Kang GURU Staff Profiles
2012
As you may already know, KGI staff packed up the KGI office in late December 2011. KGI, as we have known it for the past 22 years, actually finished on December 31st. However the latest news is that from January 2012 onwards (we do not know for how long) KGI is in a sort of stop-gap/transition phase until further notice. So KGI are still here in Indonesia!
As from early January 2012 KGI is a stopgap/transition phase. The KGI office is still in Bali but is smaller with a staff of just 4 people - Ogi, Sue, Ayu and Kevin.
Beginning in mid-2012 a new Australia-Indonesia education partnership activity from AusAID called EPOS – Education Partnership Outreach Services - will begin. Kang Guru will be a part of that new and fantastic project from AusAID – the radio programs, teacher workshops, teacher training, and website features (including podcasts, videos and Facebook) from the current Kang Guru project will all be a part of EPOS. Please keep checking the KGI website and Facebook FANS Page into 2012 for the latest information on where KGI is going and what's happening, okay?
Kang GURU now has 7 people on staff – Kevin, Ayu, Sue, Ogi, Mahendra, Gung
De and Darmika.
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Kevin Dalton
Project Manager
Kevin did not start out working as an ESL teacher but began his teaching career as a primary school teacher in
Melbourne. After doing that for many years he decided to try something a little bit different, so ESL teaching
seemed a logical idea, especially if it was in an overseas country. There was an opportunity for him to work
in Lombok in a voluntary capacity in 1990 so he accepted the position and worked through Australian Volunteers
International in Lombok for two and a half years. In 1993 Kevin returned to La Trobe University in Melbourne
upgrade his English language teaching qualifications. In 1994 he started work in Surabaya. Ten months later
he began working at IALF Bali and has remained there ever since. He taught on the General English program as
well as on EAP courses, did some hotel work and was involved with Marketing and Promotion of the IALF. IALF
sent Kevin to work in places as far apart as Kupang, southern Sumatra, Surabaya, Dili, Ambon and even in Cambodia
and Laos on 3 month Teacher Exchanges in 1997 and 1999 respectively. Kevin completed a Diploma TESAL course
in 1997/98 conducted at IALF, Bali.
As of January 2000, Kevin became Manager of Kang GURU Radio
English. During 2011 Kevin is working with the development of KGI posters and videos.
Send an e-mail to Kevin – kdalton@ialf.edu |
Sue Rodger
ELT Materials and Training Co-ordinator
Sue Rodger was born in Liverpool and grew up surrounded by the sounds of the Mersey Beat. She once went to scream
at the Beatles! (Her older sister made her go!) Despite attending a city center school for 'Young Ladies' she
was very active in the school netball, tennis and lacrosse teams. She also cycled and played for the North West
Junior Lacrosse team traveling all over England to play this barbaric game! After leaving school, she went to
Nene College and studied English and Art. After 3 years with her qualifications in her pocket she went to work
as a trainee manager with a hotel group in England.
This financed her trips to the Far East and eventually in 1983 she moved to Hong Kong. She had several jobs in
this exciting city before finally spending almost 5 years with U.N.H.C.R. and Save the Children Fund teaching
at a Vietnamese refugee camp. In 1988 it was time for a change of scene and she moved to Brunei. She spent a
happy time there riding polo ponies, jungle trekking, visiting Mulu National Park and staying in longhouses!
And teaching at the Government Schools. Next came Jakarta and she lasted 5 years there, teaching English before
moving to Bali in June 1998. She doesn't see herself moving anywhere else now until she retires.
Send an e-mail to Sue – srodger@ialf.edu |
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Ayu Kusumastuti
ELT Media and Communications Co-ordinator
Ayu Kusumastuti, a long time English teacher at IALF Bali and friend of Kang GURU joined Kang GURU in
January 2008 and will be working with the Kang Guru team until the end of 2008, possibly into 2009 as well. Ayu
has had quite a deal of Aussie experience and is quite well-known in Bali as an event organizer. She is full
of fun and ready to begin her 6 months at Kang GURU.
One of Ayu's main tasks at Kang GURU between
January an June 2008 is to help with the review of the Connection Club network in Indonesia. As a part of this,
Ayu is hoping to visit many clubs in January and February starting off with Lombok clubs in mid-January.
Send an e-mail to Ayu |
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Ogi Yutarini
Project Co-ordinating Officer
Ogi has been working with Kang GURU Indonesia (formerly Kang Guru Radio English) since February 1997 when the project was moved to Bali from its original base in Jakarta. Ogi is Balinese. As Project Co-ordinating Officer, her main responsibilities are the overall day to day administration and supervision of KGI program. Ogi is responsible for organizing all KGI Teacher workshop including times, promotion and travel. She is in charge on developing and ordering all of the KGI promotional items such as t-shirt, flyers, stickers, pen, pin, buku tulis, bag, and so on. And another big task for Ogi is word processing, layout design and production of the KGI magazine (now bulletin). Ogi much appreciates the support given by thousands of KGI listeners and readers all over Indonesia to the work of Kang Guru Indonesia for over 22 years.
Send an e-mail to Ogi – oyutarini@ialf.edu |
Ketut Darmika
Assistant Technical Officer
Darmika comes from Singaraja. He first moved to Denpasar when he got his first job with Adi Computer from 1991-1993.
He then worked for Was Bali Tours &
Travel for three years from 1993-1996 in the Program Division. He joined IALF in 1997 as part of Kang GURU team.
His main jobs are recording, editing, mixing program the Kang GURU Radio
English. He also records the Class reading Sets and the popular Kang Guru Teacher Packages. As technical officer
he also provides assistance to fix technical problems.
Send an email to Darmika – kdarmika@ialf.edu |
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A.A. Md. Eka Juni Artha (Gung De)
Sound Recording/Copying Assistant
Gung De was born in Denpasar and graduated from Technical High School in 1999. He has been working for Kang GURU for
one year. His main job is copying cassettes and CDs for Kang GURU radio
programs, ‘Listening and Reading Class Sets’,
and Teacher Package.
He feels very lucky to be part of Kang Guru. He probably copies hundreds and hudreds and hundreds of cassettes
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Mahendra
Technical Assistant
Mahendra was born in Kuta, Badung in Bali. He graduated from Technical Diploma from Politeknik Negeri Bali in
2003. He joined IALF in 2004 and started working for Kang Guru in 2005 as Multi Media assistant. His daily activity
is producing and mixing audiotracks for all KGRE programs including the latest Compilation Cassettes/CDs of
radio programs and Celebrity Interviews. |
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