2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR
SUSTAINABILITY YEAR AT HISAR SCHOOL
We are raising individuals who are inquisitive, confident, ethical, and highly aware with the country’s leading academic staff.
Together with our 1,329 graduates and 1,667 students, we are working to build a sustainable future.
Information Strategies Center
As Information Strategies Center, we continue our efforts to ensure that information and communication technologies are included as a natural part of the education process.
Writing Center
In Writing Center, there is a friendly and comfortable environment where visitors are interested in their author identities and talked about writing. Educators aim to help develop ideas and express them in the most clear and effective way possible.
Innovation Center
Innovation Center is designed as an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary platform to teach and learn with STEAM-oriented programs that support interaction with the technology community and the effort to achieve excellence in K-12 education.
University Counseling and Career Center
In our Career Center in accordance with the mission and vision definition of Hisar School, our primary goal is to guide and support our students in course selection, career orientation, university preparation-application and selection processes.
Fab Academy
We are proud to announce that Hisar School has become the first and only Fab Academy Node in Turkey, and the second at the K-12 level worldwide, as a testament to our ongoing commitment to excellence in computer science education.
Professional Learning Center
PÖMER provides a system of innovative, creative, participatory opportunities and research environments by offering professional learning programs on national and international platforms that will support and develop the knowledge and skills of all School staff.
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The 26th Autumn Teachers’ Conference
The 26th Autumn Teachers’ Conference was held at Üsküdar American Academy on Saturday, October 26. 29 teachers from different levels attended the symposium as participants and 18 teachers presented their work. We congratulate our teachers.
- AR and Art: Zeren Yaycıoğlu
- Creative Writing Suggestions for Children (A Journey from Graphics to Artificial Intelligence): Derya İlhan
- Digital Detectives: Can Yasa, Neslihan Yapıcı
- DNA Barcoding as a Citizen Science Project: Gizem Yılmaz
- Transformation in Education – The Introduction of Artificial Intelligence into Classrooms: The Example of Hisar School: Beyza Nalbantoğlu, Hasan Yazgu
- Hisar High School’s MOOC Learning System: Coursera Collaboration: Dilara Vardar (content), Gizem Damgacı – Okan Uzelli (presentation)
- Museums: Where Language Meets Critical Thinking: Sedef Şeker
- Biodiversity through Systems Thinking: Duygu Erdoğan, Nihal Güneş Demir
- Project-Based e-Sports Tournament in Sustainability Education: Managing Sustainable Cities with Cities Skylines Tolga Eldurmaz
- Innovation in Sustainability: Özge Aydemir Kaya, Utku Öztekin
- Silent Books in the Context of Differentiation in Turkish Language and Literature Lessons: Pınar Damla Yılmaz
- Creating Lesson Plans with the Support of Artificial Intelligence: Aslıhan Cuğ, Emine Sürmeli Engin
- Design the Cities of the Future with Artificial Intelligence: Duygu Erdoğan
Hisar School Became the First Fab Academy Node in Türkiye
As Hisar School, we are proud to announce that we have achieved the success of becoming the first and only Fab Academy Node in Türkiye and the second in the world at the K-12 level within the scope of our studies in computer science education.
The application process for Fab Academy, conducted under the leadership of our Information Strategies Center Coordinator Dilara Vardar and Fab Academy Coordinator Sedat Yalçın, culminated with Sedat Yalçın successfully completing the 2024 Fab Academy Program, making him one of the few Fab Academy educators in the world. As Türkiye’s first and only Fab Academy, Hisar School will implement this prestigious program in the 2024-2025 academic year. Hisar Fab Academy aims to provide a world-class digital production experience, training its participants to become competitive individuals on global platforms.
PÖMER, Orientation and Seminar Programs Completed
As Hisar School prepared for the 2024-2025 Academic Year, many professional learning programs ranging from social-emotional skills to curriculum development in education, from child protection policies to sustainability were completed under the leadership of Hisar School Professional Learning Center (PÖMER). These trainings were offered as part of a vision that has the potential to make a difference both nationally and internationally while strengthening not only the professional development of school staff, but also the impact they will have on students. PÖMER implemented 23 professional learning programs of 286 hours in total for academic and administrative staff, with a total of 1568 participants. These programs, which are carried out with devoted in-school and out-of-school collaboration, address a wide range of strategic issues in the academic and administrative fields.
- UbD (Understanding by Design) Understanding by Design Training
- Second Step Training
- Child Protection Training
- Child Protection Training 2
- Sustainability Training and Workshop
- Mathematics Curriculum Study
- Voice Over Training
- Communication Training
- Change Management Training
- Specific Reading and Writing Problems Case Study
- Training and Case Study on Recognizing and Supporting Students with Special Needs
- Differentiation Training and Group Work
- Dyslexia Education
- AP Psychology
- Phillips Exeter Biology Conference
- UNESCO Digital Learning Week
- Artificial Intelligence for Educators
- IELTS Workshop
- Staying Strong in Times of Uncertainty, Emotional Resilience and Stress Management
- Ways to Communicate Effectively: Resolving Conflicts
- Risk Factors Education and Case Study in Preschool
- State University of New York (SUNY) Graduate Program
- Yıldız Technical University Master’s Program
Making an intense and productive start to the 2024-2025 academic year, Professional Learning Center (PÖMER) continues to expand its collaborations with leading national and international educational institutions and to train facilitators specialized in new projects and different fields. In this context, Hisar School facilitators took part in UbD trainings organized for new teachers and the program was successfully completed. The Center aims to increase knowledge and experience sharing among teachers based on the principle of “we learn together” to make professional learning communities more dynamic and effective. At the same time, it aims to open new horizons in education by reaching out to teachers not only in its neighborhood but also across Turkey. In this way, while contributing to the professional development processes of teachers, it adopts the mission of creating a wider impact and spreading the culture of sustainable learning.
We Participated in UNESCO Digital Learning Week
Our Information Strategies Center Coordinator, Dilara Vardar, and Deputy General Director, Gülçin Cırık Doğramacı, participated in UNESCO Digital Learning Week held in Paris. The conference focused particularly on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, discussing in depth how AI can be integrated into teaching and learning processes, its ethical dimensions, and how it can contribute to a sustainable future through digital transformation. This event, hosted at UNESCO’s headquarters, brought together global education leaders, policymakers, and academics for important sessions on how to effectively and ethically utilize AI in education.
Our Student Reached The Finals of John Locke Institute’s Essay Writing Competition
Our student, Giray E., has successfully reached the finals in the Philosophy category of the John Locke Institute’s Essay Writing Competition. With approximately 35,000 students participating across all categories, the competition is recognized as one of the world’s most prestigious essay writing awards. Giray will attend the awards ceremony and academic conference in London as a guest of the John Locke Institute. We congratulate our student and wish him continued success.
Hisar School Organized a Sustainability Policy Workshop
The Hisar School Sustainability Policy Workshop was conducted under the leadership of our Innovation Center in collaboration with Mikado Consulting. During the workshop, all institutional and academic activities at our school were examined through the lens of sustainability. The outcomes of the workshop will be reflected in the Hisar Schools Sustainability Policy, which will be prepared at the beginning of the academic year.
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