The Nitty Gritty Details

Pichit Imperial School

I feel like I need to include logistics of my regular day and duties for everything to make sense later on. I work Monday through Friday typically 3-4 hours a day. The kids here have different classes from roughly 8:00- 5:00, depending on their ages. My American Co-Teachers are Kait, Zoe, Mckenna, Emi, Abbey, and Jess.

Duties at Pichit Imperial School:

Babysitting: Every American teacher has to babysit for one hour, one night a week 6:30-7:30. This lets the Thai teachers take a break from their long work days. Some of the Thai teachers even have to stay 24/7 for the students who sleep at the school.

Pre-K: These are the 2-3 year olds, who don't know any English except for a few sentences or nursery songs. They have English class from 8:00-9:00am, which every teacher must teach twice a week. This is almost babysitting since most of the kids don't speak much English.

Kindergarten: These are my regular classes that I have 5 days a week from 9:30-12:00. Most of them can get out enough English to have a small conversation I teach the K1 classes with Kait and Zoe. Mckenna and Emi hold Basic Reading classes upstairs with K2.

Elementary School: These are the 12 year olds, who are practically fluent in English. They have more traditional school from 12:00-2:30 with Abbey.

Catch-Up: This is called 'catch-up' for the students who are around or if they missed class earlier that day. There's usually a mixed group of about 3-8 students. We do the same lesson we did that day for regular classes.