Leadership

Hisar School Executive Committee ensures proper functioning of the decision-making hierarchy and information flow to create an engaging, inclusive, and transparent academic environment for Hisar community.

Authorized by the Hisar Educational Foundation’s Board of Directors, the Executive Committee offers strategic guidelines and leadership on all the academic and administrative subjects and decides which actions must be taken accordingly. The Committee is led by the General Manager, and committee members consist of the Assistant General Managers and School Principals. The committee conducts meetings on a weekly basis throughout the year and, when applicable, also convenes in emergency meetings.

School Leadership

Preschool


Sibel Yalkın Preschool Principal	Ezgi Çebi Preschool Vice Principal

Primary School


Meral Olcay Primary School Principal	Merve Bayraktar Primary School Vice Principal	Banu Aldemir Primary School Vice Principal


Hüseyin Çelebi Primary School Vice Principal

Middle School


Betül Gökkaya Middle School Principal	Başak Başman Middle School Vice Principal	Sezin Fins Middle School Vice Principal


Beray Kömürcü Middle School Vice Principal	Nihan Şehsuvaroğlu Middle School Vice Principal

High School


Okan Uzelli High School Principal	Göker Avcı High School Vice Principal	Mahir Badem High School Vice Principal


Mustafa Bozkurt High School Vice Principal	Özge Gültekin High School Vice Principal

Academic Centers

Centers
Information Strategies Center Our Center ensures that the information and communication technologies function as a natural part of the educational process. The Center’s primary goal is to identify informatics strategies to support learning environments and to structure within K12 integrity a sustainable, manageable, and dynamic ecosystem that can rapidly adapt to changing conditions and needs. Please click to visit the website.	Members: Dilara Vardar, Onur Akbudak, Başak Başman, Gökçe B. Yılmaz Aslan, Jose Luis Perez Cabello, Mustafa Bozkurt, Sedat Yalçın, Tuğçe Özer, Banu Aldemir, Merve Vural, Sezin Fins.
Innovation Center Hisar Innovation Center is designed as an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary platform to facilitate teaching and learning with STEAM-oriented programs, which promotes and develops interaction with the technology community and efforts to achieve excellence in K-12 education, with a host of medium- and long-term goals, and to reinforce the professional development of teachers. Please click to visit the website.	Members: Utku Öztekin, Dilara Vardar, Nihan Şehsuvaroğlu, Sedat Yalçın, Tayfur Şansan, Tuğba Ucuzcu, Yunus Emre Doğan.
Humanities and Social Sciences Research Center Hisar Humanities and Social Sciences Research Center is designed to produce studies and projects with the aim of creating an interdisciplinary holistic understanding in the fields of social sciences, literature and visual arts. Please click to visit the website.	Members: Mehmet Şirin, Sezin Fins, Neslihan Yapıcı, Kaan Özyer, Sevil Kuvan, Gökçen Dürüst.
Professional Learning Center Hisar Professional Learning Center aims to provide a system of innovative, creative and collaborative opportunities and research environments. The community is designed to foster academic excellence and success by creating a supportive setting, incentives and acknowledgements, knowing that every individual is open to development and change which results in an environment that fosters lifelong learning in the Hisar Community. Please click to visit the website.	Members: Nilüfer Çağın, Ela Mavi Öztekin, Dilara Vardar, Duygu Aydoğan, Gizem Yılmaz, Melih Gürkan, Michelle Duschang, Nihan Şehsuvaroğlu, Özge Gültekin, Sezin Fins, Tuğba Ucuzcu, Funda Belsu, İrem Noyaner, Banu Aldemir, Barış Has, Utku Öztekin, Emine Sürmeli Engin.
University Counseling and Career Center Career Counseling Office offers its services under two different units as Turkish Universities Counseling and International Universities Counseling based on the mission and vision of the Hisar Schools. The primary goal of the Office is to guide and support students on the course selection, career orientation, and university preparation/application/selection processes. Please click to visit the website.	Members: Michelle Duschang, Aylin Şevyo, Beste Özsoy and Mine Yalçın.
Community Services Community Services Center aims to strengthen the awareness of social responsibility and volunteerism within the Hisar Schools ecosystem, foster sensitivity towards social issues both globally and nationally, and coordinate efforts to mobilize students, teachers, staff, parents, alumni, and the school community to create social benefit. Please click here to access the website.	Members: Mehmet Şirin, Ezgi Çebi, Duygu Aydoğan, Beray Kömürcü, Sezin Fins, Başak Başman, Nihan Şahsuvaroğlu, Hilal Kümbül and Gökşen Dürüst.
Writing Center Our Writing Center, as the first one to serve in a K-12 school in Turkey, mainly aims to improve and inspire writing skills among our students through collaboration with the other departments of the school. Please click to visit the website.	Members: Jeffrey Gibbs and Stephen Freer.

