...I have taught students in grades 6-8 for over 25 years, in ELA classes, Computer Lab ESL and ELA classes and Reading Lab classes. I have also worked as a substitute teacher in elementary classes from grades Pre-K through five. I have taught English, ESL, Reading, Math and Social Studies. (read more)
...Born and raised in Russia, I attended grades 1 through 10 at the best private specialized schools in the state. I competed in many programming, math, and physics Olympiads in Russian. My education included years of instruction in the Russian language and literature. (read more)
...I also work with children who feel behind in school and need help seeing that math is fun, doable, and within their reach. At all levels, math students should be able to feel like mathematicians. The rules of math are not handed down from teachers and textbooks. (read more)
...Based on my time in college, I know I have a much greater chance of succeeding when I have more quality time with someone I can ask hundreds of questions to. My favorite professors were ones who had open office hours and could endlessly break down questions until they were finally comprehensible. I do the same thing when I'm tutoring others. (read more)
...Since then, I started expanding into tutoring computer programming, mostly in Python, Javascript and R. My philosophy for tutoring mathematics and programming is similar to the old saying "give a man a fish, he eats for a day; teach a man how to fish, and he'll eat forever". Succeeding in mathematics and programming revolves around deep understanding. (read more)