DIRECTOR’S PROFILE

PERSONAL DETAILS

  • Name: Arbayah Kumalawati
  • Religion: Islam
  • Place of Birth: Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • Date of birth: 17 August 1961
  • Marital status: Married
  • Education: Graduate in English, FKIP/ Open University
  • Office Address: Rijksstraatweg 679, 2245 CB, Wassenaar – The Netherlands; Phone: +31 70-5178875; Fax: +31 70-5142852; Website: www.sekolahindonesia.nl; Email: directeur@sekolahindonesia.nl, kumalawati_trk@yahoo.com.

ORGANISATIONS

  • Member of Indonesian Teachers Association (since 1984)
  • Academic Coordinator of Tarakan English LKG (1992- 1993)
  • Member of Tarakan Teachers Evaluation Credit Point Team (2001 – 2002)
  • Member of Tarakan Principals Association (2001 – 2010)
  • Chief of East Tarakan Regency Indonesian Teachers Association (2001 – 2008)
  • Treassurer of Tarakan City Indonesian Teachers Association (2008 – 2010)
  • Member of Tarakan Teachers Scientific Forum (2008 – 2010)

EXPERIENCES

  • Tarakan English Key Teacher (1991 – 1993)
  • Tutor of English for Open University (1992 – 1994)
  • Vice Principal on Curriculum Affairs of SMAN 2 Tarakan (1998 – 2000)
  • Acting  Principal of SMA Negeri 2 Tarakan (2000 – 2001)
  • Principal of SMA Negeri 2 Tarakan (2001 – 2004)
  • Principal of SMA Negeri 1 Tarakan (2004 – 2010)
  • Training for East Kalimantan Educational Staff held by the Ministry of Education Sabah, Malaysia, December 2007.
  • Partnership Visit to Unity Secondary School Singapore for School Partnership, Mei 2008.
  • Principal Training Seminar, held by Private Ahmet Ulusoy High Schools, Ankara, Turkey, August 2008.
  • Comparative Study to Hanban, Beijing Foreign Language School, and College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, China, December 2008.
  • International Seminar on ICT-Based Learning in School and University Partnership with Southeast Asian Countries, held by SEAMEO SEAMOLEC, 19 February 2009.
  • Speaker at National RSBI Workshop on The Implementation of PAS on 18 March 2009.
  • Speaker at Tarakan Teachers Scientific Forum Seminar on The Implementation of ICT School Based Management on 11 April 2009.
  • Speaker at Tarakan Teachers Scientific Forum Seminar on The International Cambridge Certification on 18 April 2009.
  • Comparative Study for School Partnership of RSBI East Kalimantan to JG Herder Gymnasium, Berusfschule Friedrich List and Sport Gymnasium Germany, December 2009.

REWARDS

Personal:

  • Participating in the Program of “To Indonesian Science Olympiad” from the Institute of Indonesian Science Olympiad (2005)
  • The Implementation of Full Day School Program from the Mayor of Tarakan (2006)
  • Participating in the Program of “To Indonesian Science Olympiad” from the Institute of Indonesian Science Olympiad (2006)
  • School Management from the Head of Tarakan Education Department (2007)
  • Principal of Indonesian School Abroad from the Governor of East Kalimantan (2 May 2009)
  • The Third Level of Provincial Competition of the Best Practiced Principal in 2009.
  • Nominator of Awang Faroek Education Award 2009 (for Teacher Category).

Institutional for the previous work/responsibility:

  • Attained the 1st Place in the Learning Competition for  Internationally Standardised Schools (SBI) in East Kalimantan Province, in 2008.
  • A token of appreciation from the Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education Management for achievement in managing a Pilot Internationally Standardised School, in 2009.
  • The Best 10 in achieving the internationally standardised programme in implementing ICT in Management and Learning,  at National Level, in 2009.
  • Awang Faroek Education Award 2009 for SMA category at the East Kalimantan Province.