Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Secondary School is the research facility for the Faculty of Education, it is not only the place that provide good education but also the place to create new research knowledge in the secondary school education field in order to bring the knowledge to develop classes management and also publish the reliable research for social academic realm and educational institution. Moreover, the research work is providing data for the decision making to improve the school activities by using the evaluation of each project and adjust on the next one moving forward. This unit also cooperates with other institutes to consider and collect data for the appropriate usage.

The department’s two main priorities are research and services in academics which are organized by

1. Advisory Committee; Director, Former Deputy Director of the Research department, Deputy Dean of the Research department of Education Faculty and Research professors.

   2. Operating Committee; Deputy director as the chairman, Assistant Director as the vice-chairman, Representative professors from the department/ student development activities, Secretary and Assistant Secretary.

Furthermore, there are minor committees working on important jobs for the department.

Main Roles of the Research Academic Services and Social Engagement Unit

1. Accelerate, encourage, and support research professors to create new knowledge and innovation for secondary school study.
2.  Encouraging the usage of credible research to expand the knowledge or spark new kinds of research in the future.
3. Working on institutional research including projects evaluation to bring results for making decisions and improving on the ongoing projects
4. Publishing new knowledge from research and main theories to service academically to professors and educational institutions inside and outside the school.

Department’s Operation

The two main works are 1. Research and 2. Academic Services

1.  Research

1.1   Research and Development to support professors in researching and developing to strengthen the management of classes for students and create leadership in studies which enforces by

1.1.1          Arranging projects to support professors’ research.

1.1.2          Arranging training operations to review and enhance technological knowledge to professors.

1.1.3          Encouraging professors to participate in external institute research seminar.

1.1.4          Finding research funds from inside and outside in order to coordinate and publicize to professors.

1.1.5          Managing the support budget for research.

1.1.6          Publishing documents such as booklets for knowledge and sources for professors.

1.2   Occasional and situational institutional research to help make decisions according to the school’s policy.

1.3   Evaluating school projects by designing assessments.

1.3.1          Assessment tools such as collecting poll data to analyze and summarize projects evaluation for improving activities in the future

Projects evaluation of each academic year:

1.       Preparing physical fitness for a grade10 student project.
2.       The New Home project.
3.       Orientation and Parents Meeting of grade 7 to 12 project.
4.       School Establishment Day project.
5.       Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Secondary School and Thai-Japanese Association School relations project.
6.       Buddhist Lent Candle and Rain-Bathing Robe project.
7.       Wai Kru Ceremony project.
8.       Queen Sirikit remembrance and offering blessings to Her Majesty on her birthday project.
9.       Talk with Teachers Day project.
10.   Appreciation of teachers and officers’ retirement day ceremony project.
11.   Satit Samakkee project.
12.   Parents Meeting for grade 9 student project.
13.   Loy Kratong Day project.
14.   Satit-Chitralada Sport Day project.
15.   The King remembrance and offering blessings to His Majesty project.
16.   School’s sports day project.
17.   New Year Party project.
18.   Farewell trip for grade 12 student class project.
19.   Commencement Day for grade 12 student project.
20.   Satit Vichakarn (Academic Day) project
21.   Department activities such as internal department activities of each subject, etc.

2.   Academic Services is divided into 3 parts 

• 1.  Services in arranging academic seminars by internal and external lecturers for teachers and officers of the school to train/cultivate.
  2.  Services in arranging external seminars by the school lecturers; these seminars are aimed at servicing outside personnel, which can be held at the school or other institutes.
  3.  Services by coordinating with external institutions or receiving external support. The schoolteachers or external officers take part in doing the lecture in supported seminars, which external lecturers would be appropriately invited by the school.

  The department has been collecting professors’ data in order to give academic services on education subjects and also the data of every lecturer that has been given to use going forward.

Vision

The Research and Academic Services Department of Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Secondary School aims to encourage and develop innovative research for not only the progression of the school academically but also promoting the academic services for research sources of knowledge and class management.

Mission

1.       Working on internal research to improve the school by using the collected data to develop personnel, courses and students for upgrading operational guidelines.
2.       Evaluating each of the school’s projects and bringing results to improve those projects in the future.
3.       Encouraging academic services for sources of knowledge and references to cultivate innovation.
4.       Encouraging research and academic works for new knowledge and academic innovation for professors.
5.       Research funding for professors.
6.     Encouraging research work for determining academic rank for professor.