Ana Maria Costa

Teacher Trainer in Lisbon

  • Born in Luanda, Angola
  • Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures (English and German) – Lisbon University
  • Postgraduate in Teaching foreign languages; Pedagogical Supervision; Neuroscience & Leadership (ongoing)
  • Teacher Trainer in Language Didactics; the use of ICT in an educational context; Active Learning strategies and Learning Labs
  • Current role: collaborator in the Educational Assessment Institute, Lisbon & Secondary English Teacher
  • Coordinator of international projects (ERASMUS+ and eTwinning)
  • Former Portuguese eTwinning Ambassador
  • Certified Teacher by the Cambridge Assessment Network regarding Assessment Practices
  • Examiner and Teacher Supervisor of KET for Schools and PET Exams (Cambridge)
  • Author of face-to-face and online courses and co-author of teacher training resources, namely for a project with the British Council regarding the most recent educational curricular Reforma in Croatia
  • Certification in Coaching and NLP
  • “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” quote defines most of what I am as a teacher 
  • Loves to embrace new challenges
  • Open to learning at any time (I always have more questions than answers…)
  • Always ready to travel and meet new cultures, and new ways of looking at this life experience 
  • Contributing to someone to have a better day makes me happy
  • At Europass since 2022