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We wanted to prepare this page for you, our valued stakeholders, who have devotedly worked with us in KODA's various programs throughout the year and made the continuity of our activities possible.

This page is for the unseen but influential people in the field, that is, you.

At KODA, we often talk about a teacher's KODA journey. We believe this journey is a never-ending process of learning, experience, and collective growth.

We are delighted to walk alongside you, who contribute to the sustainability of this journey, sometimes taking an active role in different programs, and sometimes strengthening the bond between our participants and KODA.

From academics to educators, mentors to mentor teachers, Teacher Community Managers to content creators, you all form the foundation of KODA's work in the field. You share our dream of equal educational opportunities for children living in rural areas, dedicating your focus, energy, and hard work to this dream.

The year 2024-2025 was this meaningful and powerful thanks to your contribution.

I'm glad to have you.

To many more for #BetterEducationInTheVillage.

Teachers' Communities Program

Teachers' Associations Officers

Our Teacher Community Leaders (TCUs), part of our Teacher Community Program, are directly responsible for the effective implementation of the program in the field. Working as classroom teachers in villages and rural neighborhoods, TCUs closely monitor the needs of their communities and collaborate with the KODA team to manage the process.

Ensures local dissemination of the program and monitors teacher participation. Maintains communication with National Education Directorates, plans and conducts meetings. Facilitates training, supports instructors, and actively manages communication channels. Furthermore, monitors community development, monitors teacher well-being, and provides support as needed.

The teachers in charge conducted the meetings in a very welcoming and supportive environment. It was a gathering where everyone shared their experiences, exchanged ideas, and developed solutions together.

 

Participant in the Teacher Communities Program.

Our 2024-2025 Teachers' Associations Responsibles and Their Places of Duty

Cities

Adiyaman Tut

Adiyaman Tut

Afyon Emirdag

Afyon Emirdag

Batman

Batman

Bingol

Bingol

Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir

Gaziantep

Gaziantep

Hatay Antakya

Hatay Antakya

Name - Surname

Seda Luleci

Yurdagul Kuzkaya

Fatih Ozdemir

Halil Körpınar

Mehmet Emin Yildiz

Muzaffer Basaran

Erhan Koçer

Zeynep Tan

Abdulkerim Kaya

Bercem Aslan

Halil Polat

Kubra Nalpara

Ceylan Uçar

Tugce Demir

Cities

Kars

Kars

Mardin

Mardin

Muş-Varto

Şanlıurfa-Birecik

Şanlıurfa-Birecik

Şanlıurfa-Siverek

Şanlıurfa-Siverek

Şırnak-İdil

Şırnak-İdil

Online -Çankırı

Online -Istanbul

Name - Surname

Sibel Ataseven

Taner Olmez

Ezgi Kosar

Hicrannur Sidan

Canan Sakal

Flying Star

Zumrut Gazioglu

Sedat Ciftci

Yaren Çelik

Elif Hilal Turgut

Emre Kökçü

Kubra Caglar

Kübra Nur Hotoğlu

Post-Disaster Rural Education Support Program

Mentors and Mentor Advisors

Mentor Advisors (MD)

Mentor Advisors are classroom teachers who have mentored in the program for at least one year, completed Social Emotional Learning (SEL) training, and are prepared to mentor. They provide support to mentor teachers before and after meetings between mentors and mentees throughout the year. They also monitor the process, strengthen communication between mentors and mentees, and provide guidance when needed. They play an active role in the development and sustainability of the program.

 

Mentor Teachers

Mentor teachers are classroom teachers with at least eight years of experience working in rural areas. They provide mentoring to new teachers, providing them with their experience and supporting their personal development and professional motivation.

I would like to thank this program for helping me see hope and excitement in the eyes of my friends who are new to the profession, instead of exhaustion and pessimism.

 

Participant in the Post-Disaster Rural Education Support Program.

2024-2025 Post-Disaster Rural Education Support Program Mentor Advisors and Their Duty Stations

Cities

Enlightened

Enlightened

Enlightened

Diyarbakir

Istanbul

Hatay

Name - Surname

Nigar Eda Cetinkaya

Semra Odabaşı

Sevgi Demir

Omer Acar

Şeyma Karan

Selda Yarim

2024-2025 Post-Disaster Rural Education Support Program Mentors and Their Duty Stations

Cities

Enlightened

Enlightened

Balıkesir

Batman

Çorum

Denizlic

Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir

Elazig

Hatay

Name - Surname

Mehmet Kiraz

Huriye Karademir

Ebru Kılıç Arguç

Oktay Avim

Gulser Kiris

Ayse Deligöz

Dilber Acar

Latif Demir

Nesrin Şahinoğulları Fisherman

Sercan Yildiz

Sezgin Kaya

Semsettin Tosun

Naciye Arzu Demirtaş

Tamer Karakan

Cities

Istanbul

Istanbul

Izmir

Izmir

Izmir

Mardin

Mardin

sakarya

Şanlıurfa

Tekirdag

Servant

Servant

Zonguldak

Name - Surname

Fatma Saglam

Nebahat Barış

Bahar Onur

Murat Çıtır

Nilufer Erdemir

Ferhat Erol

Mehtap Gulsum Ozbey

Arzu Salbas

Yasin Dogmeci

Joy Sun

Alime Duran

Pinar Korkmaz

Samet Terzi

Trainers

Social emotional learning (SEL) enables both children and adults to develop the skills of self-awareness, expressing their emotions, establishing healthy relationships with others, and acting together.

