Jani Natasari Sinulingga

Program Specialist, Putera Sampoerna Foundation

I am an educator who started my career as an elementary teacher. Throughout my career as a teacher, I learned that how important it is for children/students to have a competent teachers in their classrooms. A competent teacher will create competent students. I decided to continue my Master Degree in Elementary Education because during my experience as an elementary teacher, I figured out that early years of children age mattered significantly to shape their cognitive, language skills, psychomotor and characters. I became a lecturer in Elementary Education Major after I accomplished my Master Degree. Yet I contemplate, it's not enough just to lecturer to be more impactful I decided to be more impactful by becoming a education consultant in Putera Sampoerna Foundation-School Development Outreach. I implement education quality improvement program in many schools around Indonesia such as in Bali, South Sulawesi, North Sumatera, central Kalimantan, and many other areas. For now, I have mentored hundreds of teachers and school management to initiate change and mobilize improvement in their schools.

SPEAKER SESSIONS

15 September 2022 | 11:30 - 12:00 | Literacy and Numeracy Begins at Home

My talk will discuss about: 1. Students development phase (early childhood and elementary stage) 2. The development theory by Jean Piaget and Vygotsky 3. Ki Hajar Dewantara philosophy 4. The role of parents and adults to introduce, stimulate and improve children's literacy and numeracy skills from early years of life. 5. Literacy and numeracy as the skills to survive in the future for our children.