About the Instructor

As an extensively trained and certified professional instructor, I serve as a mentor who guides your children through their work while also providing direction, support and encouragement. I create an at-home study plan in addition to monitoring classroom assignments, and I emphasize the importance of accurately completing each assignment within a designated time frame. This has helped many of my students increase self-confidence, thus becoming more self-reliant. Like all Kumon Instructors, I have a true passion for education and an earnest desire to help children succeed.

Hello. My name is Tiombe Jenkins. I have 20 years of experience in education, which began as a fifth grade teacher at a public school in New York City. After that, I began my career with Kumon, first as a field consultant and then as a center director here at the Philadelphia - Grant Avenue Center. I have been the center director since 2013. In that time, I have instructed thousands of students, nurtured many to advanced/honor roll levels and some to program completion.

I became a believer in the program when I realized that Kumon could have benefited every one of the students I taught as a school teacher, by closing the gaps of my most remedial students and challenging my most advanced students.

I am also a Kumon mom of two, so I have first hand experience with the daily at-home Kumon routine as well as the pride of having the smartest kids in the class!