Duysevi Mirza Karan Miyar

Duysevi Mirza Karan Miyar "Sevi" is a teacher, author, educational leader and advocate from Istanbul, Turkey. She attended high school at the American School of Kuwait and holds a bachelor's degree in education from Istanbul University. She is a doctoral student in the Educational Technology program at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, and is currently a public school teacher in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system. She is a candidate in District 4 of the Miami-Dade County School Board in Florida.
During 2003-06, she taught at the Bob Graham Education Center. Thereafter, she was a curriculum development and support specialist at the Division of Bilingual Education in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools District and currently holds the position of high school language arts teacher for the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) department, and as the chairperson of the educational excellence school advisor committee (EESAC) C at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School. She is an active union member for the United Teachers of Dade, in Miami, Florida.
Education
* B.A. degree in journalism and public relations, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
* B.A. degree in education: teaching English as a second language (ESL), Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey.
* M.S degree in education: special education/varying exceptionalities, Nova Southeastern University, graduate teacher education program, Miami
* ED.S degree in instructional technology and distance education with a minor in curriculum and staff development Nova Southeastern University, graduate teacher education program, Miami
* Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in instructional technology snd distance education with a minor in curriculum and staff development, Nova Southeastern University, graduate teacher education program, Miami
2014 Miami-Dade County, School Board, District 4 campaign
Miyar was the running opponent of Perla Tabares Hantman, who has been in the seat representing district 4 since 1996. Elections were on August 26, 2014. Miyar ran on the notion that Miami-Dade County Public Schools needed education reform, especially tohelp students succeed in the state mandated tests known in Florida as the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). Another idea in her campaign was to bring alertness to the changes needed to compete with other districts in the US, such as New York City Department of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District and Chicago Public Schools. Miyar lost the election with only 18% of the vote to Hantman's 81%.
Miyar said that she is a veteran English teacher who came to South Florida from Turkey. She said she wanted to bring an educator's perspective to the school board. "It's time for teachers to make a difference," she said.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is America's fourth-largest school system with a diverse enrollment of more than 340,000 students from over 100 countries. It offers innovative educational programs at its 435 schools, including elementary, middle, senior high schools and alternative, specialized and vocational centers.

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