General Information and Academic Administration of Watpangiw School

Watpangiw School’s Profile

Watpangiw school is one of primary school in Thailand, located in Ban Ngiu, Sam khok district, Pathum Thani 12160. Now Watpangiw is well-known that organized by Pathum Thani Provincial Administration. Watpangiw school consists of kindergarten or called anuban and elementary or called prathomsuksa. In Watpangiw school also consist of English Program and Standard Program for elementary. Each grade consists of one class English Program and the rest are standard program.

Vision, Mission, and Philosophy

Vision	Providing educational opportunities, maximize the potential development.
Mission	1. Promote students into school age to have the opportunity to receive education and be fully developed according to their aptitudes and interests. 2. Encourage students to have discipline, morality and ethics. Not related to drugs, being Thai under the democratic regime with the King as Head of State, maintaining good traditions and living according to the principles of Prach. 3. Develop teaching and learning systems, both internal and external learning resources, including development of technology and information systems, education, environmental development to be clean, shady, beautiful, as well as a learning atmosphere. 4. develop teacher to be a professional teacher using innovation and technology in teaching and learning, has a good conscience and ethics, quality and professional advancement. 5. Promote students in sports, language, occupation with characteristics and competencies according to international education standards. 6. Develop a management system that focuses on schools as a base based on international principles, aiming to make schools a modern learning organization with safety and School of quality standards. 7. Develop schools to be a center of community service and cooperate with communities in school and local development as Cooling systems and ongoing.
Philosophy	Light, always with wisdom, being a good person, having discipline, pursuing learning, glorifying morality, leading development, seeking happiness.

Academic Support System

Watpangiw has three main buildings. First building is building for kindergarten and English program (classes and teacher’s office). Second is building with four floors for standard program (classes and teacher’s office) also consist of cafeteria. Third building is a building for academic administration building. Watpangiw also has dome for outdoor activity. Every morning Watpangiw has flag ceremony in the dome, sometimes it uses for physical activity too. We as a students teacher also got free lunch in the cafeteria. 

(Kindergarten and English Program Building)

(Cafeteria)

(Dome)

(Standard Program Building)

(Academic Administration Building)

Teaching System

Watpangiw learning process every Monday until Friday, started at 8.15 a.m and finished at 3.15 p.m. The learning activity takes 60 minutes for each course. In Watpangiw teacher always use lecturing and The Direct Method.

Materials and Learning sources

In standard program handbook and workbook which they use is PW. Inter Primary Book, while English program uses books by Oxford University Press. In standard program each classroom is provided with four air-conditioner and four fan, also a projector and speaker. While in English program classroom also provided by four air-conditioner and four fan but without projector and speaker.

(Standard Program Class)

(English Program Class)

Measurement and Evaluation System

Every teacher has different way to measure the students’ understanding. It can be monthly assessment or per unit assessment, depends on the teachers. Final test is also being held in the end of the semester.

Curriculum

The Basic Education Core Curriculum 2008 thus formulated will provide local communities and schools with a framework and orientation for preparing school curriculum. Teaching-learning activities organized for all Thai children and youths at basic education level are aimed at enhancing learners’ quality regarding essential knowledge and skills required for their lives in an ever-changing society. They will thus be empowered to seek further knowledge for continuous lifelong self-development.

            In Thailand English still as foreign language, Watpangiw school takes English indicators from Basic Education Core Curriculum 2008  . Below are the indicators for English as Foreign language:

Foreign Languages

Strand 1: Language for Communication

Standard F1.1:            Understanding and capacity for interpreting what has been heard and read from various types of media, and ability to express opinions with proper reasoning

Standard F1.2:            Possessing language communication skills for effective exchange of data and information; efficient expression of feelings and opinions

Standard F1.3:            Ability to present data and information, concepts and views on various matters by speaking and writing

Strand 2: Language and Culture

Standard F 2.1:            Appreciating relationship between language and culture of native speakers and capacity for use of language appropriate to occasions and places

Standard F2.2:             Appreciating similarities and differences between language and culture of native speakers and Thai speakers, and capacity for correct and appropriate use of language

Strand 3: Language and Relationship with Other Learning Areas

Standard F3.1:            Using foreign languages to link knowledge with other learning areas and as foundation for further development, to seek knowledge and widen one’s world view

Strand 4: Language and Relationship with Community and the World

Standard F4.1:            Ability to use foreign languages in various situations in school, community and society

Standard F4.2:            Using foreign languages as basic tools for further education, livelihood and exchange of learning with the world community

Teaching Plan of English Lesson

It is the lesson plan format from Watpangiw school.

Code		Teacher		Level
Subject	English	Class		Period
Date		Topic
Topic:
Objectives:
Steps of Teaching

	1.      Warm up
Minute
	1.       Presentation
minutes
	2.       Practice
minutes
	3.      Production
minutes
	4.      Wrap Up
minutes
TIME: 60 minutes
Materials:
Evaluation

Summary
Date:	Class	Period	Time
	Lesson Outcome
	Problems Encountered
	Suggestions