Committees

Academic Committees

Academic Committees are established by bringing together people from academic and administrative departments on education and training-related issues such as student admissions, professional development of teachers and employees, and in-school activities.

Academic Committees
BOMAY (Scholarship, Award and Financial Aid) Committee In line with the mission of Hisar Educational Foundation and Hisar School, the Committee is responsible for the evaluation and execution of free education, financial aid, scholarship, and award regulations. Please click to read the guideline.	Chair: Prof. Dr. Turan Durgunoğlu Üyeler:Betül Gökkaya, Birsen Uzun, Prof. Dr. Gülay Barbarosoğlu, Gülçin Cırık Doğramacı, Meral Olcay, Okan Uzelli, Sibel Yalkın, Sinan Uzan and Prof. Dr. Üstün Ergüder.
Committee for Admissions Evaluation Main function of the Admissions Evaluation Committee will be to monitor the processes and schedules of interviews and entrance exams candidates will be subject to. Schedule of events for such interviews and entrance exams will be prepared by this Committee. It is the Committee’s responsibility to make sure that the admissions process is carried out in line with the Admissions Policy and Principles of Hisar School. The Committee is expected to make recommendations for change when it deems necessary. The Committee is also expected to work in close cooperation with the Advisory Committee on Education Policy in order to evaluate and re-evaluate the criteria applied in selecting candidates for admissions.	Chair: Prof. Dr. Gülay Barbarosoğlu Committee Members: İpek Erduran, Sibel Yalkın, Meral Olcay, Betül Gökkaya, Okan Uzelli,Filiz Hannutoğlu.
Yearbook Committee The Committee is responsible for the effective management of all steps from content to design, from production to final printing and distribution during the school yearbook process, of which Hisar students are also a part of. In this process, the Committee, which determines the most appropriate work flow for the yearbook, ensures that the necessary steps and stages are followed.	Chair: Gülçin Cırık Doğramacı Vice Chairman: Gökşen Dürüst Committee Members: Başak Başman, Betül Gökkaya, Ezgi Çebi, İrem Noyaner, Mahir Badem, Meral Olcay, Merve Bayraktar, Okan Uzelli, Petek Pekuysal, Sibel Yalkın.
Committee for Arts, Culture and Sports Events Duties and responsibilities of the Committee for Arts, Culture and Sports events are as follows: to carry out advisory work related with cultural, arts, sports events/activities and academic talks proposed in all categories, to foster interaction across all school levels and departments in order to revitalize these events, to ensure all scheduled events on campus are scheduled so as to optimize time and space management considering the academic priorities and resource constraints. Please click to read the Committee Guideline.	Chair: Okan Uzelli Committee Members:Beray Kömürcü, Derya Çöngül, Gökşen Dürüst, Hanife Özyiğit, İrem Noyaner, Merve Bayraktar,Petek Pekuysal, Sera Boeno, Şebnem Demirok.

Advisory Committees

Advisory Committees are established to foster an inclusive and engaging decision-making environment within the Hisar School. Their members are selected from different academic and administrative departments.

