Ates Kuzören: My dad's CV *

YALCIN KUZOREN'S CV

A - Personal Information B - Educational Information & Project activities C- Career Information

Türkçe CV

A - PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name

YALÇIN

Surname

KUZÖREN

Occupation

Teacher of English - Teacher Trainer- EU Project Coordinator

Work Address

Piri Reis Denizcilik Anadolu Meslek Lisesi (Maritime Vocational High School)

34940 Tuzla / Istanbul - TURKEY

E-mail

ykuzoren@yahoo.com - ykuzoren@hotmail.com

Personal Web site

www.englishnetportal.com

Personal

Nationality

Turkish

Marital status

Married

Date of birth

03.06.1979

Driving license

Yes (B)

Place of birth

Karabuk

Passport

Yes

Additional Information

Hobbies and Interests

Technology & Computer (Web Designing and Internet), Travelling, Learning and teaching languages, Reading books, Listening to foreign music (Brian Adams, Pink Floyd, REM, Beatles, Sting, Blu, U2)

Web sites
I have designed:

URL	Açıklama
http://www.englishnetportal.com	Gateway to the world of English language. Meeting point of learners and teachers of English Content: English - Turkish
http://www.demirgibidemir.com	The web site designed for my son, Demir Content: Turkish, English
http://www.atesimizvar.com	The web site designed for my son, Ates Content: Turkish, English
http://www.comeniuslabor.com	Socrates – Comenius 1 School Partnership project web site. Content: English, Turkish, French, Italian, Polish

Smoking: No

Disability: No

Preferred Means of Communication

1) e-mail

2) mail

B- EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION

Educational Status

University (Gazi University)

University
(bachelor's degree)

Gazi University (http://www.gazi.edu.tr)
Gazi Faculty of Education ( http://www.gef.gazi.edu.tr )
Department: English Language Teaching

Place: Besevler/Ankara, Turkey
Date of graduation: 25th June, 2001

High School

Anatolian Commercial Professional High School (Language prep. class + 3 yrs)
Department: Data-Registration
Place: Caycuma/Zonguldak Date of graduation: 15.06.199

Foreign Languages

Languages

Level (CEF)

Speaking – Listening – Reading - Writing (CEF)

English

Advanced (C2)

German

Beginner (A1)

Japanese

Beginner (A1)

Computer Skills - Informational Technology Knowledge

Programming languages

QBasic, Cobol

Operating systems

Windows, DOS

Database

Database Administrator

Software knowledge

MS Office Programs (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook), Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, MS Gif Animator

In capable of web-site designing, using digital camera, datashow, email attachments, writing/saving to a CD, typing with 10-fingered in F Keyboard and fast in Q Keyboard (I lectured on the computer usage at Private Ceceli Primary School in ANKARA)

Scholarships

Scholarship of DPY (High School) and Scholarship of Ministry of National Education (University)

Office skills

Office Devices

Fax, Photocopy machine, Typewriter, Printer, PC, Scanner, CD-writer, Datashow, OHP, Smartboard

European Union Educational Programmes and Project Activities
The institution: I am in charged at Governorship of Tuzla District – Tuzla Project Development and Management Centre (TUPYÖM) as a project expert and counsellor Area of expertise and roles: I have expertise on projects funded by European Commission and IPA projects (Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance for Turkey as to be member of EU). I conduct seminars about developing project and project cycle management. I am in charged with consulting and developing projects according to the call for proposals of the related projects Working area: Programmes of Centre for European Union Education and Youth Programmes (Turkish National Agency – LLP Lifelong Learning Programme: Comenius, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig), Youth in action) IPA projects by Central Finance & Contracts Unit (CFCU)
Name of the programme	Type of the project		Title of the project	Participating Countries	Explanations
LLP – Comenius	Multilateral school partnership project		Working together for a better world	Turkey (Coordinator), Ireland, Spain, Germany	I was project coordinator and project contact person.
LLP - Grundtvig	Multilateral learning partnerships		Explore, Conserve and Share Your Culture to Keep Culture Alive	Turkey, Italy, Finland, Hungary, Estonia	I was project coordinator and project contact person.
Socrates/Comenius 1 School Partnership	School Project		“Little Actions But Optimum Result – LABOR”	Turkey (Coordinator), France, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom	I was project coordinator and project contact person.
Socrates/Grundtvig 2 Learning Partnerships	Adult Education, Lifelong learning		“An Intercultural Approach to Learning Foreign and Second Languages in Europe”	Spain (Coordinator), Turkey, Estonia, United Kingdom, Greece, German, Czech Republic	The approved budget of 2005 – 2006 project year: 14.700 Euros. Remark: Project is going on.
Leonardo Da Vinci	Vocational Education Exchange programme		“New Approaches of Vocational Education of Beekeeping”	Turkey (Hendek Public Training Centre) Hungary (Szeged University Faculty of Agriculture – Department of Beekeeping	I was in the process of creating the project and carrying on the activities.
Socrates – Comenius Language Assistanship
Name Surname		Country	School and teacher in charged with	Period	Explanation
Nathalie FERRON		France	Hendek – Ziya Gokalp Primary School Yalcin KUZOREN	17 Sept. 2005 - 27 Jan. 2006	I applied for hosting a language assistant at school in February 2005 and it was approved by the National Agency
The countries I have been to (in European Union projects)		United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic

