Day17- Teaching Plan ( Preschool)

At Phetphadungweingchai School, the school uses textbooks as a guide to their curriculum, since it is a private school, they don't use the textbooks coming from the government instead they use other textbooks. In the morning, they perform everyday flag ceremony to instill to the students the patriotism. Next, is they go to their respective classes and have their classes. They have some exercise in the classroom, and then, proceed to their subjects. there are allotted time for the English and Chinese class hour. The foreign teachers are teaching English and Chinese subjects.

This is my references for the following teaching opportunities. For this month, their focus is on the Short and Long vowels. 

The teachers of the English program also prepared a One(1)term of Lesson plans as a guide for this terms' teaching. 

Each book has already the evaluation activity suggestion for each lesson. It is on the teacher's discretion whether to use the evaluation worksheet or to make a new one, depending on the needs and ability of the students if they are can answer the worksheet or not. 

For my experience in teaching, there are times that I revised some of the worksheets of the student's activity. It is on the situation of the student's learning and comprehension. If it seems hard for them to answer, the next day of teaching, I make a revised or make a simpler activity worksheet for them. 

The school also conduct examinations as a form of assessment. They also lend a day as playground time, and after the lunch break, all students take their at least an hour of sleep or long nap time, so that they will be ready for their afternoon classes.

After the lunch break, the students have their nap time for at least 30 mins or an hour. Each one of them has a blanket and use it every day for their sleeping time.

The school time for the students is from 8:00 in the morning up to 3:00 in the afternoon. Each class has usually 5-6 classes every day including the regular subjects, English and Chinese language subjects.

Day 16- The School Curriculum

Based on the Basic Education Core Curriculum B.E. 2551 (A.D. 2008), The Basic Education

The curriculum is aimed at enhancing the capacity of all learners, who constitute the major the force of the country, so as to attain a balanced development in all respects- physical strength, knowledge, and morality. They will fully realize their commitment and responsibilities as Thai citizens and members of the world community. Adhering to a democratic form of government under a constitutional monarchy, they will be endowed with basic knowledge and essential skills and favorable attitude towards further education, livelihood, and lifelong learning. The learner-centered approach is therefore strongly advocated, based on the conviction that all are capable of learning and self-development to their highest potentiality.

The Basic Education Curriculum is targeting to achieve the following Learning key competencies.

1. Communication capacity

2. Thinking capacity

3. Problem-solving capacity

4. Capacity for applying life skills

5. Capacity for technological application

Alongside with this curriculum in education, the school aims desirable attributes in the learning of the students which are to become a patriotic monk, honesty, have discipline, pursuing learning, be sufficient, committed to work, love Thai, and have a public mind. 

For more details about the Thailand Basic Education Core Curriculum, you may open this file.
http://www.act.ac.th/document/1741.pdf

For the Phetphadungwengchai School, they based the English Program on this objectives:

Day 15- Measurement and Evaluation System

Based on the Basic Education Core Curriculum B.E. 2551 (A.D. 2008), The Basic Education

Curriculum is aimed in enhancing capacity of all learners, who constitute the major the force of the country, so as to attain a balanced development in all respects- physical strength, knowledge and morality. They will fully realize their commitment and responsibilities as Thai citizens and members of the world community. Adhering to a democratic form of government under constitutional monarchy, they will be endowed with basic knowledge and essential skills and favourable attitude towards further education, livelihood and lifelong learning. The learner-centered approach is therefore strongly advocated, based on the conviction that all are capable of learning and self-development to their highest potentiality.

The Basic Education Curriculum is targeting to achieve the following Learning key competencies.

1. Communication capacity

2. Thinking capacity

3. Problem-solving capacity

4. Capacity for applying life skills

5. Capacity for technological application

Alongside with this curriculum in education, the school aims desirable attributes in the learning of the students which are to become a patriotic monk, honesty, have discipline, pursuing learning, be sufficient, committed to work, love Thai, and have a public mind. 

