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The King Royal Award for best school qualification:
To earn the award, the school must meet six qualification categories set by the Ministry of Education. The selection of the best school each year, must go through inspection of the document submitted, school inspection, onsite interview by three levels of three different departments: District level, Regional level and finally National level. The finalist will be submitted to receive the award from His Majesty the King.
The 6 categories are:
1. Students Qualification:
Students must maintain professionalism, integrity and nobility.
Students are determination to achieve high standard of learning.
Students are able to perform and apply their learning.
Students respect and adapt Thai culture in their learning and life style.
Students are responsible and work with community.
Students are environmental conscious.
2. Curriculum and Educational Management:
The school strives to maintain the high quality of curriculum.
The school continues to improve the curriculum to meet the need in learning and in the dynamic world be benefiting the students, the school and the society as a whole.
The school to maintain and improve the need of learning evaluation process to suit the curriculum and the learning process.
The school continues to expand the scope of learning to the community and to the world to upkeep with the changing world.
3. Administration and Management:
The school maintains and develops the data information system to provide accurate and confidential access to students' record keeping.
The school continues to improve the data base system.
The school provides information in regard to the school to the public.
The school maintains lay out plan both short and long term to insure stability and high quality of learning.
The school maintains personnel development and improvement on going
plan to assure teaching and living quality for all staff.
The school maintains evaluation to improve and make adjustment for better result.
4. Relationship to Community:
The school shares the knowledge with the community in term of training without charge.
Students, under the school program, offer massage services to the senior and the disabled to improve their health.
The school maintains the Thai culture to preserve the Thai heritage.
The school applies the environmental awareness at the school system.
5. Personnel and Personnel Management:
The management works with the community in helping where there are needs.
The management supports the continuing education of the staff.
The management provides full support to personnel in term of health care
and benefits.
The management provides on going training in house to improve quality of teaching.
6. The School Quality:
The school has achieved wildly acceptance in the trade.
The school is known and has been working with international communities.
The school is dedicated to serve the Thai communities selflessly.
The students from the school achieve successful result in their career
internationally.
The school receives more than satisfactions evaluation from the students.
TMC school is highly honor and most appreciative to receive this award.
The life time achievement is from the quality of our students, staff, management and the dedicated work of all combined.
Q: What is it like to study at TMC?
A: Students tell us and others that study Thai massage at TMC is like learning in a school with a home environment. They feel like being at home surrounded with friendship and caring people.
The school facility is professionally set up with appropriate massage material and tools, serene decorated classrooms, clean bathrooms and with total comfort. Healthy lunch and herbal tea is a part of learning days. Convenient transportation is available to ease students’ burden of getting to and fore school.
School location away from the city for peaceful learning environment is an ideal for making students feel closer to nature. The school is next to the canal with tall trees in background. Students have nostalgia memory of taking break time with their friends at the veranda over looking the canal.
Learning time spend at TMC is more than just know how to perform Thai massage, but couple them with adopting Thai culture as well. TMC students adapt to the way of Thai living. They take on the Thai manner in learning Thai massage at TMC. Students follow strict discipline in learning the ancient art gracefully.
Teachers at TMC do not hold themselves as the master of the trade. They are the messengers of the ancient teachers. They royally follow the teaching of the ancient teachers and transfer the true knowledge of Thai massage to the seekers. TMC teachers teach from the school curriculums which follow the ancient teaching and are approved by the Thai Ministry of Education. The teachers teach with utmost attention for students’ learning benefit to make sure that students will graduate with full knowledge of each course they take.
TMC graduates are bonded with the school and their peers. They keep contact and return to visit school. They also keep connection among their schoolmates. They feel that this is a place where they want to remember and proudly tell others to come and experience their memory.
Q: What courses should I take?
A: This depends on your objective. If you wish to learn for self knowledge to use with your friends and family, then how much time do you have? If you have 5 days, you should take the Foundation of Thai Massage (Level 1). This course will give you strong background of Thai massage for the whole body massage. You should continue practicing with your friends. You will be able to give massage among your family. Please see the table for guideline of taking courses to suit your need.
Q: How many students in a class?
A: We have several classrooms and in different size. We maintain closed supervision by
limit teacher to student ration to 1 teacher per 6 pairs of students maximum.
Q: What is the massage style taught at TMC? Is it northern or southern?
A: TMC follows the original Thai massage style and techniques from the research by the
Thai Massage Revival Project which resulted from the meeting of the great teachers around the country in 1985 and created the safe, polite and effective curriculum to follow from 1987.
Thai massage differentiates in 2 types which are Royal Thai massage and Commoner Thai massage. TMC’s curriculum follows the Commoner Thai massage style with combination of Royal Thai massage for manner and gentle movement. We do not differentiate the style by northern and southern style.