We took a new step in 2024 to reach more teachers with SDÖ, one of the cornerstones of KODA's education approach.

We started the teaching journey with teachers who are proficient in IBL practices.

From 2025 onwards, we aim to reach more teachers through these teachers.

Social Emotional Learning Trainers

Cities

Denizlic

Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir

Izmir

Kahramanmaraş

Mardin

Şanlıurfa

Şanlıurfa

Tekirdag

Name - Surname

Ayse Deligöz

Berfin Ermiş

Serap Akboğa

Bahar Onur

Leyla Aksak

Gamze Beg

Ebru Yesildag

Gulistan Simsek

Gunay Karagoz

KODA Volunteer Trainers

Cities

Ankara

Ankara

Ankara

Bursa

Bursa

Çanakkale

Diyarbakir

Isparta

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Name - Surname

Cansu Er Erün

Mustafa Bektas

Onurcan Ceyhan

Elvan Ozsel

Nur Akdemir

Ilker Naked

Kemal Altunboga

Nephew Gullu Duman

Aslihan Hazar

Aylin Vartanyan

Aysel Erkovan

Ayşe Burcu Eren

Burçak Öner

Cihan Koral

Dilşad Güngör

Elif Vatansever Özkan

Emine Ozcan

Esra Çalışkan Dönmez

Fulden Ergen

Handan Ozdogan

İlkay Nişancı

Kenan Diribas

Cities

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul

Izmir

Izmir

Izmir

Izmir

Izmir

Mersin

Mersin

Muğla

Nigde

From

Name - Surname

Mevlüde Sahillioğlu

Nihan Uçar

Nilsu Eray

Nurcan İnan

Nurçin Karabıyık

Ozgur Ozer

Selma Doctor

Sezer Aksoy

Play the Tuba

Tülin Özçağır

Zeki Engin Colak

Evin Doğan Kor

Mehmet Ates

Nuray Ardıç

Orhan Cengiz

Zeynep Gülçin Altun

İlker Özoğul

Sibel Yashin

Ramadan Sag

Ozlem Celtek

Veysel Dokumacı

Learning Journeys - Music & Movement

Cities

Enlightened

Afyon

Diyarbakir

Istanbul

Kırklareli

Kırklareli

Manisa

Mardin

Mersin

Name - Surname

Aysegul Tuzun

Zeynep Dogan Demirci

Omer Acar

Favorite Deer

Ahmet Ebubekir Colak

Emine Ozder Colak

Perihan Yuksel

Ozge Defender

Nurgul Uguz

Learning Journeys - Pedagogy & Learning

Cities

Diyarbakir

Elazig

Hatay

Manisa

Manisa

Mardin

Muğla

sakarya

Tekirdag

Name - Surname

Abdullatif Demir

Şeyma Gür Deaf

Riza Dalkiran

Suna Yusuflu

Volkan Kaz

Nevin Akkuş

Tugba Harmankaya

Arzu Salbas

Gunay Karagoz

First Step to the Village Program

academics

University education faculties lack practical training on teaching in villages, particularly in multigrade classrooms. With the First Step to the Village Program, we aim to make prospective teachers more motivated and prepared to work in village schools upon graduation. To achieve this goal, we developed a curriculum that can be implemented in education faculties. This curriculum incorporates content that integrates academics with fieldwork, fieldwork practices, and KODA's accumulated knowledge of village schools. Throughout the program, we aim to facilitate the lives of prospective teachers when they first are assigned to a village.

Thanks to the program, I met students face-to-face as a teacher for the first time. I overcame my nervousness. I gained experience for my internship and it positively changed my perspective on village schools.

 

