYP Spanish Lang Acquisition Emergent
Tutor
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MYP and DP French Language and literature Teacher
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Ms Patrícia Câmara
PYP Portuguese Native Language
MYP Portuguese Lang Acquisition Proficient
MYP Portuguese Lang Acquisition Emergent
MYP Portuguese Lang Acquisition Capable
ATL Coordinator
Tutor
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Ms Rojo Gardiner
MYP French Language Acquisition Emergent
MYP French Language Acquisition Capable
MYP English Language Acquisition
MYP Spanish Language Acquisition Emergent
Tutor
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Ms Tiffany Blake
Head of Department for English Language
DP English A Lang & Lit HL/SL
MYP English Lang & Lit
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Ms Yu Cheng
DP Chinese Lang & Lit HL/SL
MYP Chinese Lang & Lit
MYP Drama Arts
Tutor
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Mr William Sharpe
MYP French Lang Acquisition Emergent
MYP French Lang Acquisition Capable
MYP English Lang & Lit
MYP English Lang Acquisition Proficient
Tutor
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Mr André Lopes
DP Mathematics: Applications and
Interpretation course SL
MYP Mathematics
Acting Head of Department for Mathematics (MYP)
Tutor
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Ms Anna Gowanlock
MYP Mathematics
DP Mathematics: Applications and interpretation course HL/SL
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Born and raised in Valencia, Venezuela, Francisco started his international educational career in 2003 at Colegio Altair in Lima, Peru, as MYP Coordinator and Mathematics/Physics teacher. In January 2006, he moved to Davy College in northern Peru to a similar position where he remained until August 2012 when he joined OIS as Mathematics Coordinator and Maths/Physics teacher and became Vice-Principal in 2014. Since 2006 Francisco developed his IBO career in the roles of MYP Moderator, MYP Workshop Leader in Mathematics, Sciences, Interdisciplinary teaching and learning and Inquiry-based learning, as well as Visiting Team Leader and a curriculum – examinations author and consultant. So far he has delivered more than 50 IBO workshops in 15 countries and his passion for education is continuously nourishing his professional practice. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering, a Post-Graduate in Educational Management and Didactics of Physics and more recently teacher training in Particle Physics at CERN.
OIS is a vibrant learning community fully committed to the IBO Philosophy. It considers student’s development beyond the academic area. This sense of community and value have inspired and helped retain him since 2012. In his free time, Francisco likes ride motorcycles, read and practise outdoor sports.
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Mr Gavin O’Donnell
DP TOK
MYP Mathematics
MYP English Lang & Lit
MYP Assistant Coordinator
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MYP/DP Mathematics Teacher
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Ms Paula Hannam
MYP Individuals & Societies
MYP Mathematics
PYP Mathematics
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Ms Sofia d’Orey
MYP Design
MYP Mathematics and Extended Mathematics
Design Head
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Ms Rachel Zewde
MYP Mathematics and Extended Mathematics
DP Mathematics: Analysis and
approaches course HL
Acting Head of Department for Mathematics (DP)
Tutor
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Ms Gemma Montefiore
Head of MYP
PYP PSPE
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PSPE Teacher and IB MYP PHE Teacher
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Mr João Cheira
MYP Physical & Health Education Teacher
Head of Department for Physical Health Education (PHE)
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Mr Lennart Girard
MYP Physical & Health Education
DP Sport Exercise & Health Science HL/SL
PYP Physical Social and Personal Education
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Mr Tiago Ventura
MYP Physical & Health Education
PYP Physical Social and Personal Education
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MYP Science Teacher and DP Biology Teacher
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Born and raised in Valencia, Venezuela, Francisco started his international educational career in 2003 at Colegio Altair in Lima, Peru, as MYP Coordinator and Mathematics/Physics teacher. In January 2006, he moved to Davy College in northern Peru to a similar position where he remained until August 2012 when he joined OIS as Mathematics Coordinator and Maths/Physics teacher and became Vice-Principal in 2014. Since 2006 Francisco developed his IBO career in the roles of MYP Moderator, MYP Workshop Leader in Mathematics, Sciences, Interdisciplinary teaching and learning and Inquiry-based learning, as well as Visiting Team Leader and a curriculum – examinations author and consultant. So far he has delivered more than 50 IBO workshops in 15 countries and his passion for education is continuously nourishing his professional practice. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering, a Post-Graduate in Educational Management and Didactics of Physics and more recently teacher training in Particle Physics at CERN.
OIS is a vibrant learning community fully committed to the IBO Philosophy. It considers student’s development beyond the academic area. This sense of community and value have inspired and helped retain him since 2012. In his free time, Francisco likes ride motorcycles, read and practise outdoor sports.
