RSM Math Teachers / Lexington, MA

Sona comes from a teachers family, so it's no surprise that she found her passion in teaching as well. Sona began teaching simultaneously with earning her degree, and excelled enough to become a licensed teacher's trainer. She became involved with experiments to create methods that would enhance students' engagement with mathematics. After immigrating to the United States, she began to study and work at Boston College, supervising future teachers' practicums in public schools. Sona discovered RSM through her colleagues and soon began to teach at the school. When offered the opportunity to lead the soon-to-be-opened RSM Lexington, she "didn't hesitate a minute!" she says

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M.S in Electrical Engineering

Ms. Anna received a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Technical University, Bulgaria. At RSM she hopes to share her love for mathematics with students of a variety of grade levels. She believes that RSM with its unique curriculum and emphasis on critical thinking does contribute to the successful development of our students.

As a parent of a RSM student: “Russian School of Mathematics is My Peace of Mind.”

Anna.Vancheva@russianschool.com

Maria Chinchevaya

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Education:

M. Ed in Education

M.S. in International Busniess

Ms. Maria has over 4 years of experience in education, both in Russia and the United States. She started in RSM as an office administrator but her interest in teaching has led her to become a teacher as well. She plans to continue to develop her mathematics and teaching skills while managing her responsibilities as a RSM administrator.

Maria.Chinchevaya@rsmboston.com

For the last 10 years, Ms. Zotov has been involved in educational research. Topics of interest include best strategies / programming for teaching math to gifted students and preschool education. Ms. Zotov has five years of teaching experience at RSM. Her daughter has been an RSM student for six years.

natasha.zotov@russianschool.com

Ms. Annetta was initially attracted to RSM’s philosophy of early introduction to algebra as it coincides with her own studies of Russian developmental psychologist, L.Vygodsky. She has over ten years of experience in research related to elementary education as well as significant teaching experience. She has been a very creative part of RSM team since 2006. When not teaching, Ms. Annetta loves to entertain her many friends.

After six years of teaching Mathematics in Sofia, Bulgaria, Mrs. Rossie decided to continue her teaching career by joining the Russian School of Mathematics. She loves teaching all students of all levels and has taught many topics in Mathematics, ranging from simple addition to advanced Calculus. Mrs. Rossie establishes high expectations for her students and strives to link learning with fun. Mrs. Rossie Nedkova has been teaching at RSM for four years. She is also certified to teach Mathematics in MA public schools.

Mr. Burstein has 25 years of experience in different areas of Information Technology, from application development to distributed enterprise architectures. Mr. Burstein currently works at Boston University developing new educational models that combine classroom teaching with continuous online learning. He strongly believes that RSM focus on structured math education is critical to develop cognitive thinking skills leading to successful future careers.

Ms. Svetlana Todorova has significant teaching experience at both the school and university level. More than 15 years she was Chief Assistant Professor of Statistics Ð°t the Statistics Department at Varna University of Economics, Bulgaria. Ms. Svetlana Todorova joined RSM in September 2011. Her fields of interest are Mathematics and Statistics. In addition she is the author and co-author of over 20 publications, including monographs, books and textbooks, papers, presented at international conferences.

Ever since she can remember, Ms. Wing has always had an interest in numbers, and she feels certain that this is something she want to do in her future. She has so many interests, but all of them are related to numbers, are about math. Miss Wing has been tutoring younger students and college students since she was in high school, and she has found that by using number substitution and simple diagrams would help students better understanding Algebra and Calculus. She has developed her own style of teaching skills at a homeschool while she was in college, and later she learns that is exactly what RSM has been expressing.

B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics and Chemistry

Dr. Orchard has worked in academia, private industry, and government for the past 20 years, and is currently employed as a research analyst with a major research institution. His teaching experiences include adjunct assistant professorships at the college level, mentoring and directing the research of high school students in the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP), tutoring high school students, and helping his own three children, plus his niece and nephew, with their math courses in middle school and high school. He is especially interested in the use of mathematics and computer modeling and simulation to develop a better understanding of the fundamental processes of problems in science and engineering. Dr. Orchard, as a new member of the RSM faculty, looks forward to helping students more fully appreciate the beauty, art, and power of mathematics and how it can be used to better understand and affect the world around us.

Leah Boylan grew up in a family that fostered true love for the subject of mathematics and is pleased to be able to share this enthusiasm with others. She recently graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in mathematics, after spending a semester in an intensive math program in Budapest, Hungary. Ms. Leah has taught for Johns Hopkins' summer programs for years, and has worked in Philadelphia public high schools to bring students up to speed. She is looking to create a math classroom with an atmosphere of infectious enthusiasm. With her experience in middle and high school, Ms. Leah has learned that mathematics does not have to be a static, disjointed subject built for memorization, but rather a fluid, dynamic structure that is made to be used and is of utmost importance in every person’s life. It is this perspective that has brought her to RSM.

Arminé was born in Armenia. She comes from a family of educators. Her love towards children and her strong belief in good education lead her to get her Master's Degree in Education. She has 10 years of teaching experience. She first joined RSM as a parent. Her daughter was attending RSM Newton when she found out that RSM was opening a branch in Lexington. Both Arminé and her daughter joined RSM Lexington from the first day it was established.
"Teaching is my passion. As a teacher, you have to be a good role model and be patient. You have to be able to engage the whole everyone. I believe that if you love what you do, it will motivate and energize the students".

Ms. Tatiana has loved mathematics from the elementary school, and participated in numerous Math Olympiads throughout her school and college years. Ms. Tatiana taught mathematics and computer science several years in Ukraine and developed individual plan for each course, customized it depending on auditory. Ms. Tatiana always prepares the syllabus with logic and consistency for each class, utilizing the principle “from the simple to the complex” and at all times finds an individual approach to each student.

Mrs. Zelenkova has 17 years of experience as a math teacher in different educational settings. More than 14 years she has dedicated her work to middle and high school students in her country in Bulgaria. Since her relocation in 2007, she has been working as a math instructor at Middlesex Community College.
Mrs. Zellenkova firmly believes that math can be easy and even fun for everyone who is open and wants to see the beauty of the numbers, shapes and everything else around us.

Mr. Chase enjoys seeing others understand mathematical concepts. Mr Chase has been teaching and tutoring math since he was a first year student at the Learning Resource Center of UMass Amherst. He went on to get his Masters in mathematics at New York University. He is currently studying math at Northeastern University in hopes of one day getting his doctorate in math.

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