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Alexey Z.

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Experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Focusing on individual needs, always has good relationships with children, teenagers, and their parents. Helping students understand Math, how it works, becoming confident and develop love for it.

Extensive experience in extracurricular Math teaching to students of all levels and goals, from improving Math grades in school to preparing for...

Experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Focusing on individual needs, always has good relationships with children, teenagers, and their parents. Helping students understand Math, how it works, becoming confident and develop love for it.

Extensive experience in extracurricular Math teaching to students of all levels and goals, from improving Math grades in school to preparing for the school year ongoing and Standardized Tests to Regents Exams to preparing for college entry exams/SAT/ACT to solving Math Challenge/Olympiad level problems. Substantial experience working in Information Technology field using Applied Math.

Education Background includes:
- World-famous Moscow Math School #2 Diploma;
- BA Math Education;
- MS Computer Science;
- Professional Project Manager; AND
- Executive Development.

Teaching/Tutoring Experience includes instruction in "traditional" methods, Common Core Standards, Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards, what has become known as "Russian Math" and "Singapore Math", and own methods of gradually converting procedural steps into automatic skills, thus comfortably improving problem solving fluency. I show more than one conceptual approach to understand and solve a problem, so students are taught to initially use a strategy he/she is more comfortable with and gradually develop intuition for the best approach.

My exceptional Professional Experience acquired working as:
- High School Math Teacher - all Grades - classroom setting - tree years;
- Tutoring in private environment - ages 5-18 - one-on-one-to-three - twenty-one year;
- College Prep Instructor - ages 15-20 - one-on-one or to a group of 10-15 - 15 years; AND
- Challenge/Olympiad Math Coach - ten years.
Also, I lead colleagues in the Information Technology field using Applied Math - thirty years.

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Education

Moscow State Pedagogical University
Math Ed
Moscow University of Radio-Electronics and Automation
Masters
  • Licensed teacher

Additional Languages

Russian

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $60
  • Rate details: The $60 Hourly Rate is the Base Rate, mostly for Elementary Math. The rate will vary with the commuting distance (in-person), and it will be higher for the higher-level subjects.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

  • No background check

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Algebra 1

Algebra 1

BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math, how it works, acquire procedural fluency, and become confident. Extensive experience in Math tutoring to students with varied goals, from improving grades to preparing for the ongoing tests to Standardized tests to Regents and Honor Exams. Tutoring Experience includes instruction in "traditional" methods, Common Core Standards, Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards, and own methods of gradually converting procedural steps into automatic skills, thus comfortably improving problem solving fluency. Starting in 2026, the Regents Exams move from testing in the Common Core Standards to the Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards. If you want a tutor trained in the Next Generation Standards, please send me a message.
Algebra 2

Algebra 2

BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math, how it works, acquire procedural fluency, and become confident. Extensive experience in Math tutoring to students with varied goals, from improving grades to preparing for the ongoing tests to Standardized tests to Regents and Honor Exams. Tutoring Experience includes instruction in "traditional" methods, Common Core Standards, Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards, and own methods of gradually converting procedural steps into automatic skills, thus comfortably improving problem solving fluency. Starting in 2026, the Regents Exams move from testing in the Common Core Standards to the Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards. If you want a tutor trained in the Next Generation Standards, please send me a message.
Common Core

Common Core

BA in Math Education, I have been tutoring Common Core in private environment to students Grades 3-8 for over four years. I use highly individualized approach starting from identifying and disrupting students' weaknesses in the core Math concepts to gradually building skills and confidence in problem solving. My students improved their school grades and showed stronger results in Standardized Tests. My Common Core Math teaching focuses on conceptual understanding first, then comes developing procedural and application skills. I teach students to think critically, clearly voice their thinking, challenge non-working approaches, think of more than one strategy, and develop skills and intuition to pick up the best way to solve specific problems. My students achieve confidence and procedural fluency, and build long-lasting knowledge and solid foundation for learning Math in High School.
Elementary (K-6th)

Elementary (K-6th)

BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math and how it works. I instruct students gradually moving from using manipulatives to drawing pictures to abstract thinking necessary for learning Math. I pay focused attention to young students’ uncertainties, building confidence, and developing number sense and core Math skills before moving to more complex topics. My tutoring is also focused on developing reasoning skills necessary for moving to higher-level subjects in Math and Science.
Elementary Math

Elementary Math

BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math, how it works, acquire procedural fluency, and become confident. Tutoring Experience in addressing individual needs, closing gaps in knowledge and skills, developing conceptual understanding, and converting procedural steps into problem solving fluency. Learning Elementary Math is critical for overall education, because at least that much everybody will need for everyday life. That is also the stage where students gradually move from using manipulatives to drawing pictures to abstract thinking necessary for learning Math in higher Grades. My tutoring specifically tuned to developing abstract thinking and reasoning skills necessary for moving to Prealgebra, Algebra and other higher-level subjects in Math and Science.
Geometry

Geometry

BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math, how it works, acquire procedural fluency, and become confident. Extensive experience in tutoring Geometry to students with varied goals from improving school grades to completing homework to passing ongoing tests to taking exams to improving solving Geometry problems as part of the SAT test. Students learn to draw and use geometric diagrams and enhance their spatial reasoning skills. I achieved remarkable success in tutoring Geometry by building student’s solid understanding and knowledge of fundamental Geometry concepts, undefined and defined terms, postulates, and theorems, and growing student’s skills in applying this knowledge to solving problems.
ISEE

