Schools

Schools in General

Thai Mueang Volunteers is working together with six primary, one secondary school, and one vocational college.
All the schools are located in Thai Mueang District. They are all government schools and they are dependant on the Ministry of Education, Thailand.
The budget from the Thai government to support the schools are as:
1300 Baht ($40US) for a student in primary school, per term (5 months).
1800 Baht ($60US)for each student at a secondary school.
Our main task in our support for the schools at the moment is to fill up their libraries with English books.
With their limited budgets they rarely even consider buying English books for the schools.

Volunteer Teaching
at a Thai School

Volunteer teaching can be a very rewarding experience for both the volunteer teacher and the student. The key to teaching an effective lesson is preparation. Volunteers must create detailed lesson plans that are adaptable to different classes. If one teaching method is not working, volunteers must adapt and try something else.
A volunteer must remember that Thai teaching methodology will differ greatly from that of the western world. Volunteers must focus on teaching English and giving the children the best experience possible, not changing the Thai education system.
Volunteer qualities: Patience, a smile, and a visible willingness to do a little bit extra.

Volunteers come to teach English at one of the schools on the list below.
Click on an images to go to a page showing you what material the schools have provided us with to put on our site. Not all schools have provided us with material, but as soon as they do, we will insert it here.
Please send us an email through the Contact Us page if you are interested in getting more information about one or any of the schools in our program.

Click on the images for more info.	Wat Patchatikaram Primary School Location: 2 km from Thai Mueang Info: 169 students in six classrooms. Wat Patchatikaram has provided us with material that they wanted us to make available to future volunteers. Please click on the picture to read more information. Please read about our volunteer Turner Wright's experience at this school. Click HERE.


	Ban Thateang Primary School Location: Ban Thateang village, 3 km from Thai Mueang. Info: 52 students divided into three classes, and a nursery, P1-P3 in one class and P4-P6 in an other. Normally four teachers, one is at university, so actually there is only 3.

	Ban Kownoi Primary School Location: Ban Kownoi village, 3 km from Thai Mueang Info: 69 students from Phratom 1-6. Ban Kownoi is a small four classroom school, set in a rural jungle setting. With the smaller classroom sizes it is easier for the volunteer teacher to get the attention of the whole class and allows for more teacher - student interaction.

	Ban Huaisai Primary School Location: Ban Huaisai village, Info: 64 students, 5 teachers. At first glance Ban Huaisai village seems like a very small community. One might wonder where all the children at the school come from. The thing is that Ban Huaisai is located in the middle of a very large farming area. Some students travel 4-5 km to school, which is considered quite far for Thai standards.

	Ban Lampi Primary School Location: Ban Lampi, 7 km from Thai Mueang Info: 46 students and eight classrooms. This school is situated in between two larger, newer schools. They are struggling to keep enrollment up and keep their small, community school open.

	Wat Muang Pracharam Primary School Location: Thai Mueang Info: 391 students in 14 classrooms. Wat Muang is Thai Muang's oldest and largest school. They are well known in the province of Phangnga for their structure and the importance they place on quality education.

	Thai Mueang Industrial & Vocational College Location: Thai Mueang Beach, 2 km from Thai Mueang Info: 370 students in various classroom settings. The college has provided us with material that they wanted us to make available to future volunteers. Please click on the picture to read more information.

	Thai Mueang Wittaya Secondary School Location: 2 km from Thai Mueang Info: With more than 1300 students it can seem quite a hand full. The truth is that each volunteer will have limited classes to teach, meaning that one will not be teaching 25 different classes. Thai Muang Wittaya places the volunteers in classes with students who have chosen English as a main subject.