Tutor Doctor

About Us

Janice M. Williams is honored to be the owner of the first Tutor Doctor franchise in New York City. Her business currently services all five boroughs, Westchester County and Northern New Jersey. The clients of Tutor Doctor Metro New York include pre-kindergarten students; clients with learning differences and special needs; ESL, language, language arts, math, reading, social studies, history, and science students; those needing to improve their study skills, focus and organization; scholars preparing for OLSAT, ERB, GED, AP, Regents, SHSAT, ISEE, PSAT, SAT and exams; and mature learners.

After a successful career in the health care industry working in roles ranging from hospital administrator, to management consultant, to business analyst for a managed care company, to market researcher, marketer, strategic planning, and business development professional for a pharmaceutical company, Janice M. Williams decided to refocus her energy in an area where she can make a more direct impact on improving the lives of the families in her community. Her love of children and passion for learning motivated her to join to the National US Tutor Doctor Franchisee team in 2009.

Janice holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and a Master's of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a lifetime member of the National Black MBA Association and an active lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (North Manhattan Alumnae Chapter), a public service organization. Janice lives in Manhattan with her son Jason.

Franchise Background

About 10 years ago, John Hooi had a simple idea and a desire to make a difference. He wondered why parents had to adjust their family's busy schedules and drive half way across town just to put their child in another classroom with more kids...when in fact it was the classroom experience that their child was struggling with in the first place. John wondered...

• What if a tutor could come directly to the child's home to deliver tutoring services instead of fragmenting a family's precious time together by forcing parents to act as "taxi drivers"?
• What if there was flexibility in the tutor's schedule so that tutoring time slots could be scheduled to accommodate for a family's busy schedule?
• What if a struggling child could get one on one attention instead of being limited to the "one-to-many" teaching models used by most extra-curricular learning centers?
• What if a tutor could develop a personalized program by working with the child's existing homework and school curriculum instead of loading more standard textbook work on an already overwhelmed child?
• What if average families could get access to top tutoring resources sometimes reserved only for wealthier families?

These questions and more were eventually answered through the development of the Tutor Doctor program. Over the last 10 years, the Tutor Doctor vision has taken shape. In 2003 the company turned to franchising as a way of expanding the company's impact and meeting the vast market demand. Now with offices internationally, the Tutor Doctor vision is becoming a reality as the lives of students and their families are being positively impacted.