Transforming Thailand's Teaching
Teacher training alone will never change the way education is delivered in the classroom. Real change requires an investment in time and resources to make sure the change sticks. The heart of Kenan’s education transformation work is a three-part model that provides great training with high-impact teaching practices, hands-on mentoring, and international standard curricula and materials to truly change how teachers teach, ensuring a 21st-century education for Thai kids.
Over 10,000 teachers agree. Our training has some of the highest satisfaction rates in education. More importantly, teachers actually use what they learn in the classroom.
Our international standard training modules and materials are fully accepted by the Thai government for use in the classroom. They were localized to the Thai curriculum in partnership with Teachers College at Columbia University, Tokyo Shoseki, and the Smithsonian Institute to exceed rigorous U.S. and Japanese education standards.
In the largest most comprehensive STEM education program evaluation ever conducted in Thailand, Kenan’s teacher professional development was proven to have a major impact on teacher capability and student outcomes. Download the third-party, independent evaluation here: www.kenan-asia.org/teacher-evaluation
What Teachers Get
Our training combines both high-impact teaching practices and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) content knowledge. Kenan’s education team and network of certified master trainers deliver international school caliber training to Thai general and vocational school teachers.
Certified mentors, who are experienced, highly-effective teachers themselves, provide group-based mentoring through Kenan’s structured professional learning community (PLC) model to ensure teachers receive the assistance and professional support needed to sustain the transition to high-impact teaching practices.
Our approach works because it allows teachers to analyze individual and collective performance in a supportive environment based on shared norms, beliefs, and values. Kenan’s PLCs have three key ingredients that enable teachers to continuously build on what they learned in training to improve instruction for students:
1. Data Driven: Teachers and mentors assess national test scores (O-NET) in science and math to identify trends in the data to determine the types of instruction that students need most.
2. Classroom Observations: Our PLCs facilitate classroom observations in which teachers share, observe, and discuss each other’s practices and approaches.
3. Continuous Feedback: Teachers and mentors regularly share ideas, ask questions, and provide relevant feedback that help teachers overcome the challenges of delivering a high-quality 21st century education.
Teachers receive everything they need to deliver the lessons and modules they are trained on to reach hundreds of students. Having the necessary materials and equipment is essential for teachers to replace rote learning with hands-on, inquiry-based practices.
Fully accepted by Thailand’s Ministry of Education, Kenan’s professional development program provides qualified training and mentoring that contributes towards teachers’ career progression. Our program helps teachers earn promotion, increase job satisfaction, and deliver a greater impact on students.
Teachers are provided with hotel accommodation, ground transportation to and from the training facility, and snacks and meals for the three days of their training to ensure they remain on site and complete their training.