Yavuz Selim Ortaokulu

Yavuz Selim Ortaokulu

Our school is a state secondary school that provides all-day education and training services to students aged 9-15. We have 774 students and 60 staff and 2 vice principals. Our school, which has sufficient physical infrastructure, carries out many social, cultural, sportive and scientific activities. 32 of the 40 classrooms in our school are used as classroom branches. It also includes 1 robotic coding, 1 STEM, 2 painting, 2 technology design workshops, 1 conference hall and 1 indoor sports area. Our teachers apply the teaching curriculum determined by the Ministry of National Education. During the education process, our students can participate in sports activities such as football, volleyball, table tennis, artistic activities such as painting, music, sculpture, drama, in line with their skills. In addition, students who wish can participate in scientific studies in workshops such as robotic coding and stem. Club activities are also carried out in our school under the guidance of teachers. 15 different club activities are carried out. Clubs are geared towards social activities and participation of every student is mandatory. However, the right to choose a club is granted. The success of the students in the clubs is included in the year-end development reports and the students who are not successful cannot move up to the next class. Teamwork is important in our school. Teachers must participate in at least one of the teams formed in our school. These teams are necessary for the school's development, progress and solution of various problems. The average level of academic achievement of our students Turkey is average. The region we are in has the potential to receive immigration from different provinces. Therefore, nearly half of our students are children of immigrant families. We also have 22 Syrian refugee students. In addition, we have 26 students with special needs. Our teachers pay special attention to the education of these students. We have support rooms for this. Our school has a high motivation to participate in local and national projects and competitions. We have a teacher profile that can write projects in every field.

Our school is sensitive to environmental projects and every year zero waste project is carried out in our school and waste is separated. Our students regularly receive environmental education every semester in our conference hall. Our school also cooperates with the Tema foundation and participates in tree planting activities every year. In addition, our school is one of the disaster and robotic coding training centers in our province. Teachers working in different institutions receive training in this field from expert teachers in our school. Our school has specialized and experienced staff in software. Our school has served as a pilot school in many projects carried out by the Ministry of National Education. Some of the projects are innovation orientated school, Navigado, Classroom of the future Muzaffer Tümenbatur :He graduated from Çanakkale 18 Mart University, Faculty of Education, Information Technologies and Software Teaching and has been teaching at the Ministry of National Education since 2005. He has received training in Robotic Coding, web programming, object-oriented visual programming, graphics and animation, mobile software and automation systems, classroom management.He designed the web design for the Stop Violence and Discrimination Erasmus program at Yavuz Selim Secondary School and was one of the key figures who supported the STEM for Innovation and After School Clubs To Increase Motivation and Prevent Dropout Erasmus programs. He has been the volunteer Provincial Representative of TEMA Foundation, Turkey's largest environmental and nature conservation organization, which received the Lifetime Soil Award from the United Nations, for 5 years. He has been the coordinator of many projects of TEMA Foundation such as Zero Waste, If There are Bees, There is Tomorrow, Protect the Climate, Our Home is Earth, and he has given nature education to thousands of children and has been instrumental in bringing so many saplings together with the soil. Sedat Köse is responsible for the financial accounting and correspondence of Erasmus projects at the school. He has 6 years of experience in this field.