Advisory Committees
Committee for Education Policy The objectives and responsibilities of the Committee include evaluating Hisar’s current academic performance considering all its strengths and areas of improvement and analyzing it to achieve greater academic quality reviewing the currently adopted teaching and learning methods as a whole, overseeing the ongoing critical academic indicators regularly, and when necessary, establishing new ones and communicating the result to all related parties, proposing methods that will help capture the perceptions of institutional fit, climate or students’ goal achievement through a variety of different programs. Please click for the Committee Guideline.	In the process of being reorganized.
Committee for Visual Arts This Committee is created to advise the Executive Committee on matters concerning Hisar’s visual arts plans and activities, to assist in the planning and establishment of long-term goals and objectives regarding special projects, visual arts, decorative arts applied arts, crafts, and all related artistic design, to develop connections with world-renowned as well as local artists, experts, accredited associations and to help collaborate with these talents for the growth of students’ artistic horizons, to meaningfully boost and foster creativity and to expand cognitive reach through new collaborations. Please click for the Committee Guideline.	Co-Chair: Dr. Faruk Bil and Louisa Uzan. Committee Members: Ayda Elgiz, Defne Çağlar, Eda Kehale Argün, Gülay Karadeniz, İdil Oraloğlu and Petek Pekuysal.
Committee for Hisar Brand Governance This Committee is created to offer recommendations on establishing a strategic communication plan which will foster the spirit of Hisar in parallel with Hisar’s values and the communication channels already used by the Hisar community and its stakeholders by drawing on creative, enterprising, and innovative approaches, to establish benchmarks for alumni engagement, and to support the school’s organizational communication efforts. Please click for the Committee Guideline.	Chair: İpek Erduran Committee Members: Gizem Aksoy, İrem Noyaner, Sibel Asna and Dr. Rıza Kadılar.
Committee on Technology and Innovation Policy This Committee is created to advise on matters concerning technology, creativity and, innovation at Hisar. The main objectives of the Committee are listed below: To evaluate Hisar’s current educational objectives and learning outcomes to best prepare its students for the future and the emerging technologies, To help modernize, implement, and support integration of the STE(A)M and other relevant curricula to promote creativity across all disciplines by designing experiential opportunities and paying attention to the increased importance of interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches embedded in the K12 structure, To advise Hisar Schools on the implementation of innovative technology and infrastructure solutions when and where applicable, To recommend methods that will increase the awareness of the students about the impact of technology on societal norms and public policy and to help incorporate the principles of social innovation into coursework, To teach Hisar students the essentials of entrepreneurship and intellectual property rights and to mentor them to carry out the processes of designing, prototyping, and developing business models, To connect Hisar with different schools, universities, business, and public sector experts, to facilitate the exchange of best practices and promote the uptake of relevant STE(A)M subjects and projects at Hisar and, To help the School develop a STE(A)M strategy. Please click for the Committee Guideline.

Administrative Committees

Administrative Committees are established to benefit from the opinions of the expert professionals and academicians who are expected to create inspirational learning environments and equip our students with skills for the future. Being experts who are well recognized in their respective fields, members of these committees are invited to contribute to the success of Hisar School.