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Mr Jose Luis de la Hera
DP Mathematics: Analysis and approaches course SL
DP Physics HL/SL
MYP Physics
MYP Sciences
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Mr Koen Peeters
DP Environmental Systems and Societies
MYP Biology
MYP Sciences
Tutor
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Mr Lennart Girard
MYP Physical & Health Education
DP Sport Exercise & Health Science HL/SL
PYP Physical Social and Personal Education
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IB MYP Sciences and Biology Teacher
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Ms Paula Fitzgerald
MYP Chemistry
MYP Sciences
DP Chemistry HL/SL
Tutor
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Mr Paul Stedman
DP Chemistry HL/SL
MYP Sciences
MYP Chemistry
Head of Department for Sciences
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Ms Patrícia Santos
DP Biology HL/SL
MYP Biology
MYP Sciences
Tutor
IB MYP English Teacher and IB DP TOK Teacher
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Ms Allyson Connell
DP English A: Language and Literature
DP English A: Literature
DP Theory of Knowledge
MYP English Language and Literature
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Mr Gavin O’Donnell
DP TOK
MYP Mathematics
MYP English Lang & Lit
MYP Assistant Coordinator
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Mr James Anstis
DP English A language and literature HL/SL
DP Theory of Knowledge
MYP English Lang & Lit
Head of Department for TOK
Tutor
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Ms Tiffany Blake
Head of Department for English Language
DP English A Lang & Lit HL/SL
MYP English Lang & Lit
Governance
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Born and raised in Valencia, Venezuela, Francisco started his international educational career in 2003 at Colegio Altair in Lima, Peru, as MYP Coordinator and Mathematics/Physics teacher. In January 2006, he moved to Davy College in northern Peru to a similar position where he remained until August 2012 when he joined OIS as Mathematics Coordinator and Maths/Physics teacher and became Vice-Principal in 2014. Since 2006 Francisco developed his IBO career in the roles of MYP Moderator, MYP Workshop Leader in Mathematics, Sciences, Interdisciplinary teaching and learning and Inquiry-based learning, as well as Visiting Team Leader and a curriculum – examinations author and consultant. So far he has delivered more than 50 IBO workshops in 15 countries and his passion for education is continuously nourishing his professional practice. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering, a Post-Graduate in Educational Management and Didactics of Physics and more recently teacher training in Particle Physics at CERN.
OIS is a vibrant learning community fully committed to the IBO Philosophy. It considers student’s development beyond the academic area. This sense of community and value have inspired and helped retain him since 2012. In his free time, Francisco likes ride motorcycles, read and practise outdoor sports.
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Jan joined OIS in 2018 as Head of the IB Diploma Programme and teacher of MYP Design.
Born in Maastricht, the Netherlands, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in (Digital) Media & Culture (University of Amsterdam), a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in European Politics & Administration (Maastricht University), and a Master’s degree in teaching Social Studies (Leiden University).
After teaching social studies in a Dutch bilingual school, he worked at the IB Global Centre in The Hague (2011-2015), focusing on curriculum development of the Diploma Programme Core and the newly established Career-related Programme. He then moved to Milan, Italy, where he successfully led the implementation of the IB Diploma Programme in an Italian school, teaching English and DP History (2015-2018).
Jan enjoys the Great Outdoors, running, cycling, listening to – and playing – anything from punk rock to JS Bach. “Sapere Aude!” has been his personal motto for a long time. He believes OIS is a community that not only shares his values of sustainability and social responsibility but also his interest in figuring stuff out.
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Jonathan was born in Northern Ireland and has Bachelor of Education (Hons) degree from Stranmillis University. Over the past 20 years as an educator, Jonathan has worked in Egypt, Brasil and now Portugal, experiencing and promoting the best practices in Primary Education and leading key subject areas including Science, ICT and Maths.
For the last 10 years, Jonathan has embraced the IB philosophy and approach to education in an international, inquiry-based setting. As a former PYP Coordinator and Deputy Head of Primary in Brasil, he successfully led an experienced IB school through their third evaluation, receiving several commendations.
Jonathan enjoys keeping up to date with the latest innovations and research into learning, very much believing Seymour Sarason that productive learning is where a challenging, often frustrating but ultimately self-rewarding process engenders and reinforces wanting to learn more.
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Robert Tomalin is the Principal of Oeiras International. He was born in the United Kingdom, is also an Irish citizen, and defines himself as European. As an IBDP graduate from the UWC of the Adriatic, Italy, service learning and giving back to his communities is something that is at his very core. While he was on a gap year in eSwatini, he realised his vocation was learning and teaching and that educational leadership would be the direction in which he would steer his life.
After four years at University College London studying Political Philosophy with Italian and Swedish (including an Erasmus year at Lund University in Sweden), he completed his Post Graduate Certificate in Education at Bristol University. He worked for eight years in state schools in the UK before moving to Bogotá to begin leading the Secondary Section of Colegio Gran Bretaña. In 2017 he became the whole school Director of the same school. Life-long learning is important and in 2018 he completed his MA in International Education at the University of Bath, and obtained the Certificate of International School Leadership from the Principals Training Center in the USA.
He is a multi-lingual, internationally-minded school leader who describes himself as emotionally intelligent and an excellent communicator. He understands that if children do not feel safe, they cannot learn, and as a result places child protection and safeguarding at the core of everything he does.
Robert has been trained as a CIS and NEASC Accreditation Team Evaluation visitor and leader, is an active member of the IB’s Education Network who runs workshops from their leadership qualification as well as visiting schools and inspecting exam procedures.
Robert enjoys travelling, cycling, learning languages and is a qualified SCUBA rescue diver.
Robert recently became a father when he and his husband adopted a baby boy at home in Colombia, and loves the excitement and challenges of parenthood. Being a father, he says, helps him see learning through a new lens.
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