Who I Work With

Academic Consulting for ELT Schools & Pathway Providers

Two audiences, one focus: fifteen years inside Vietnam’s leading institutions taught me that academic quality lives at two levels, in the systems that run a school and in the classrooms of individual teachers. I work at both.

Organisations

For Schools & Centres

For schools and pathway providers where what leadership wants and what’s happening in the classroom have drifted apart. Academic audits, accreditation readiness, systems design, and outsourced academic leadership.

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Individuals

For Teachers

Personal academic coaching for English language teachers working without adequate support, whether in under-resourced schools or as independent freelancers. One-to-one, ongoing, and built around your career.

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Background & Philosophy

I spent fifteen years working inside some of Vietnam’s most prominent education organisations (at ILA Vietnam, HUTECH University, and RMIT University Vietnam) in senior academic leadership roles. I built operations, launched programmes, developed managers, and spent a great deal of time in classrooms observing, coaching, and trying to understand what actually makes teaching and learning work.

What I care about most is the gap between intention and reality. Schools that genuinely want to improve but don’t have the systems or the people to make it happen. Teachers who want to grow but have nobody investing in them. I’ve spent my career working on both sides of that gap. That’s what I bring to the work I do now.

My approach is the same whether I’m working with an organisation or an individual: honest, practical, and focused on outcomes that last. I don’t believe in solutions that only work while I’m in the room. The goal is always something that the school can run independently, or a development the teacher carries with them long after our sessions end.

I work remotely and in-market globally, with particular depth in Vietnam and the Gulf.

Academic
MA Educational Leadership in Practice
University of Manchester, Distinction (2024)
Professional
Cambridge DELTA
University of Cambridge (2013)
Professional
YL Extension to CELTA
Young Learner specialist qualification
Experience
ILA Vietnam · HUTECH · RMIT
Vietnam’s leading English language institutions

What People Say

Andy struck the perfect balance between providing hands-on support when needed and giving his team the space and independence to grow professionally. He was passionate about providing premium teaching quality and impeccable customer service — and really helped me develop as a solution-oriented manager.

Robert Lewis
Regional Manager of Teaching & Learning, ILA Vietnam

His friendly yet professional attitude made me feel extremely welcome from the very beginning and I knew I could always go to him for guidance. He genuinely cares about professional development and supported me a great deal in my early career as a teacher.

Sanjiv Gill
Teacher | Advisor | Mentor | Coach