Administrative Committees
Committee for General Data Protection The purpose of the committee is to carry out studies in cooperation with the relevant parties on the following issues and to develop proposals to be submitted to the General Manager and the Executive Board. Please click to read the Committee Guideline.	Chair: Onur Akbudak Committee Members: Av. Erhan Kaya, Sezin Fins, Hürriyet Erkmen, Gizem Aksoy, Tuna Aktaş, Alime Şeker, Müge Kardaş ve Betül Vural Baştürk.
Committee for Work Health and Safety The purpose of the Work Health and Safety Committee is to detect emergencies and to define the necessary preparations for the emergency and its aftermath in order to prevent any kind of extraordinary situations that may occur in the school enterprise, in order to prevent the injury and damage to the students, staff and visitors, the partial or complete cessation of educational activities, and the negative impact of the environment. The Committee ensures that the management takes the right decision quickly in an emergency and determines the rules for the management of emergencies, and ensures the creation of a work plan to prevent loss of life and property or to reduce the damage.	Chair: Birsen Uzun Committee Members: Employers’ Representatives, Work Health and Safety Specialist, School Doctor, Employees’ Representatives, HR Director and Campus Technic and Internal Services Supervisor.
Procurement Committee The committee has been established in order to purchase all kinds of goods and services, with the priority of academic department needs, in the fulfillment of educational activities, in line with defined criteria, paying attention to budget compliance, in a quality and affordable way. Procurement Committee is responsible for supplier research/detection, making purchases, product/service evaluation, satisfaction research, realization of process improvement studies and presenting the process to the Executive Board, if necessary, within determined limits.	Chair: Birsen Uzun Committee Members: Onur Akbudak, Deniz Aydın, Erdem Çavuşoğlu, Gizem Aksoy, Sedat Çağlayan, Sinan Türkan, Dilara Vardar
Food Committee The purpose of the committee is to carry out studies such as quality, taste, hygiene, healthy nutrition, presentation, menu richness and diversity regarding the food and canteen services offered at Hisar School. The committee also evaluates suggestions and works to solve the problems that arise on these issues. Please click to read the Committee Guideline.	Chair: Gizem Aksoy Committee Members: Preschool, Primary, Middle and High School Representatives, School Doctor, OHS and Campus Technical Manager, Technical Services Manager, PTA Members, and Supplier Company Senior Management Representatives.
Transportation Services Committee The purpose of the committee is to carry out the necessary studies, evaluate the suggestions and solve the problems that arise in order to provide the most reliable transportation service for the transportation process of Hisar School students and personnel. Guideline for Student Services Guideline for Personnel Services	Chair: Sinan Türkan Committee Members: Preschool, Primary, Middle and High School Representatives, Financial and Administrative Affairs Director, School Doctor, OHS/Technical Manager, PTA Members and Representatives from Supplier Company Senior Management.
Committee for Financial and Administrative Corporate Sustainability The committee has been established with the aim of determining the sustainability policies and strategies of Hisar School in the fields of environmental, economic and corporate governance, executing the planned goals and practices, monitoring, supervising, reviewing, improving and developing, and creating long-term values. Please click to read the Committee Guideline.	Chair: Erdem Çavuşoğlu Committee Members: Onur Akbudak, Gizem Aksoy, Sedat Çağlayan, İrem Noyaner, Sinan Türkan, Birsen Uzun ve Dilara Vardar

Administrative Departments

Information Technologies

Hisar School ITC Department is created to offer innovative ideas and methods and to ensure that Hisar School has a strong technology infrastructure allowing employees to conduct their daily efforts and communicate properly in line with the missions of the institution.
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Human Resources

Candidates who wish to join the Hisar School team are expected to adopt the keystone principles of our school such as honesty, compassion, kindness, global and social responsibility as well as the best ethical values and the tenets of academic excellence.
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Finance and Administrative Affairs

This department is responsible for carrying out all the financial and administrative processes of the Hisar School in line with the legislation of the General Directorate of Foundations, Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services, and corporate policies/procedures.
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Institutional Development

Institutional Development Office works in collaboration with administrative and academic units to strengthen the bond between the Hisar and its partners, to support its development, and to further its institutional prestige through effective and proactive communication.
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Health Services

Hisar School students, teacherd and administrative staff are provided with equal, continuous and optimal access to preventive, diagnostic and curative health services. There are two infirmaries in our school, one in our Middle School building and one in our Sports Center. Hisar School Health Unit consists of a doctor and four nurses. The infirmary is responsible for the health care of the students during school hours. Our healthcare team provides uninterrupted service throughout the school’s training hours and activities outside of this period.

Nurses inform the parents of the students about health-related problems (fever, diarrhea, infectious diseases, etc.) that may occur in the school. The list of drugs and health materials that must be kept in the infirmary is kept in accordance with the standards of the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Health. The list is kept hanging in the infirmaries. No drugs are given outside the list. An agreement has been made with S.O.S International Ambulance Company in order to ensure that the patient / casualty is transported to the nearest full-fledged hospital in the most appropriate conditions and in the fastest way in case of an emergency health problem that may occur in our school. This agreement is valid for students, parents and all school staff who participated in school or outside school activities organized by our school at the time of the event.