As we say goodbye to Mr. Tahran, who is stepping down as Assistant Principal to return to the world of teaching Physics, we welcome Mr. Ahmet Yildiz to the position of Assistant Principal at SAC.
Mr. Ahmet Yildiz has worked in the field of education for twenty-three years. He worked for three years as the Education Coordinator for TASOM in Saint Louis, MO.
Before moving to the US, Mr. Yildiz had worked for seven years at Fatih College as a
principal and AP in Istanbul, Turkey. He also served two years as a vice general
manager, five years as AP, five years as an English Teacher (Foreign Language), and
the head of the English Department at Orizont Educational Institutions in Chisinau,
The Republic of Moldova.
Since Mr. Ahmet Yildiz is an authorized Cambridge Examiner he worked as a Speaking Examiner for three years at Cambridge ESOL Examination Center in British Side, an Authorized Exam Center, Istanbul, and for two years in Alliance Francaise de Moldavie, Authorized Exam Center.
While working as a school principal, he was the coordinator of three different projects within the European Union Lifelong Learning Programme between 2013-2015: Comenius Project “Save our Water Sources”, Larvik, Norway, Comenius Project “Generations, 1914-2014” Coburg, Germany, Comenius Project “ICT-Skills and student support” Helsinki, Finland.
Mr. Yildiz graduated from Comrat State University with a bachelor's degree in the content
area of English Philology. He was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation “Using
the technology effectively in English teaching” by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of
Moldova in 2003. He is certified in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
(CELTA by Cambridge) in Istanbul. He successfully completed the two courses Strength
Based Coaching, Linz, Austria, June 2016 and Monitoring and Evaluation, Gouda,
Netherlands, May 2016. He was certified in TESOL by Arizona State University, in 2018. In the same year, he earned his Ph.D. in Pedagogical Sciences, from Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University, Chisinau, Moldova.
Mr. Yildiz has eagerly participated in numerous volunteering activities in Turkey and around the world including Africa. In his spare time, Mr. Yildiz likes taking pictures, cooking, and spending time with his family. He also enjoys traveling. He has been to more than thirty countries in the world. He speaks four languages. He has been married for twenty years and has two children. We look forward to welcoming Mr. Yildiz into the SAC family!