Courses and seminars

Courses

Course 11

Theme

Teacher training course for the teachers of English (in-service)

Title

Curriculum of English lesson, Methods and Techniques

Organizer and place

Ministry of National Education, Department of In-service, Ankara

Date

26/04/2010 – 30/04/2010

Course 10

Theme

LLP - Comenius - English Language Teaching In-service Training Course

Title

Two Week Course for Teachers of English in Primary Level

Organizer and place

International Study Programmes – Shrewsbury / UNITED KINGDOM

Date

10 – 22 February 2008

Course 9

Theme

Techniques and methods of speaking English practically

Title

Training of teachers about techniques and methods of speaking English practically

Organizer and place

Ministry of National Education
Erzurum In-service Training Institute

Date

21 – 25.05.2007

Course 8

Theme

Training of trainers about New English Curriculum (In-service)

Title

New English Curriculum and New Approaches in Language Teaching

Organizer and place

European Union – Turkey – Support To Basic Education Programme - Ministry of National Education - ANKARA

Date

08 – 18.05.2006

Course 7

Theme

Socrates – Comenius 2.2. English Language Teaching In-Service Training funded by Turkish National Agency

Title

“A Training Course For Teachers of English as a Foreign Language” No: IE-2005-03

Organizer and place

The Bay Language School, Co. Galway, IRELAND

Date

27 August – 10 September 2005

Course 6

Theme

In-service Computer Course (90 hours)

Title

Informational Communicational Technology

Organizer and place

Governorship of Sakarya, Hendek Directorate of Education

Date

12.02.2005 – 16.04.2005

Course 5

Theme

Applying Informational Computer Technology to Education

Title

Intel – Teach To The Future

Organizer and place

Ministry of National Education & Intel Co.

Date

14 – 25 June 2004

Course 4

Theme

Computer Course(160 hours)

Title

Computer Professional Branch Educational Programmes

Organizer and place

Hendek Public Training Centre

Date

27.04.2004 – 30.05.2004

Course 3

Theme

Teacher Training Course (In-service)

Title

Teaching English, Techniques and Methods in ELT for the teachers at primary school

Organizer and place

European Union – Turkey – Support To Basic Education Programme - Ministry of National Education

Date

01.04.2004 – 22.04.2004

Course 2

Theme

Online Foreign Language Education

Title

Distance Learning English on Internet (www.globalenglish.com)

Organizer

Ministry of Education and Sakarya University

Date

2003

Course 1

Theme

Foreign Language Education

Title

Japanese Course

Institution

TÖMER Language Course, Ankara - Turkey

Date

01st July, 2000 - 10th August, 2000

Seminars

Seminar 11

Theme

Ulusal Ajans ve MFİB projeleri

Title

Preparing Project and Project Cycle Management

Organizer

Ministry of National Education - Project Coordination Centre
Istanbul Province Directorate of National Education (Project Coordination Team of Istanbul)

Place

Kadikoy – Istanbul

Date

23 – 30 January 2010

Seminar 10

Theme

With the project of “No limit in teaching”

Title

Seminar of leader teacher learning

Organizer

Ministry of National Education and Teacher Academy (ORAV) founded by Garanti Bank

Place

Antalya - Turkey

Date

23 – 30 January 2010

Seminar 9

Theme

LLP – Transversal Programme (Arion Study Visit) / The teaching profession

Title

DOMINO – Dynamic, Original, Motivating, Interactive, Narrative and Open to change learning object for primary and secondary education

Organizer

Junior Language School Lupacovka

Place

Prague / CZECH REPUBLIC

Date

11 – 16 November 2007

Seminar 8

Theme

SBEP – project workshop

Title

“Project Cycle Management”

Organizer

MEB Projeler Koordinasyon Merkezi Başkanlığı and SBEP

Place

Erzurum Hizmet-ici Eğitim Enstitüsü

Date

05-07 June 2007

Seminar 7

Theme

Socrates – Comenius 1 School Partnerships Contact Seminar (granted by European Union Education and Youth Programmes Centre (National Agency)

Title

“Environmental Consciouness”

Organizer

European Commission – Turkish National Agency

Place

Istanbul, Turkey

Approved grant

Seminar fee travel and accommodation costs were granted by National Agency

Date

15-19 November 2006

Seminar 6

Theme

Socrates – Grundtvig 2 Learning Partnerships Contact Seminar (granted by European Union Education and Youth Programmes Centre (National Agency)

Title

“Arts and Culture in Adult Education”