ISEE

Please note that, while the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) consists of five sections, I am preparing students to the two Math parts, Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematics Achievement. Confidence, problem solving fluency, and the ISEE Math-specific time management skills are quintessential attributes a student must develop for taking the ISEE timed exam. That's what I successfully have been able to give students taking ISEE for over 8 years. BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with over 20 years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math, how it works, acquire procedural fluency, and become confident. Tutoring Experience includes instruction in "traditional" methods, Common Core Standards, Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards, and own methods of gradually converting procedural steps into automatic skills, thus comfortably improving problem solving fluency required for successfully passing exams as difficult as the ISEE exams are.
Prealgebra

Prealgebra

BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math, how it works, acquire procedural fluency, and become confident. Tutoring Experience in addressing individual needs, closing gaps in knowledge and skills, developing conceptual understanding, and converting procedural steps into problem solving fluency. Learning Prealgebra is a critical step in the whole K-12 education. That's the stage where student moves most significantly from concrete to abstract thinking. My tutoring specifically tuned to developing abstract thinking and reasoning skills necessary for moving to Algebra and other higher subjects in Math and Science.
Regents

Regents

Confidence, problem solving fluency, and the exam-specific time management skills are quintessential attributes a student must develop for taking the timed tests. That's what I successfully have been able to give students for over 20 years. Starting in 2026, the Regents Exams move from testing in the Common Core Standards to the Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards. If you want a tutor trained in the Next Generation Standards, please send me a message. BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with over 20 years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math, how it works, acquire procedural fluency, and become confident. Tutoring Experience includes instruction in "traditional" methods, Common Core Standards, Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards, and own methods of gradually converting procedural steps into automatic skills, thus comfortably improving problem solving fluency required for taking Regents Exams.
Russian

Russian

BA in Education from Moscow State Pedagogical University, native Russian speaker, experienced teacher and tutor, with many years of tutoring in private environment. Deep knowledge of Russian language, conversant on broad range of topics. Extensive experience in tutoring students of varied levels of knowledge of Russian language and literature , with varied goals they want to achieve with my teaching. My youngest son, born in the US, knows Russian language and literature much better than most Moscovites. Выпускник Московского Государственного Педагогического Института, опытный учитель и частный преподаватель с многими годами работы с учениками разных уровней. Глубокое знание русского языка, готовый обсуждать темы широкого спектра. Значительный опыт работы с учениками с разнообразными целями изучения русского языка и литературы, которые они хотят достичь на моих уроках. Мой младший сын, рождённый в США, знает русский язык и литературу значительно лучше, чем большинство Москвичей.
SAT Math

SAT Math

BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math, how it works, acquire procedural fluency, and become confident. Extensive experience in Math tutoring to students with specific goal of improving the test score. I provide comprehensive explanations for solving problems, often with more than one strategy, so student will improve knowledge and fluency needed on the SAT day. This is equally important for students more comfortable with Reading and Writing and for those more comfortable with Math. In either case, you might need a minimum, for example, of 1250 points. My tutoring consistently showed improvement in students’ SAT Math score of 100-150 or even more points.
Trigonometry

Trigonometry

BA in Math Education, experienced Math Teacher, with many years of teaching Math in school, in special classes, and tutoring in private environment, including one-on-one. Helping students understand Math, how it works, acquire procedural fluency, and become confident. Extensive experience in tutoring Trigonometry to students with varied goals from improving school grades to completing homework to passing ongoing tests to taking exams to improving solving Trigonometry problems as part of the SAT test. Students learn to draw and use graphs of trigonometric functions, which also helps to visualize problem in search for the answers. I achieved remarkable success in tutoring Trigonometry by building student’s solid understanding and knowledge of fundamental Trigonometry concepts, and growing student’s skills in applying this knowledge to solving problems.

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I Cannot Recommend Alexey Highly Enough!

I am impressed by what Alexey accomplished in our first lesson! Going into the session, I was feeling overwhelmed by the SAT timeline, but Alexey was so professional and friendly that the stress melted away. He didn't just teach the material and time-saving strategy , he transformed my test-taking mindset , gave me a clear, personalized roadmap for success, and boosted my confidence. If you want an exceptionally knowledgeable tutor who makes a difference instantly, Alexey is the best!

Rita, 1 lesson with Alexey
Tutor responded:

Rita, Thank you for your review and kind words! The most important is that your confidence is up. Let's work on knowledge and the test-taking time-management skills. Alexey

Outstanding expert tutor

Alexey is an expert in all subjects of math. He has taught my son basics, theory, different ways to understand things and solve problems, he is really amazing. My son is starting to understand math in a whole new way which will make him so much better off as he tackles new problems. Alexey also goes above and beyond to connect with my son - taking time out of his day to go play soccer with him or discussing the world cup with him. He is incredibly kind and a very effective tutor. I cannot recommend him more highly.

Joanna, 11 lessons with Alexey
Tutor responded:

Joanna, thank you very much for your review! Rome is a wonderful bright boy, active and willing to study. It is my pleasure to meet Rome and work with him. In addition to the lessons, our shared interests and hobbies have established a stronger bond between us.

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