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.
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