Abstract—With the start of ASEAN awareness, Thai educational system is engaged in serious and promising reforms. One of the crucial elements in most of these educational reforms is the teacher professional development. Teachers today are under growing pressure to perform. However, most new teachers are not adequately prepared to meet the expectation. This paper focuses attention on professional development guideline in practicum placement of English pre-service teachers in Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University in Thailand. Using a framework of partnership between the head of the department of English, mentor teachers and English pre-service teachers is the way that leads improvement in the pre-service teachers’ performance. The research concludes by showing that learning management plan is the most important factor affecting the professional development of the English pre-service teacher; next are the factor of classroom management, passion for teaching and classroom action research performance. In addition, learning management and classroom management concerns instructional design, teaching technique, instructional media, measurement and evaluation, classroom management technique and student behavior management plan.

Index Terms—Partnership, Pre-Service Teacher, Professional development, Teaching Professional Practicum.

Pintipa Seubsang is with the Faculty of Education, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, BKK, Thailand (e-mail: num182@ hotmail.com).
Suttipong Boonphadung is with the Faculty of Education, SuanSunandha Rajabhat University, BKK, Thailand (e-mail: suttipong2511@hotmail.com).

Cite: Pintipa Seubsang and Suttipong Boonphadung, Member, IEDRC, "Professional Development Guideline for Instruction Professional Practice of English Pre-Service Teachersin Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 384-388, 2012.