A modern and tech-savvy teacher / trainer with an engineering background, I have a lot of experience teaching both adults and children of all walks of life. Combining my technical and creative hobbies (coding and digital art) allows me to create crisp and colourful didactic materials for my students.

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Paul Gieske

A modern and tech-savvy teacher / trainer with an engineering background, I have a lot of experience teaching both adults and children of all walks of life. Combining my technical and creative hobbies (coding and digital art) allows me to create crisp and colourful didactic materials for my students.

https://paulgieskeblog.com/Contact.html

Experience

  • Jan 2026 – ...: Career break due to international relocation
    • As my partner was relocated to Papua New Guinea I moved to support the family
    • I am maintaining professional development through self-study and volunteering
  • Sep 2024 – Dec 2025: ICT Teacher (European Baccalaurate), European School of The Hague
  • Jan 2021 – Jun 2024: Computer Science and Information Technology Teacher (A level), Heritage International School, Moldova
  • Sep 2018 – Jul 2020: Maths Teacher (IGCSE), Grace International School, Bangladesh
    • ...
  • Mar 2018 – Oct 2019: Treasurer, Netherlands Recreation Club, Bangladesh
  • Jun 2018 – Jun 2019: Volunteer Trainer, Nutrition International, Bangladesh
  • Oct 2015 – Jun 2017: IT Teacher (Adult education: Excel, AutoCAD, Adobe Animate among others), Center for Adult Education GLTT, Belgium
  • Feb 2014 – Dec 2015: Student, Center for Adult Education Lethas, Belgium
  • Jul 2013 – Sep 2015: Stay at home father, Belgium
  • Jan 2009 – Jun 2012: Airbag Application Engineer, Robert Bosch GmbH, Hungary
  • Jan 2008 – Dec 2008: Account Manager, Encore International, Hungary

Education and Training

Degrees
  • 2015: Teaching certificate – CVO Lethas – Belgium
  • 2007: Msc – Systems and Control – Technical University Delft – Netherlands
  • 2005: Bsc – Aerospace Engineering – Technical University Delft – Netherlands
Online courses

Skills

Languages
  • Native speaker: English, Dutch
  • Upper intermediate: German, French
  • Intermediate: Hungarian, Romanian
Coding
  • C++, Qt, Java, Python
  • HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap Studio, SQL, PHP
  • Microbit, Arduino
Digital Media
  • 2D graphics: Photoshop, Illustrator, Inkscape, Krita, GIMP
  • 3D graphics: Blender
  • Animation: Animate, OpenToonz, Synfig
  • Movie editing: Kdenlive
MS Office
  • Word processors, spreadsheets, presentation, database (e.g. MS access)

Hobbies

Coding and Learning:

I love learning new things, especially in the area of information technology and computer science. See some of my projects.

Creating online courses:

As a hobby, I have created quite a few online courses in many topics including animation, game design and graphics as well as tutorials for A level Computer Science and Information Technology.

Others:
  • Jogging, swimming
  • Travelling, science fiction and popular science. (See my friend's blog if you are interesting in any of these topics)