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School: General Information and Academic Administration
1.1 School Profile
Brief History
Kanjanapisek Wittayalai Suratthani School is one of the nine schools created and built under the regime of the ninth monarch of Thailand – King Bhumibol Adulyadej. This was the King’s action as he intended to study in the Ministry of Education.
The school is located at Lamet, Chaiya District, Surat Thani Province. The land where the school was built was a donated for the Department of Education by Phiphirom Wimlo, Mr. Luek Chaimhang, and Mr. Pan Chuayo. The first administration was lead by Mr. Wichay Khumthai which was then the Director of Chaiya Wittaya School. Suk Prad who was then the current Assistant Director of Surat Pittaya School was appointed as the principal school in the year 1996. In the same year, the school started its first academic year with ninety-two first year students.
Color Symbol
The school’s color symbol is yellow and blue. Yellow represents the color of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej while blue means the color of monarchy.
School Philosophy
Love the dignity, have morality, lead the academic, continue the royal work.
School Motto
“Every time I do it, the evil doesn’t do better.”
1.2 Academic Support System
The school caters students coming from nearby provinces such as Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Patthalung, Songkhla, and Surat Thani. It offers Matthayom 1 until Mathayom 6 with both regular students and those who repeats the year level. There are seven slots for every grade level with an average of 35 students per class.
To cater the number of students at the present time, the school maintains its facilities such as; enough number of rooms for all classes from Matthayom 1 to 6 which are located from the 1st floor until the 3rd floor of the main building (every classroom has its own LCD projector, projecting screen and other aids for teaching and learning); auditorium where special events are held; teachers’ offices which are classified to different departments based from the field of instruction they are teaching; science laboratories including biology laboratory, physics laboratory and chemistry laboratory; canteen which does not only serve students but also the faculties of the school; boys and girls dormitory inside the campus; sports areas for volleyball, tennis, soccer, and basketball; library with different learning materials; and internet room where students can freely enter research about their home works and projects.
Teachers can deliver lessons through varied strategies using the abovementioned facilities. The school provides a wide range of learning support in terms of facilities, convenience, and comfort to let students learn in their own phase in a conducive environment.
1.3 Teaching System
The school adheres to both teacher-centered and student-centered approaches of teaching. Teacher-centered in a sense that the teacher has the authority in the classroom. This is in terms of instruction, classroom rules, and discipline. The teacher talks in front and the role of the students is to listen attentively. They are also allowed to punish unruly students in the classroom like hitting them with a stick and the like. On the other hand, student-centered approach is seen in the active interaction of students and teachers, and students’ group activities where collaborative and communicative skills are enhanced. Group works are usually done after the discussion of the teacher.
Each teacher has a number of units or classes he has to teach. The subject to be taught is based from his degree earned in college. Teachers’ scheduled classes are relative to each other but classes usually start at 8:30 am until 4:00 pm with 50 minutes for each class. However, there is a flag ceremony every 7:40 am in the morning so teachers and students are required to arrive earlier to participate in the said event. Teachers are expected to check the attendance of the students at the flag ceremony to ensure they are all there, and no absences and late comers.
Meetings are also included in the schedule where teachers meet regularly to talk about students’ performances, school programs, and other matter which could help the students’ learning. Some teachers do overtime works like tutoring students after 4 pm or doing school forms of students.
1.4 Materials and Other Learning Sources
The school is financed by the government, thus, giving it all the materials needed by the students and teachers. Each classroom has a LCD projector and a projecting screen by which teachers can use if they opt to have a power point or video presentation during their lessons. It also has a whiteboard where teachers can write and paste their visual aids. Every department’s office has printer and personal computer where teachers can use in preparing their lessons. It has also a supply of bond papers, illustration boards, glues, tapes and other similar materials which teachers can freely share with each other. These are often used if teachers want to create a visual and tangible material for their classes. A photocopying machine is also found at the first floor of the main building where teachers can reproduce a number of prepared worksheets, tests, or exams for the students.
The school has its own library where students can come and study. An internet room is also provided where they can use computers to research and do their home works and projects. Notebooks are freely given to all students for each subject. They used it to take down notes, copy assignments and answer short quizzes during their classes. In language subjects like English, students are provided with individual books which contain all the lessons for the whole academic year.
1.5 Measurement and Evaluation System
One of the best ways to know if the students truly learn is through evaluation. With this in mind, the school conducts two major exams for the students – the midterm exam which is basically given at the middle of the semester and the final exam which is given before the school year ends.
In everyday classes, it is up to the teacher in charge if how he will evaluate the students. The most commonly used instruments of evaluation are worksheets, quizzes, oral and graded recitations, and projects. Through these, teachers can assess the learning development of the students.
At the end of the school year, students in every Matthayom are ranked according to their average grade which includes all the subjects they took in that school year.
1.6 Curriculum
The school follows the Basic Education Core Curriculum which was created by the Ministry of Education of Thailand in the year 2008. The curriculum states that the state shall provide all educational services and higher quality learning and skills to all Thai children which will help them cope up with the ever changing society.
The curriculum aims to inculcate in the minds of the learners the following key concepts;
a. Communication capacity
b. Thinking capacity
c. Problem-solving capacity
d. Capacity for applying life skills
e. Capacity for technological application
These key concepts are continually aimed to be achieved by the school through classroom instruction, students’ organizations, school programs, outdoor activities like sports, and other activities inside the community.
It also adheres to the eight learning areas needed to be taught to and learned by students. These are the following:
a. Thai Language
b. Mathematics
c. Science
d. Social Studies, Religion and Culture
e. Health and Physical Education
f. Arts
g. Occupations and Technology
h. Foreign Languages
The fulfillment of students’ learning of the abovementioned subject matters is helpful in the holistic or overall development of the Thai children. For each learning area, teachers are expected to follow the prescribed standards of the curriculum which state what the students should know and be able to do. Moral and ethical values are also given attention in every learning area to develop a sense of desirable characteristics among the students.
1.7 Teaching Plan (English)
One of the eight learning areas required in the curriculum is Foreign Languages. The school chooses to offer English as one of the foreign languages aside from Chinese Mandarin. The English subject also follows the Basic Education Core Curriculum of 2008.
The curriculum gives certain indicators which are the basis of specific learning objectives of the lesson. The school actually gives students and English teachers a reference book for each grade level. It serves as the source of all the lessons to be taught.
The school created a syllabus which outlines the topics needed to be discussed for the whole academic year. Students spend 150 minutes (which corresponds to three meetings) for the English subject each week. One topic must be discussed within one meeting or class.