-Participant of the First Step to the Village Program

2024-2025 Academicians and Their Positions

Cities

Adana

Afyon

Afyon

Amasya

Amasya

Ankara

Ankara

Antalya

Enlightened

Burdur

Bursa

Çankırı

Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir

Edirne

Edirne

Elazig

Elazig

Eskişehir

Izmir

Izmir

Kastamonu

Kastamonu

Kırşehir

Konya

Kütahya

Kütahya

Kütahya

Kütahya

Kütahya

Malatya

Şanlıurfa

Zonguldak

Zonguldak

Name - Surname

Dr. Fatma Karacoban

Dr. Lecturer Hakan Bayırlı

Dr. Lecturer Hacer Ulu Science

Res. Asst. Meram Uzundal

Dr. Lecturer Rumiye Arslan

Prof. Dr. Rabia Sarikaya

Prof. Dr. Serkan Çelik

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serdar Bulut

Dr. Lecturer Meltem Çengel Schoville

Prof. Dr. Ramazan Sağ

Prof. Dr. Rüyam Küçüksüleymanoğlu

Assistant Professor Filiz Bezci

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Yılmaz

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ferat Yılmaz

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Levent Vural

Dr. Lecturer Ebru Selçioğlu Demirsöz

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eyüp Bozkurt

Prof. Dr. Irfan Emre

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilmi Demiral

Prof. Dr. Pınar Çavaş

Dr. Aslı Ceren Alaçam

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hafife Bozdemir Yüzbaşıoğlu

Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlkay Aşkın Tekkol

Prof. Dr. Şükran Uçur Güldalı

Prof. Dr. Sabahattin Çiftçi

Prof. Dr. Ozlem Dogan Temur

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ulu

Dr. Lecturer Serap Akbaba Dağ

Assistant Professor Handan Kılıç Şahin

Assistant Professor Samet Demir

Prof. Dr. Cihat Yaşaroğlu

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Kesik

Prof. Dr. Aysel Demiroğlu

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bengisu Kaya Özgü

universities

Cukurova University

Afyon Kocatepe University

Afyon Kocatepe University

Amasya University

Amasya University

Gazi University

Hacettepe University

Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

UU

Çankırı Karatekin University

Dicle University

Dicle University

Trakya University

Trakya University

Fırat Üniversitesi

Fırat Üniversitesi

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Ege University

Ege University

Kastamonu University

Kastamonu University

Kirsehir Ahi Evran University

Necmettin Erbakan University

Dumlupınar University

Dumlupınar University

Dumlupınar University

Dumlupınar University

Dumlupınar University

Inonu University

Harran University

Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Name - Surname

  1. Dr. Fatma Karacoban
  2. Dr. Lecturer Hakan Bayırlı
  3. Dr. Lecturer Hacer Ulu Science
  4. Res. Asst. Meram Uzundal
  5. Dr. Lecturer Rumiye Arslan
  6. Prof. Dr. Rabia Sarikaya
  7. Prof. Dr. Serkan Çelik
  8. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serdar Bulut
  9. Dr. Lecturer Meltem Çengel Schoville
  10. Prof. Dr. Ramazan Sağ
  11. Prof. Dr. Rüyam Küçüksüleymanoğlu
  12. Assistant Professor Filiz Bezci
  13. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Yılmaz
  14. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ferat Yılmaz
  15. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Levent Vural
  16. Dr. Lecturer Ebru Selçioğlu Demirsöz
  17. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eyüp Bozkurt
  18. Prof. Dr. Irfan Emre
  19. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilmi Demiral
  20. Prof. Dr. Pınar Çavaş
  21. Dr. Aslı Ceren Alaçam
  22. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hafife Bozdemir Yüzbaşıoğlu
  23. Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlkay Aşkın Tekkol
  24. Prof. Dr. Şükran Uçur Güldalı
  25. Prof. Dr. Sabahattin Çiftçi
  26. Prof. Dr. Ozlem Dogan Temur
  27. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ulu
  28. Dr. Lecturer Serap Akbaba Dağ
  29. Assistant Professor Handan Kılıç Şahin
  30. Assistant Professor Samet Demir
  31. Prof. Dr. Cihat Yaşaroğlu
  32. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Kesik
  33. Prof. Dr. Aysel Demiroğlu
  34. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bengisu Kaya Özgü

universities

  1. Cukurova University
  2. Afyon Kocatepe University
  3. Afyon Kocatepe University
  4. Amasya University
  5. Amasya University
  6. Gazi University
  7. Hacettepe University
  8. Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
  9. Aydin Adnan Menderes University
  10. Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
  11. UU
  12. Çankırı Karatekin University
  13. Dicle University
  14. Dicle University
  15. Trakya University
  16. Trakya University
  17. Fırat Üniversitesi
  18. Fırat Üniversitesi
  19. Eskişehir Osmangazi University
  20. Ege University
  21. Ege University
  22. Kastamonu University
  23. Kastamonu University
  24. Kirsehir Ahi Evran University
  25. Necmettin Erbakan University
  26. Dumlupınar University
  27. Dumlupınar University
  28. Dumlupınar University
  29. Dumlupınar University
  30. Dumlupınar University
  31. Inonu University
  32. Harran University
  33. Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
  34. Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Cities

  1. Adana
  2. Afyon
  3. Afyon
  4. Amasya
  5. Amasya
  6. Ankara
  7. Ankara
  8. Antalya
  9. Enlightened
  10. Burdur
  11. Bursa
  12. Çankırı
  13. Diyarbakir
  14. Diyarbakir
  15. Edirne
  16. Edirne
  17. Elazig
  18. Elazig
  19. Eskişehir
  20. Izmir
  21. Izmir
  22. Kastamonu
  23. Kastamonu
  24. Kırşehir
  25. Konya
  26. Kütahya
  27. Kütahya
  28. Kütahya
  29. Kütahya
  30. Kütahya
  31. Malatya
  32. Şanlıurfa
  33. Zonguldak
  34. Zonguldak