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Farewell Party and Departure

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THIS IS IT! .             This is our farewell party and the school made their final thanks and acknowledgements. The Faculties and the international Teachers and Supervisors attended this event together with all the SEA teachers of VRU. This event includes the Culture Exchange Program and the SEA teachers presented various talents that showcasing their culture from different countries. GIVING OF CERTIFICATE.  This is the time to award the certificate of completion to the SEA teachers of VRU by the President of the University. GOING HOME... September 3, 2017, Sunday morning, is the day when we will be going back to reality. This is my last picture that shows satisfaction of what I have done in my whole month of stay in thailand as a SEA teacher. I learned a lot and I grew in my profession.

Final Demonstration Teaching

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AFTER CLASS. This are my students during my final demo. They are students of Teacher Ratree, secondary 4/2. They are better students than those who are in other sections that's why I found it easier given also the fact that most of them are English speakers and others are able to understand English. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. I set a rule during discussion so that all the students know what to do and what to say the time I teach them. I believe on the principle of Readiness. Let your students be ready in everything and they will be ready to learn. They will listen to you and they will participate. DURING ACTIVITY. This picture show that the students have their activity with me while my mentor and supervisors are observing me and my students. The students here are participating and seem to have a knowledge about what is the topic. TEACHER AS FACILITATOR. As a teacher, let your students to learn by themselves especially in Math Subjects. Just ask a question to

Teaching Week

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THIRD WEEK . During the third week of our stay in the school that we are assigned to, I taught the class of Teacher Ratree, Secondary 4/3, and this picture shows that they are answering the quiz items that I gave after the lesson that I taught to them. Overall impression to them is they are naturally good but they lack on new knowledge. NEXT CLASS OF THE DAY. This is my next class that I taught during my first day of teaching. They are participating but the fact that there is a language barrier, they can only speak and communicate with me a little harder. But I made a way for them to understand me. I put Thai Language subtitle as a back-up. 

Planning and Preparation

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LESSON PLANNING. I tried to make a lesson plan and I follow the Thai format. I found it a little bit hard because I can't find their Thai Curriculum written in English characters. But some of the parts are similar with Philippine Lesson plan format. REVISION OF LESSON PLAN . When I consulted my mentor about lesson planning. She told me that my lesson plan is OKAY but she instructed me to put something to make it student-centered lesson plan. She also suggested that I will follow the Philippine Format instead. DEMONSTRATION PREPARATION. these are my materials that I am going to use on the day of my demonstration period. I prepared students materials for the motivational parts and also the hand-outs of the students.

Mother's Day

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MOTHERS' DAY. This is our first time to celebrate mothers' day in other country. This is one of a kind because they celebrate the mothers' day just to give honor to the birthday of their queen and there is a tradition here. TRADITION. One of their tradition in Thailand during mothers' day is the  Visitation of Monks in school. MONKS. The monks visited schools to get the the offerings of thai people and bless them prosperous life in exchange to their offerings. CELEBRATION. This is the celebration rights of the students in Satit VRU.

Familiarization Period

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PRIMARY SCHOOL VISIT. This day is time to explore more of the school. Even I am a secondary teacher, I accompanied my cooperating teacher in teaching primary students in the subject Mathematics. PICTURE OF FUTURE MATHEMATICIANS . I am with my cooperating teacher and my co-exchange student Indonesia. We assist my CT to teach this little children of Satit VRU. SECONDARY TEACHER. We went back to the Satit VRU Secondary school for me to observe this secondary class. I learned that in teaching Mathematics, there's so much technique that can be used to enhance also their creative thinking skills like in this picture, my CT gave a task to make a TREE DIAGRAM. 

New Morning, New Experiences

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Welcome. Today is really exciting because of the new environment, new people to meet with and new classroom set up to see. Every morning, all the teachers will place themselves near the gate to welcome the students personally. They greet each other with a so-called "Wai", a thai way of greeting. #WELCOME Scouts in front of the school. One thing that I observed also is that the scouts will go outside to manage the vehicles are going in out the school. #EarlyResponsibility Flag Ceremony and Morning Routine. The students assembled each morning to attend the flag ceremony and morning routine that includes their Prayer to Buddha, Pledge of Loyalty to the School and For the Royalties. Class Observation . Today is the second day of observation.