WORKSHOP I
LAMSIG and QUASIG invite you to the collaborative workshop “Sine quibus non in leadership, management, and quality assurance” on April 17, 2025 at 14:00 pm. We are proud to host Dr. Deniz Kurtoğlu Eken in this workshop. Please see the session abstract below:
Sine quibus non in leadership, management, and quality assurance
In this session, we will discuss the invaluable benefits of adopting a holistic learning-oriented approach in leadership and management in order to enhance school effectiveness and quality assurance practices. We will explore how relational leadership, Appreciative Inquiry (AI), interconnectedness, data-informed decision making, and sustainability serve as the sine quibus non towards achieving this goal while fostering such a holistic learning-oriented mindset.
Presenter’s Bio
Dr. Deniz Kurtoğlu Eken works as an instructor and Projects, Development, and Research Coordinator at Sabancı University, School of Languages, where she also served as the director for 10 years. Over the years, she has been actively involved in school development, management and leadership, institutional research, teacher and trainer training, and development. She has collaborated with institutions such as UCLES, the British Council in Turkey and the UK, the U.S. Embassy, and the Turkish Ministry of Education, as well as with various schools and universities in Türkiye.
Dr. Kurtoğlu Eken has designed several training programs, including the Sabancı University School of Languages Trainer Training Program (SLTEP), OUP School Effectiveness and Improvement through Research and Development (SEIRD), Cambridge Mentorship Training Program, and Gordion Akademi's Learning and Research-Oriented Schools (LaROS) and Mentorship for Leadership. For further details on her professional activities, presentations, and publications, you can visit her website at: http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/kurtoglueken/.
WORKSHOP II
QUASIG invites you to a workshop at the TESOL Türkiye PCE entitled “Working with accreditation standards: How to construct your responses.” on 17 April, 2025 at 15:30. We are proud to host Mehtap Çiçen and Ian Collins in this workshop. Please see the session abstract below.
Session Abstract
This workshop will use a fictional accreditation scheme (based around DEDAK, CEA, and EAQUALS standards) to explore how sites going through an accreditation self-study can approach responding to some key standards shared by all accreditation schemes (eg curriculum, student assessment, and planning standards).
Participants will actively engage in various activities based around an extended case study, in which they will identify key issues highlighted by various selected standards in an accreditation self-study and plan necessary changes to become compliant. By the end of the session, participants will be able to analyze particular standards, evaluate a fictional site’s practices by reference to those standards, and plan responses to selected prompts from a self-study template.
Presenter’s Bio
Mehtap Çiçen – QUASIG Co-Coordinator
Mehtap ÇİÇEN is an English instructor with over a decade of language teaching experience and is a Cambridge-certified teacher trainer. She is currently working at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. She has dedicated herself to the field of education, balancing her academic pursuits with practical teaching experience. With a strong academic foundation, Mehtap holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in ELT and is pursuing a Ph.D. in the same field, demonstrating her commitment to lifelong learning and academic advancement. Her expertise extends beyond the classroom as she has served as the head of a Professional Development unit, spearheading initiatives to support the growth and development of educators. She has also served as a Quality Assurance and Enhancement Board member at various schools. In addition to her academic pursuits, Mehtap actively engages in delivering training sessions to fellow teachers, empowering them in their professional development journey. Furthermore, she takes on the role of key organizer for multiple conferences, facilitating collaboration and the exchange of best practices within the education community. Her academic interests include teacher education, professional teacher learning, educational leadership, and quality assurance and standard setting in Foreign Language teaching.
Ian Collins – QUASIG Co-Coordinator
Ian Collins is the Academic Assistant Director of the School of Foreign Languages at Yaşar University in Turkey, where he has been a faculty member since 2009. He has extensive experience as a teacher and administrator, helping develop both the IEP program as well as the English for Academic Purposes courses and Legal English program at Yaşar. He teaches English for Specific Legal Purposes in the Faculty of Law and is the Director of the Yaşar University Unit for Legal Education in English. Ian’s Master’s in Education degree focused on educational change management and accreditation and he has presented and published regularly on language program management and accreditation issues in Turkey and internationally at TESOL and IATEFL conventions. He led Yaşar IEP’s steering committee for its initial Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) application in 2010-11, and was then the self-study coordinator for its re-accreditation in 2015-16. Ian is also an experienced, trained CEA site reviewer and served as a CEA Commissioner between 2019-23, as well as being the 2022 Chair of the CEA Commission. He is currently a CEA Specialized Contractor. He is a member of the DEDAK Accreditation Board and a trained DEDAK site reviewer. He was also the joint coordinator of the TESOL Turkey Leadership & Management Special Interest Group between 2020 and 2022.
Further details:
We invite any ELT professional interested in quality issues in language teaching to join us in QUASIG. In order to become a QUASIG member, please click on the ‘TESOL Türkiye’ button on the homepage and select the ‘All products’ tab. You can then purchase a QUASIG membership.
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