Educational Partnerships for Success is owned and operated by Dr. Joy Garcia Tien—educator, coach, consultant and mentor passionate about helping others achieve their goals, build math confidence & skills, get unstuck, and discover possibilities. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your pain points or potential collaboration.
Primary coach experience & expertise includes:
- academic, career and personal counseling with middle-secondary school and college students & developmental/foundational math instruction
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) program development
- family and international student preparation for higher education
- life and academic transitions
- program development and training
As Professor Emerita of Counseling, Joy served as a STEM college advisor for 20+ years, supporting students and her colleagues in their teaching and advising roles, while teaching for the Foundational Studies & Math Departments through which she taught “Building Confidence and Skills in Math” for 10+ years. She also served as counseling department chair; associate & acting director of academic advising; Upward Bound (pre-college federally-funded TRIO program) counseling and tutorial coordinator; Educational Testing Service test administrator; high school math, Greek mythology, and physics teacher; and as advisor for Asian, Latinx, International, non-traditional student groups, including Alpha Nu Omega – Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
Educational Partnerships for Success was formed with discipline- and culturally-diverse college counselors & educators with 10 to over 30 years of experience working with diverse primary to secondary school and college students and families. Services are available for those who want to develop confidence and skills in reading, writing & math; have inadequate school or college preparation; want to learn how to learn; and seek personal growth & educational success.
Note: Your privacy is important to us. We value your trust and confidence and will keep your personal information completely confidential. We adhere to the highest level of professional & ethical responsibility.
Educational Partnerships for Success (EPS)
MISSION
Help students, parents and other professionals build confidence and skills in math to strengthen the foundation for learning and future (or change in) careers.
VISION
A supportive community that values people, education, math and lifelong learning through encouragement, empowerment, training and resources for increased creativity, productivity, and positive impact.
VALUES
EPS values people and relationships. It values Teamwork, Empathy, Integrity, Innovation, Creativity, Collaboration and Hard Work (TEIICCH) — values needed to teach for greatest impact. It welcomes diverse perspectives and ideas, and promotes the importance of social justice and equity as it adopts an interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches in its programs and services.