MoU Signed to Develop English Skills
MoU Signed to Develop English Skills
Dr Piyada Wattanasan, President of St Teresa International University, signed and exchanged the MoU agreement with the directors of 9 schools from the Ongkharak District, Nakhon Nayok province. The signing ceremony was held in the STIC Maria Theresa Meeting Room on November 6, 2013. Witnessing the signing ceremony were Dr Chaipat Wattanasan, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ajarn Photjana Piyapakornchai, Director of Policy and Planning Office, college and school staff.
STIC President Dr Piyada said St Teresa International University (STIC) is proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding as well as to cooperate on the project with the schools. STIC accepted the dual aim 7–week project of cooperation and partnered with the schools to promote education and training. The schools will develop an educational system in which STIC will provide English teachers to train and develop English skills for schools, and this will, in turn, enhance teacher prospects to further their studies.
Dr Piyada graciously presided over the MoU Signing ceremony. It began with VDO presentation introducing about STIC, introducing STIC executives and school director. Asst Prof Dr Poonsook Kitratporn, Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, reported on the significance of MOU signing. President Dr Piyada delivered her speech, and was followed by a speech by Ajarn Wasinee Mukdokmai, the Head of Ongkharak School Unity Group.
The MoU signing ceremony aims to train school teachers under the project titled, Strengthening Academic Capacity for School Teachers in Ongkharak District, Nakhon Nayok, which is organized from 6 November – 18 December 2013 every Wednesday, from 15:30-17:00 hrs.at the College, Main Campus. The participants are 18 English school teachers of the 9-schools called “Ongkharak Unity Group”. The training scheduleis as following below:
| Title/Activities | Participants | Facilitators | Time/Date | Notes |
1 | MOU signing ceremony – between STIC and 7 schools; two other schools have already signed the MOU – to be signed by President and all heads of 7 schools – official launch of Teacher Training Project | – all heads of 9 schools – president, VP & deans | – AjarnYongyut | 15:00 Hrs, 6 Nov 2013 | – at Maria Theresa Room – MOU prepared – Coffee – show STIC VDO – info about TT training |
2 | Lesson Plan (first day of training) – how to write Lesson Plan / objectives/ exercises/ how to manage time – Pre-test | School teachers | Ajarn Emelyn | 15:30-17:00 13 Nov | – Training Portfolio (all docs used in the program) – Pre-test |
2 | Lesson Plan (first day of training) – how to write Lesson Plan / objectives/ exercises/ how to manage time – Pre-test | School teachers | Ajarn Emelyn | 15:30-17:00 13 Nov | – Training Portfolio (all docs used in the program) – Pre-test |
3 | Classroom Management / Teacher Posture in Class/ Managing physical learning environment | School teachers | Ajarn Jureca | 15:30-17:00 11 Dec |
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4 | Creating Effective Teaching Media/Material – useful websites for resources/ picture & caption development/ bulletin board creativity | School teachers | Ajarn Rey | 15:30-17:00 27 Nov |
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5 | Teaching Reading Comprehension / How to increase ONET scores of students/ Reading habit/ Extensive reading | School teachers | Ajarn Yongyut | 15:30-17:00 4 Dec |
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6 | Teacher’s techniques of giving command& asking questions in classroom/ the art of questioning | School teachers | Ajarn Emelyn | 15:30-17:00 20 Nov |
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7 | Test Writing – feedback& revision – Post-test – Ending ceremony & certificate presentation (by President) | School teachers | Dr. Rose/ STIC President
| 15:30-17:00 18 Dec | – Certificates – Post-test – Coffee |