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Ibu Julie has over 20 years of international teaching and leadership experience, with various international and local curricula from Australia, UK, Mexico, Vietnam and Indonesia.

She has a Science degree, grad dip ed in Secondary Education and a Master of Environment in Education for Sustainability. Julie is passionate about her students developing a lifelong love of learning, especially in the areas of natural and social sciences. Julie is also the mother of 2 teenagers and knows the importance of positive social emotional thinking, authentic learning, and critical thinking. She really loves that her children have so many opportunities to follow their passions and learn new skills at MIS. They have learnt to interact with a great variety of cultural backgrounds and belief systems, and are truly becoming global citizens with a strong identity of who they are and where their strengths lie.

In her spare time, Julie loves to travel, cook, spend time in her garden and look after her pets.

MIS is proud to have Ibu Lysbet who is one of our school’s founding leaders and teachers. She has a Bachelor degree in English Language Literacy and professional qualifications in Teacher Education Programmes. She has 15 years teaching experience in primary school level with specification in English, Indonesian Language and Mathematics. She started her career in teaching in an International school in Jakarta where spent five years and has also taught at private schools in Lampung, Cirebon and Central Kalimantan. During 2015-2016, she worked as an international volunteer in Nepal where she was a teacher trainer for 12 government schools in Dhading District.

Lysbet currently teaches primary and secondary level Mathematics and Indonesian Language. She also volunteers her time for the local children as the coordinator for an English afternoon club.

Her vision as a teacher is to empower students to succeed in today’s global community by integrating local and global perspectives with an individualized, child-centred practice. She nurtures students to become self-regulating and confident with the ability to think critically, creatively, and independently.

Her vision fits perfectly with the school, and has been developed throughout her 15 years of diverse experience in education, extensive travel, and a love of teaching that is grounded in her own desire to continually grow as a person and an outstanding practitioner.

Ms Sharleen is our Head of Primary and Classroom teacher for K-10 classes, mostly in the area of literacy and humanities. She has a Bachelor of Education and a Masters of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). She is originally from Australia and has been teaching for 25 years.

Ms Sharleen has spent the last 9 years working in leadership positions and classroom teaching positions in international schools across Indonesia including East Kalimantan, Bali and Java. During part of that time, she spent 2 years volunteering and working as an Education Coordinator for a large NGO in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She is naturally curious about the world around her, and loves to explore places and it’s people. Her passion is to facilitate experiences for young learners to actively engage with their part of the world and beyond in a positive, creative, innovative, responsible and compassionate way.

Ms. Sharleen believes Lombok is a stunning work environment and she has been drawn to the potential of being part of an innovative and diverse school culture which learns, lives and works harmoniously in the wider community and environment in which it exists. ‘I am grateful to be working with such an enthusiastic, talented and resourceful teaching staff. We are excited for the completion of the purpose-built new eco school to support the mission and vision of Mandalika Intercultural School in the near future.’

Ibu Multi is our Head of the Early Years Program and an Early Years teacher for children from age 3 to 5 years old. She graduated from Monash University Australia with a Masters of Education in Early Childhood in 2018. Multi grew up in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan where she taught Preschool children at a leading international school for 7 years. In 2004 she was selected to be one of the Indonesian Youth for the Australian Indonesian Youth Exchange Program. During the program, she volunteered at Port Lincoln Junior Primary School in South Australia to be their Bahasa Indonesia teacher.

After the completion of her study in Australia, Multi joined the National Early Childhood Accreditation Institution to be one of their Early Childhood schools accreditation assessors for East Kalimantan province. By becoming an Early Childhood school accreditation assessors. She is qualified to assess the quality of Indonesian Kindergartens/Preschools based on the national education standards.

Multi is passionate about developing the quality of Early Childhood Schooling for children, parents, and other Early Childhood educators in Indonesia. She would like to utilise her knowledge, skills, and experiences in this field for the benefit of the children she is responsible for and to help raise the quality of Early Childhood Education in Lombok through training and supporting local teachers. ‘I was keen on taking the position in this school for its values and philosophies in education, especially the value of serving the wider communities where the school exists. I am fortunate to be part of such a wonderful team here, where I can work professionally and collaborate.’