For more details about the Thailand Basic Education Core Curriculum, you may open this file.
http://www.act.ac.th/document/1741.pdf

For the Phetphadungwengchai School, they based the English Program on this objectives:

Day 14-Materials and other learning resources

The school premises consists of conducive classrooms that help students to gain learning, but it does not limit only inside the classroom. The school provides other learning resources such as ICT(Information and Communication Technology Center).

The ICT Room

 It is where the students are being exposed to and introduce to the technology such as the use of computers, virtual learning through videos that are educational and appropriate for their learning. The school also has the library where educational books can be found here and read by the students for further learning.

The playground area can be seen also in the school, to give way to the physical development of the Kindergarten students.

At least once or twice a week, the teacher allows the students to go and play at the playground, to help students to express more of themselves, without pressure from their academics responsibilities and exercise the ability to socialize with other students. And the sports room area, Taekwondo is being taught in the school as part of their activity in the school, to build the students physical body.

Day 13-Teaching System

The Phetphadungweingchai School caters students from Nursery to Grade 6 level. The teaching system aims to provide the best education they can give to the Thai students. In order to achieve this vision, the school are practicing teaching strategies. The After-hour strategy, where the teachers have to teach and cater the needs of the students- intellectually, emotionally, physically, spiritually, even the higher-order thinking skills and other domains of development. If the students has low performance in learning academics, the school offers remedial or special classes for the students to master the previous lessons. It is done by one-on-one, by group or by class according to the level of the need. The teachers are committed to spend time for the students during weekends for this tutorial sessions. The next one is the vacation break strategies, where the school provides summer program to help the to cope up for the next grade level of the student. It is done by doing review from the past lessons that has been tackled already for the past semester and introduce new set of lessons for their next grade level that they will be in.

The school offers also the normal class were Thai language is the medium of instruction. Also, they include in their system the English and Chinese classes for the students to be able to learn other languages aside from their mother language. Starting from Kindergarten, they are being exposed to the multi-lingual education, where they learn English and Chinese. 

The Chinese class

The English Class

Day 12- Supporting Academics

In order to be an effective kindergarten school, various academic system are being needed to apply and implement in a school. The Phetphadungweingchai School are using variety of instructional methods.

Classroom- Based Strategy

The first one is the Classroom- Based Strategy where the teacher consistently monitor the performance of the students through assessments and evaluations such as traditional assessment  the paper-pencil assessment, performance assessment. Over the period of time, the teacher is able to adjust the teaching strategies and assessments to meet the students needs, not just only in academic area but holistically and looking for ways on improving teaching strategies.

School-based Strategies

The school has their annual activities and program for the students to give opportunity to the students to showcase their talents, skills, abilities and knowledge in various fields. They make schedules during the week, to emphasize the importance of physical activities. They allow students to create interaction with other students, small groups activities to develop the leadership and cooperation, play-time to exercise their fine and gross-motor skills. Having rest time after lunch is being implemented also in the school for the students to have a short break and rest for the days' activities.

Play-ground time

Breaktime!

 Preschoolers having their snack time before they proceed to their next class. 

The Preschool having their rehearsal for their school program. All the students are involved and participants to the said program. 

To ensure the development of the cognitive skills of the students, the school provides resource teaching materials such as textbooks, instructional materials and even ICT rooms for their technology awareness.

The ICT room

Physical health is being a concern of the school. They are providing physical activities such as swimming class, taekwondo and soccer. The school has a canteen where every day the students is having their lunch at school to ensure the proper  food that the students are eating.

Children in action for their Taekwondo Class

Outside- School Based

Learning does not limit inside the school environment. The school provides outside school activities such as camping, field trips and many academic and student affair activities such as contests, school fair and programs, and many more. The program usually work with the cooperation with the community groups and volunteers that will help to provide variety of programs for the students.