Q: I learned Thai massage from other school(s), can I continue Level 2 or 3 at TMC?
A: No. Level 1 is the foundation for Level 2 and Level 3. Student will be lost and confused with out the foundation from Level 1 at TMC.
Q: Can I take Level 1 and skip Level 2 to study Level 3?
A: Yes, but you will miss the strength student gains from learning in Level 2.
Q: Can I learn Level 1 and 2 now and return to continue Level 3 next year?
A: Yes, you can learn Level 1 and come back for Level 2, and 3 or higher in the future.
Q: Can I learn Level 1, 2 and 3 and join the GCT (teacher training program) with the future program schedule?
A: Yes, but you will be subject to acceptance by the school. You will have to request for the acceptance package and response to the inquiry. Once you agree to the school’s policy to attend the GCT program and the school accept you, you will be scheduled the starting date
of the program. You may be required to review Level 1 or 2 before joining the GCT internship
in week 4.
Q: If I miss any class day due to illness or emergency situation, can I come back to make up the class with the future week schedule?
A: Yes, students will have to follow the make up class policy which requires the payment on daily basis of the course fee and the available class.
Q: How many day can I miss the class and still able to graduate?
A: Attendance must be at least 80% for short course and 90% on i5 and GCT program.
If student misses more than the minimum, student must make up class with fee to graduate.
GCT will have different make up class schedule than short program.
Q: If I come to school myself or do not eat school’s meal, can I get discount of the course fee?
A: No, the meal and transportation are complementary services and not included in the tuition fee.
Q: RE: Foot reflexology or Thai Foot Massage: What is the style at TMC?
A: TMC teaches Thai Foot Massage with 36 reflex points by using wooden stick for pressing.
With detail workbook and chart, the class starts with 13 warm up techniques for total comfort. Follow with how to apply pressure on the 36 reflexology points. The class includes relaxation massage on legs, hands, arms, shoulder, neck and head. The teaching is uniquely systematic. The training is effective for students to feel comfortable to perform Thai foot massage by the end of the 2 days session. With some more practice on their own, students will be able to memorize all techniques and points in a relatively short time.
Q: After taking classes at TMC, can I perform massage service in my country?
A: We do not know the answer. Each country, in some country even each state like in the USA, requires differently. You must investigate from your local authority before offer massage service to the public.
Q: Is Thai massage safe?
A: Yes, if it is done properly. The teaching at TMC stresses on safety. The textbook is clearly indicate the contraindication for safety concern. However, non-safety-conscious-provider
may cause harm to the receiver. So, when receiving massage always ask the provider to concentrate on safety especially stretching techniques. When in doubt don’t do it!!!
Q: Is herbal ball application taught at TMC?
A: Yes, the making of fresh herbal ball from selecting, slicing, mixing and wrapping into the ball.
Then train students how to apply both fresh and dried herbal ball to Thai massage for health and for therapeutic in the Level 3 course.
Q: Is Yogi stretching exercise or “Lue Sri Dadton” taught at TMC?
A: Yes, students are training to exercise with Lue Sri Dadton prior to start the practice class each day. By the end of the week, students should learn 15 positions.
TMC also offer the separate course for students seeking to learn on Yogi Exercise.
For students attending the Thai massage courses at TMC, there is no need to attend the
Yogi exercise course separately.
Q: I have some physical limitation can I take some short courses to use with my family?
A: Yes, you can select courses that easy for your knees like Thai Table Massage, Thai Chair Massage, Thai Foot Massage is best for all physical condition! Even some one that really wish to learn Thai Massage with limitation on the body, the teacher will help adjust the posture for the students.
Q: What type of clothes should I prepare for the school?
A: At school, we provide you with comfortable practice clothes. But we request that you wear appropriate attire while going to school. We are being Thai massage school; need to maintain the image of discipline and politeness including what student wears to-from school.
So, no shorts, no tank-top, and no low cut for ladies.
Q: What do I need to prepare to school?
A: Clean body, short nails and peaceful mind. Bring PASSPORT and a pen!
Q: Is there accommodation near the school?
A: No, you do not need to be near the school. It is more convenient to be in the city area for internet café, telephone service, seeing the city and being near your classmates for practice and out going as a group.
Q: What about the “Facebook.com”?
A: I had a great time there at TMC with lots of wonderful memories…
By the way, I have created a group on www.facebook.com called TMC Thai Massage School Of Chiang Mai where all students who have been to TMC can keep in touch, share photos, videos, and comments. If you could share this information with everyone, it will be nice to keep in touch with everyone, for example not only who attended the GCT program but also the people who we met every week that started level 1,2,3 or i5. It is also open for people who are thinking about taking a course at TMC so we can share our experience with them. The group is slowly growing since it was started and already has many pictures of us at the school. “Thomas” |