Other activities conducted in the first trimester of 2008 by SF TI include several educational needs assessments supported by Total E&P Indonesie and Bosowa Coorporation, school consultancies, professional development programme for principals supported by BHP Billiton and CITIC-Seram, participation in various education seminars, and discussion on education standards or programme development.

DBS Indonesia has supported 100 teachers from 6 schools in Jakarta to participate in a developmental program on professional development at the SF Teacher Institute (SF TI). The Adopt A Teacher Program exposed teachers from SMPN 181, SMPN 70, SMPN 261, SMPN 273, SMPN 112 and SMPN 38 Jakarta to a different method of classroom teaching, while having the opportunity to share their experiences with other participating teachers as well as facilitating SF TI instructors. They will be able to share their knowledge as well as enhance their teaching skills.

The 1st batch of this teacher training program, which was divided into five weekly sessions, was successfully completed in the period of 26 January 2008 - 23 February 2008. The teachers gained knowledge in Paradigm Shift, Classroom Management & Student Behavior Management, Curriculum Development, Lesson Planning, Developing New Teaching Techniques, Assessment of Student Work, Developing Teaching Aids, Developing Resources for the Classroom, Project Design and Presentation.

Head of R&D SFTI, Riris Lumban Tobing PhD gave a presentation in the Annual Science Education Conference, Liverpool, North West England. Her presentation was titled “The Features of Science Education in Indonesia.” The topic sparked off interests from the audience members. They were mostly interested in knowing the curricula characteristics and science learning methods in elementary schools (SD) in Indonesia.

Sampoerna Foundation Teacher Institute (SFTI) in collaboration with government education offices in Bangka-Belitung, Bali, and DKI Jakarta, and the School of Education at the Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth launched the Master Teacher Program. The premise of this program is to develop eighteen master teachers and six master school leaders who, after the program, will share their knowledge with a greater number of teachers creating a cascading effect, allowing more teachers to be better equipped in educating their students.

More than one thousand teachers from all around Indonesia gathered at Balai Kartini Jakarta for the Indonesian Teachers Conference (KGI) on November 27-28, 2007. The kindergarten through senior high school teachers came together for the conference themed “Better Community through Better Education”. This event was opened on November 27, 2007 by Giri Suryatmana, Secretary to the Director General for Quality Improvement of Teachers and Education Personnel that read the official speech of the Minister of National Education at Balai Kartini, Jakarta.