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ABOUT US

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Joy In Tutoring is a private tutoring service based in Boston, Massachusetts with an aim at offering individualized academic assistance to students across the elementary through college curricula. Our tutors have worked with numerous students ranging from elementary grades to college students, and have successfully transformed grade reports from nearly failing to B/B+ and A's in a short period of time. We pride ourselves in our ability to flex to each student’s needs and our dedicated efforts to making each session fun and engaging for the student. We have a central office in Boston, Massachusetts, but we also travel around the Greater Boston area, Lexington, Braintree, and more to work with students at a one-on-one level. We hope to have the opportunity to work with your student to start making a difference now. 

Nina Truong is the owner and manager of Joy In Tutoring. She first became interested in tutoring when she worked as a mentor and tutor for the Boston Public Library Homework Assistance Program in 2008. Ever since, she has continued to help students succeed academically through volunteer work as a peer mentor for high school and college students and independent contractual work with various leading tutoring companies in the Massachusetts area. She is a graduate from Boston Latin School and Boston College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Biology. After college, she pursued a career as a financial consultant, but ultimately decided that nothing is more rewarding than imparting knowledge and skills to help students discover their academic potentials and build confidence in themselves and their abilities to succeed despite setbacks. She founded Joy In Tutoring with the hopes of providing personal, quality, and effective academic coaching to help students transform their attitude and mindset toward academia.

Services

OUR SERVICES

here's how we can help

INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT TUTORING

Academic support for students who need assistance in one subject matter. The tutor will work with the student in only the subject chosen. See below for list of subjects. 

MATH:

  • Elementary Math

  • Pre-Algebra

  • Algebra I & II

  • Geometry

  • Pre-Calculus

  • Calculus I & II

  • AP Calculus

 

SCIENCE: ​

  • Earth Science

  • Intro to Chemistry

  • AP Chemistry

  • Intro to Biology

  • AP Biology

  • Genetics & Genomics

  • Plant Biology

  • Molecular Biology

  • Human Parasitology

  • Human Physiology

  • Physics

ENGLISH & LITERATURE:

  • Writing Fundamentals

  • Grammar

  • Reading Enrichment

  • Creative Writing 

  • Poetry

  • AP English Literature

HISTORY:

  • United States History I & II

  • World History I & II

  • Modern History I & II

  • Facing History

ECONOMICS: 

  • AP Microeconomics

  • AP Macroeconomics

  • Intro to Microeconomics

  • Microeconomic Theory

  • Intro to Macroeconomics

  • Macroeconomic Theory

  • Environmental Economics

  • Developmental Economics

  • Math for Economics

COMPUTER SCIENCE:​

  • Intro to Computer Science I & II

  • AP Computer Science

  • Java Programming & Software Engineering Fundamentals

  • Data Structures

  • Algorithms

  • Object Oriented Design

  • Agile Development

  • Bit Manipulation

LANGUAGE:

  • Latin

  • Vietnamese

  • Chinese

  • Spanish

CROSS-CURRICULAR TUTORING

Academic support for students who need assistance in subjects across the curriculum except languages. Cross-curricular tutoring not only assists students in core subject areas across their current curriculum, but also aims at enriching the students' learning experience by helping them connect and transfer skills from one discipline to another. In addition to multi-subject tutoring, cross-curricular tutoring encompasses executive function skills coaching to help students become independent achievers. 

CURRENT CURRICULUMS:

  • Academic coaching across the elementary curriculum

  • Academic coaching across the middle school curriculum

  • Academic coaching across the high school curriculum

  • Academic coaching across the college curriculum

TEST PREP TUTORING

Test preparation tutoring aims at developing necessary skills for students to succeed in testing environments.

 

Services include: 

  • Content review 

  • Test-taking skills

  • Time management 

  • Score maximization

ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL EXAMS:

  • MCAS/PARCC

  • TerraNova

  • ISEE

  • SSAT

COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS:

  • GED

  • HiSET

  • SAT I & SAT II

  • ACT

  • TOEFL

  • Math 1 & 2 SAT Subject Tests (Math 1 & 2 SAT II)

  • Biology SAT Subject Test (Biology SAT II)

  • Chemistry SAT Subject Test (Chemistry SAT II)

  • Latin SAT Subject Test (Latin SAT II)

ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS:

  • AP Calculus

  • AP Biology

  • AP Psychology

  • AP Chemistry

  • AP Latin

  • AP Writing

  • AP Economics

  • AP Computer Science

  • AP Environmental Science

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS TUTORING

Through Executive Function Coaching, students learn to:

  • ORGANIZE daily homework assignments, notebooks and folders, binders and backpacks, notes and study guides

  • DEVELOP goals that are specific, achievable, and timely

  • PRIORITIZE the many tasks students face each day, week, and month

  • MANAGE current assignments and tasks, keep up-to-date on long-term assignments

COLLEGE MENTORING

Through college mentoring, the tutor will help students plan the college application process. Services include:

  • College selection

  • Essay writing

  • Common application & supporting applications

  • Strategic course planning

SUPPORT SERVICES

Support services are services that are additional and complementary to tutoring sessions.

  • Support services may include but are not limited to urgent homework help, proofreading essays, performing study drills to prepare for exams, and practicing presentation or declamation skills. 

  • Support services may only take place over phone, text, email, or online depending on the tutor's availabilities.

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Team

OUR TEAM

get to know some of our tutors 

NINA TRUONG

Cross-Curricular Tutor, Manager & Founder

ABOUT: Hi there! My name is Nina. I graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Economics, 3.5 GPA. Prior to college, I attended Boston Latin School, a college preparatory exam high school that only accepts high achieving students with top scores on the ISEE exam, from which I graduated with a 4.2 GPA. At Latin School, I received gold medals and awards for achieving perfect scores on the MCAS and the National Latin Exam, and scored 5 on the AP Latin exam.

VICTOR TRUONG

Quantitative Tutor

ABOUT: Hello, I am Victor. I am currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics at Boston College. I decided to pursue Computer Science because I have a special passion for all things related to technology. Computer Science is definitely one of the harder subjects to understand and master. I believe that the first step in learning Computer Science is to train oneself to think in a logical, step-by-step manner, which, for some students, can be very challenging due to the high degree of meticulosity involved.

CINIQUE WEEKES

English Language Arts Tutor

ABOUT: Hi! My name is Cinique Weekes. I was born and raised in Dorchester MA. I graduated from Boston Latin School in 2010. At BLS I prided myself in my expertise in AP literature and language, AP government, Facing History and more. In my time there, I also loved sciences such as biology and chemistry. After Latin School, I graduated from Boston College with a double major in Communications and Philosophy. I then applied for a program called Teach for America and taught fifth grade Literacy for three years while working on my Master's Degree in Teaching and Curriculum.

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