MESSAGE
Globalisation is at everyone’s doorstep. Its effects are knocking on the door of the global citizen and acquiring the English language is certainly central to the effectiveness of modern communication and thus the success of education in Vietnam. Responding to the influences of a rapidly changing world produces many challenges; it is the primary aim of Compass Education to provide fertile ground for this language acquisition and to be a central key-player. It is essential that we follow high education standards as well as meet market expectations and then effectively deliver the appropriate needs. The scope of our task is broad and culturally enriching for both the learners and the teachers and we try to ‘encompass’ and promote this cultural exchange as part of our aims.
Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and this requires that we have a regulated, standardised system of education of the English language. And gaining a competitive edge on such a global, world-stage necessitates fluency in English. Imperative to our success is that we assign highly qualified, professional native English teachers with the necessary experience and pronunciation skills. They must also have competency in general people-skills and induce enthusiasm so as to promote internal motivation in students and thus be effective teachers. The Learner-centred method of English language acquisition allows teachers to be instructors or facilitators rather than merely lecturers. On-going quality improvement and monitoring aided by teacher training workshops, course outcome assessments combined with feedback and evaluation is absolutely crucial. Implementing these objectives along with consultation with community groups including the business sector and other educational institutions requires a challenging synthesis which we are currently fully embracing.
Identifying certain learning abilities and interests of students lends further support to career counselling and development. And accomplishing such goals and promoting confidence in actually using the English language is also pivotal to our success in rural provinces. Assigning native English teachers where there is possibly an even greater cultural divide, quite often previously lacking in foreign exposure, is most rewarding for all concerned. The opportunities of sharing experiences are tremendous. Equally, our liaisons with business enterprises and assessing and delivering their need-specific requirements with subsequent follow-up evaluation and support, occupy many of our programs. In all of these diverse projects, we aim to accomplish a high-quality educational environment in order to facilitate an effective means of English language acquisition. Compass Education can effectively provide the path and pave the way to this success.
MISSION 
To promote an awareness of the need for development of education in Vietnam is one of our primary goals. Becoming a leading professional English language education company is central to our mandate. In particular, our primary objective is to provide programs which focus on teacher quality, community partnership and which integrate a holistic language acquisition philosophy.
KEY STAFF
Mr HUYNH Minh Khoi – Director
Mr Huynh Minh Khoi is the founder and principal partner behind Compass Education. His qualifications include an MA in TESOL from the University of Brighton, UK, as well as an undergraduate degree in Education. Mr Huynh has extensive experience in the field of Education particularly in English as a second language, Teacher Training and Professional Development Programmes for Managers, Leaders and Senior Executives. Mr Huynh has researched, developed and delivered a number of programmes and courses in the field of Education.
Recently, Mr Huynh was the program director at the UNESCO Centre for International Cultural Exchange and successfully promoted educational and cultural exchange projects of the UNESCO in the south of Vietnam. He also worked as a program manager at Dong Nai Centre for Foreign Languages and Computer Science, Dong Nai Department of Education and Training. He also works closely with a number of universities in Australia, the USA and the UK in developing programmes for delivery in Viet Nam.
Dr Simon Philip David BEST- Business Development Advisor & Trainer
Simon Best has extensive experience in business management and development. He has set up, own and operated a number of businesses in Australia, India and Viet Nam. Dr Best owned management consultancy for ten years with clients in Australia, India, Viet Nam, Indonesia and Japan. He spent nine years as a lecturer in Management and Entrepreneurship at Queensland University of Technology. He holds an MBA and a PhD from two of Australia’s top universities.
Dr Best has also presented a number of research papers at leading conferences in Australia, Canada and Denmark. Since 2008 he has been a business development consultant with UNESCO- CEP in Viet Nam, helping the organisation to develop professional development and training programmes for managers and leaders primarily in the education field.
Professor Geoffrey Keith PULLEN – Academic Advisor & TEFL Trainer
Geoff Keith Pullen worked for 20 years at the University of Brighton, UK and developed a Diploma and an MA in TESOL there. He specialised in phonetic, Language Teaching Methodology, classroom observation and micro teaching. He was also an experienced EFL Teacher Trainer with a track record of training EFL teachers both within the UK and overseas.
He worked as an assessor in Linguistics for HEFCE - Higher Education Funding Council for Education (Universities of Bristol, Luton and East Anglia), external examiners in University of Essex, Leeds Metropolitan University and University of Sheffield Hallam and inspector for the British Council EFL Schools Recognition Scheme. In 2002 he worked in the South of Vietnam as a teacher trainer and ran workshops across Dong Nai and Lam Dong provinces.
Ms NGUYEN Ngoc Yen – Co-ordinator & TEFL Trainer
Yen Nguyen Ngoc has been teaching English to University students, teenagers and children. She graduated from University of Education, Ho Chi Minh city in 1998 and from Canberra University, Australia in 2003 for her M.A degree in TESOL. She is also the Manager and Director of Studies of Cambridge English Programs, a language center in Bien Hoa. She has been a lecturer at Lac Hong University, Dong Nai, since 2004. She also has been a teacher trainer for the teaching staff at Cambridge English Programs and some other institutions. Her professional interests focus on developing classroom activities and teacher training.
