School: General Information & Academic Administration

1. School Profie

Chiang Rai Municipality School 6 (Nakorn Chiang Rai) or Tessaban 6 is my receiving school. It located at Amphoe Mueang Chiang Rai, No. 421 Moo 6, Rim Kok Subdistrict Chang Wat Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. Tessaban 6 is one of school that near with airport and Chiang Rai Rajabhat University. This school has grade Lower Secondary School (SMP in Indonesia) which are M1-M3 (Matthayomsuksa 1-3 or grade 7-9) and Upper Secondary School (SMA in Indonesia) which are M4-M6 (grade 10- grade12).

The building of the school is facing each other and a bridge as a connector of a school. The vision of Chiang Rai Municipality School 6 (CRMS6) is the leading school in the country. Strive to develop the students to be leaders, virtues, discipline, and academic excellence. And the mission of CRMS6 is to encourage and improve the quality learners, participatory management, promote and develop teacher quality, have loyalty to the monarchy, promote and develop education quality.

On May 10, 1999, the second year of the first year of teaching and learning was started. There were 80 students, 8 teachers, with Mr. Sunone Sonsarn as the first principal teacher. School on 14 July 1999, opened by HE Uraiwan Thiantong (Director of the Office of Management Local education) at that time was president. At that time until 2011, the school keeps expanding rooms, from 13 to 72 rooms and built a new school building, 1 upper secondary school. And today, there are more than 300teachers including foreign teachers and 3000 students in this school.

2. Academic support system

CRMS6 Lower secondary school has 7 buildings, there are EP Program Building, Science-Math Program Building, Economic Building, Swimming Pool, Gymnasium, Library, Laboratory. And another building such as Hotel/meeting room, toilets, cafeteria, Chinese center, and M1 building.

                                                 

In the classroom, they have a long whiteboard, a projector, microphone, and speaker. Every classroom has complete facilities to support learning activities. The students also will feel comfortable because they can choose their own seat and in every class has AC (Air Conditioner), and in the back of the class, there are board information and space for student’s creativity. So, they can express their creativity in the classroom. Besides that, in every class have many kinds of books and magazines and a place for Learning Support Assistant Teacher. The class is enough and comfortable for ±35 students and LS Assistant Teacher.

The student should take off their shoes and put them in front of their classroom. The students forbid to use their phone and collect all of it to the LS. To support zero waste, the students bring their own bottle and the school provided water refill. Then, when a student buys foods or beverages at the cafeteria, the seller will put them in a bowl or glass. This school is not allows to use plastics.

3. Teaching System

Learning days in CMRS6 held for 5 days from Monday to Friday. Students should come at 7.30 am and start to do the flag ceremony at 8.00 am. and the lesson begins at 8.30 am until 4.00am. They have 9 periods, every period is 50 minutes.

I’m teaching in lower secondary school, and there are two programs in this school, which are, SM Plus (Science-Math Concentration Program) and EP Plus (Special English Program). And in upper secondary school, there are 4 courses are taught,

·       SM-Plus course (intensive science-mathematics course)

·       ME Plus Course (Intensive Mathematics – English Program)

·       MSc Course (Preparing students for further medical studies And health science)

·       ESc courses (courses prepare students for further study in engineering And technology science)

As written before, every class has space for learning support assistant teacher that always stays in class with a student. They are a graduate student teacher and their job is checking the student’s attendance, reporting the student’s activity to their parents, they’re a connector between students and parents, taking care of all students in a classroom, and help students to study and even translating.

4. Materials and other learning sources

In the English Program, the students will learn with a foreign teacher and Thai Teacher. English is one of a subject that they’re learning with both of them but of course in a different period. So, the books that will be used are different between English with a foreign teacher and English with a Thai teacher. Besides the book, teachers also need other references such as the internet and make a worksheet to support learning materials. Sometimes, Youtube really helped us to construct the material.

5. Measurement and evaluation system

Evaluation system in this school there is a mid-term semester and end-term semester test. Every teacher has their own evaluation. In English, the students also get a point (score) from worksheet, quiz, work group and plus point as their score. But officially, the students will be evaluated twice each semester for every subject. The teachers are responsibility for all the score that.

6. General Curriculum

The curriculum used by CRMS6 or Chiang Rai Municipality School 6 especially in English Program is Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum B.E. 2551 which started in 2008 until now. The Basic Education Core Curriculum is aimed at enhancing the capacity of all learners, who constitute the major force of the country, so as to attain balanced development in all respects—physical strength, knowledge, and morality. They will fully realize their commitment and responsibilities as Thai citizens as well as 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.

7. Teaching plan (English)

Making a lesson plan is not an obligation of a teacher in here. My mentor said that professional teacher keeps their lesson plan on their mind. Actually, we need to construct our lesson before going to teach. The lesson plan that my mentor showed, is the simple version of a lesson plan which consists only 2-3 pages per meeting. It is totally different from Indonesia because in Indonesia we have complex lesson plan which consist of more than 10 pages and that’s for one topic. Here is my lesson plan that actually I construct by myself.

For more information, you can check on their website: www.tesaban6.ac.th

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