Organizer

European Commission – Leargas, The Exhange Bureau

Place

Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland

Approved grant

1000 Euros

Date

25 – 28 November2004

Seminar 5

Theme

Socrates – Comenius 1 School Partnerships Contact Seminar (granted by European Union Education and Youth Programmes Centre (National Agency)

Title

“Sustainable Development – Active Citizenship in Socio-Cultural and Environmental Aspects”

Organizer

Polish National Agency

Place

Polonez Hotel - Poznan / Poland

Approved grant

1000 Euros

Date

20-24 October 2004

Seminar 4

Theme

Personal Development

Title

"Egitimde Coklu Zeka Teorisi" (Multible Intelligence Theory in Education)

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Ziya SELÇUK

Place

Ankara – 2002

Seminar 3

Theme

Personal Development

Title

"Cocuklarimiz Icin Egitim Sohbetleri" (Educational Talks for Our Children)

Speaker

Dr. Aytac ACIKALIN

Place

Ankara – 2002

Seminar 2

Theme

Personal Development

Title

"E.Ö.E.-Etkili Ögretmenlik Egitimi" (Effective Teacher Training) by Dr Thomas Gordon

Speaker

Teachers at Private Ceceli Primary School

Place

Ankara – 2001

Seminar 1

Theme

Personal Development

Title

"Duygusal Zeka" (Emotional Intelligence)

Speaker

Kudret YAVUZ

Place

Ankara - 2001

C - CAREER INFORMATION

Current Position and place of work

Teacher of English - Teacher Trainer
Piri Reis Denizcilik Anadolu Meslek Lisesi (Maritime Vocational High School)
Tuzla /Istanbul, TURKEY

Project expert and coordinator

Governorship of Tuzla District – Tuzla Project Development and Management Centre

Teacher of English

London House International Language Course
Pendik / Istanbul

Professional Experiences

· Teacher Trainer: The details about the courses which I took part as a teacher trainer are shown in the following table:

Content of the In-service Courses

Programme

Period of the courses

Institution

Teacher Trainer

New English Curriculum and New Approaches in Language Teaching for teachers of English

European Union – Turkey – Support To Basic Education Programme

June 2006

Adapazari Directorate of Education- Department of Project

Yalcin KUZOREN

Teaching English, Techniques and Methods in ELT for the teachers at primary school

European Union – Turkey – Support To Basic Education Programme

Two periods:

2003– 2004

2004 - 2005

Adapazari Directorate of Education- Department of Project,

Hendek Directorate of Education

Yalcin KUZOREN

· Project Coordinator: I have been taking part as a project coordinator and expert within the European Union Educational Projects by Turkish National Agency: Lifelong Learning Prog. and IPA projects by Central Finance & Contracts Unit (CFCU)

·   Project Coordinator: I worked as a province project coordinator in Ardahan
      Il Milli Egitim Mudurlugu (Directorate of National Education) Department of EU
      Projects

· Manager at Private Language Course: At Avrupa Dil Merkezi - European Language Centre (Adapazari) I worked as a manager and organized the language courses (English courses, KPDS-UDS (Official Language Tests) courses, business English, speaking courses).

· English teacher at the adult education centre: I worked as an English teacher at language courses (beginner – intermediate – advanced level) for adult learners and university students at Public Education Centre between 2002 and 2008.

I worked in Hendek, Sakarya and Tuzla, Istanbul

Work Experiences

Schools I worked at:

Name of the School	Years
Piri Reis Denizcilik Anadolu Meslek Lisesi (Tuzla/İstanbul)	2009 - ….. (still working)
Osman Gazi Ilkogretim Okulu (Tuzla/İstanbul)	2007 - 2009
Tekel 75. Yil Yatili Ilkogretim Bolge Okulu (Ardahan) Ardahan Il Milli Egitim Mudurlugu AB Proje Birimi (EU project coordinator in the province)	2006 - 2007
* Ziya Gokalp Ilkogretim Okulu (Hendek/Sakarya)	2002 - 2006
Ozel Ceceli Ilkogretim Okulu (Private School) (Ankara) (17.09.2001)	2001 - 2002

* Date of starting to work at the state school: 15th August 2002

Previous Work Experience 3

Institution

Private Ceceli Primary School

Position

English Teacher / ICT Teacher

Period

17th September, 2001 - 01st July 2002

Place

Kecioren/ANKARA

Reason of Quitting

Application for the position (English teacher) at Hendek Ziya Gökalp Primary School

Previous Work Experience 2

Institution

Princess Hotel

Position

Accountant - Customer Representative - Translator/Interpreter

Period

20th June, 1999 - 10th September, 1999

Place

Marmaris/MUGLA

Reason of Quitting

University Education

Previous Work Experience 1

Institution

Princess Souvenirs

Position

Sales Assistant

Period

20th June, 1997 - 05th September, 1997

Place

Grand Bazaar - Covered Bazaar (Kapali Carsi) Beyazit/ISTANBUL

Reason of Quitting

University Education

* Last updated on May 2010