Hope for the Future

The Sampoerna Foundation Teacher Institute (SFTI) working with DIKNAS and partners actively strives to help teachers improve their skills, knowledge and confidence to explore new and innovative teaching methods. At the same time, we seek to improve the status of the teaching profession within the community.

One of the ways we will achieve this is through the annual teachers’ congress or Kongres Guru Indonesia (KGI). This congress will provide more than 1,000 teachers throughout Indonesia with the opportunity to acquire new knowledge and methods from education experts as well as to meet up with other teachers to share their experiences.

The goal is to enable them to lead change within their classrooms through improved practices and techniques.

Your Participation

Last year in 2007, over 1,000 teachers attended this two-day event which drew great interest from more than 10 corporate sponsors as well as from the media, resulting in over 30 media reports, including the Jakarta Post and Kompas.

This year the conference and workshop will be titled, “Think Global Act Local” and will be held November 27-28th in Jakarta with international and national speakers. You can play an active role in this major event for Indonesian education by choosing from a number of sponsorship packages. Your contribution will be a positive step towards the future of this nation. Together, we can make a difference.

Objectives

• To facilitate the improvement of teachers’ knowledge, skills and confidence to explore innovative ways to increase students’ engagement in learning
• To create a forum that provides teachers with the opportunity to share experiences
• To provide national and international education experts to contribute and actively participate in improvement of support of education quality in Indonesia
• To provide opportunities for principals and teachers to learn and leverage on education systems and standards in more developed countries

Expected Outcomes

• Building a collaborative community that functions together for a better education for principals and teachers
• Learned positive global perspective of teaching practices that will lead to improved practice in their schools
• Awareness of the importance of improving the quality of basic education in Indonesia to improve the human capacity of the nation

Schedule and Venue

Indonesian Teachers' Congress 2008 is intended for teachers and principals from kindergarten through high school and vocational school.

Theme: Think Global Act Local

Dates: November 27-28, 2008

Venue: Balai Kartini, Jakarta 

Speakers

The Minister for Education of Indonesia will be invited to the opening session. National and international education experts will be invited to provide different perspectives on teaching and learning and a variety of global issue concerning education. Congress members will be given the opportunity to reflect upon the input and relate it to the local context. Educators have been given the opportunity to submit papers to be presented in the congress.

Some speakers who have been invited include:

• Dr. Baedhowi, M.Si – Director General for Quality Improvement of Teachers and Education Personnel
• H.E Dr. Ediberto C. de Jesus –  Former President of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Council (SEAMEO)
• Prof. Dr. Edy Tri Baskoro – Member of National Education Standard Agency
• Jillian Dellit – Director of The Learning Federation Secretariat, Australia
• Jim Dellit – Adjunct Senior Research Fellow Division of Education, Art and Social Sciences, University of South Australia
• Dr. Jonathan L. Parapak, M.Eng.Sc – Head of Pelita Harapan University
• Dr. Komaruddin Hidayat – Rector of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta
• Prof. Dr. Libby Cohen - Professor Emerita of the University of Southern Maine, USA
• Raden Rizki Mulyawan Kertanegara Hayang Denda Kusuma (Dik Doang) – The Founding of Alam Komunitas Kreatifitas Kandank Jurank Doank School
• Prof. S. Gopinathan – Associate Dean, Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice NIE, NTU, Singapore
• Dr. Hj. Sylviana Murni, SH, M.Si – Mayor of Central Jakarta

Registration Information

To register, please download, fill out and return the registration form, available on our brochure (925 KB) to: 

KGI 2008 secretariat

Fax: 021-577-2276 or 021-559-60179 along with the payment receipt.

Registration fee: Rp 600.000,- / person

(For two days congress excluding accommodation)

Registration can be transfered through:

Yayasan Putera Sampoerna

BCA KCP BEJ

No. Acc. 458.301.0222

First 100 registered participants* will get discounted registration fee of @ Rp 400.000,-  

*Rule and condition applied

We invite you, teachers and principals from kindergarten to highschool to take part in KGI 2008 by submitting papers to us. Contributors with successfully selected papers will be invited as speakers. Papers should be written following the paper writing guidelines.

Papers submission deadline: 17 October 2008

For more information, please download the KGI 2008 leaflet or contact us at:

KGI 2008 Secretariat

Sampoerna Strategic Square

North Tower, 18th Floor

Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 45, Jakarta 12930
Telp. 021-577 2275 – Fax. 021-577 2276
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