Media Kids is a Thai run company which has organized a ‘Teaching English by Native English Speakers’ program for Thai government schools all over Thailand. To date, almost 120,000 students (over 70 schools) have participated in this program with Media Kids. Media Kids also organizes English Camps for schools throughout Thailand. We provide an orientation and training program for our Native English Speaking teachers before they begin teaching in the Thai government schools. During orientation, prospective teachers discuss lesson planning, teaching methods, culture shock, Thailand Survival, the Thai school system, classroom management, and activities for the classroom.
History of Media KidsMedia Kids (MK) was first established in 2000 as a computer and music school in cooperation with Sri-Siam Language School. At that time Media Kids provided schools with English Camps and began developing the idea of ‘Teaching English by Native Speakers’ to offer to the more remote, less developed areas of Thailand that were of the regular tourist beaten path. In 2001 we expanded this program to schools in North-eastern area with varied responses. Over the next 3 years, Media Kids worked with Thai public schools to develop into a more respected and reliable company offering what the schools wanted and could accommodate. During this time, Media Kids also solidified a strong team of Thai nationals with educated backgrounds, good understanding of foreign cultures, and caring hard-working attitudes. In 2004, MK opened a new office in Bangkok. This allowed us to centralize and offer a more convenient ‘home base’ as the company had grown significantly. While our focus was still on providing areas outside of Bangkok with Native English Speaking Teachers, we also began presenting our program to schools that were unhappy with their current teachers or with their current ‘recruiting’ company. At the present, Media Kids has implemented this program in government schools all over Thailand. Media Kids has developed a solid reputation within the Thai public school system and this past year had over 80% of the schools extend their contracts with the company.
Our Mission PlanAs Media Kids began in North-eastern Thailand, our goal has always been to provide smaller communities and their schools with fun, energetic, reliable, and culturally sensitive Native English Speaking teachers. Our aim is to maintain continual contact with the schools and teachers to better help them in adjusting to each other and new cultures, ideas, and ways of life. As all Thai students learn English from Thai teachers, most students are usually familiar with the grammatical aspects of the English language. Our goal is to improve the student’s confidence and ability in basic communication English.