Ir. Hafilia R. Ismanto, MM
hafilia@liaconferences.com, riniati@rocketmail.com
Current Position : Director of Academic Affairs, LBPP LIA
Hafilia Ismanto started her career in English Language Teaching in 1984 as a part time English teacher in LIA. She has held various positions since she became a full time teacher in 1998, namely, Head of Curriculum & Materials Development for ESP, Branch Manager of LBPP LIA Pengadegan and its extension—LBPP LIA Pasar Minggu, Teacher Training and Development Manager, and her present position as Director of Academic Affairs.
As Head of Curriculum & materials Development, she has designed course syllabus and written materials for LBPP LIA Conversation in English textbooks and various customized programs used for in-house training.
As Branch Manager of LBPP LIA Pengadegan and its extension—LBPP LIA Pasar Minggu, she played a key role in setting up LIA KID’s Center in LBPP LIA Pasar Minggu to meet the growing demand of parents who wish to provide English language education in elementary school level.
Her role as Teacher Training and Development Manager includes designing pre- and in-service training for LBPP LIA’s over 1000 teaching staff, academic operation officers (academic supervisors) and developing a competency-based recruitment & selection process for LIA’s candidate teachers. She developed the LIA FIESTA teacher profile which stands for Fun & Friendly, Interactive, Explorative, Systematic, Autonomous and conducted numerous training programs to nurture those characteristics needed to be a LIA teacher.
Her current position overlooks responsibilities such as setting up standards for the quality of learning & teaching process in the institution, updating and modifying LBPP LIA Core Curriculum to suit changing needs in the society, and developing LIA teachers competencies and LIA textbooks materials in line with the LIA’s pedagogical principles of language learning & teaching—Learning is fun, Learning more than just English, Learning how to learn, specifically within the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) context.
She has presented in national & international seminars, workshops & conferences and become a resource person in talk shows. She believes that English as tool for global communication is a necessity for Indonesian if Indonesia is to be a competitive player, not merely a spectator, in this era of globalization.
Her special interests in the past years are promoting teacher development efforts, finding ways to fight teacher burnout syndrome, developing passion for teaching, and motivating the unmotivated teachers. This has led to the initiation of the LIA Conferences web site, liaconferences.com, which serves as a media dedicated to teacher development, which she believes is the heart and soul of the true professionals.