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Mark Vallaro

Genie Academy Teacher · Woodbridge, NJ

4.8 from 137 parent reviews

“Education is central to every walk of life.”

About Mark

I teach abacus math, common core math, reading, and writing classes. I'm always so happy to help students in their educational path. It's a pleasure to watch your children grow every class with each lesson they learn. Education has helped me, as it has so many others, so I am eager to give back and give others the help they need.

Meet Mark

What parents say about Mark

He is very patience with kids

— Dharmaja Dhappepalli

Teaches well

— Gopi Amin

Mark Vallaro’s performance as a my child teacher is amazing he works on them I see a difference in just 2 weeks. He understand every kid learning way is different and he teach them accordingly. I am fully satisfied with my kids teacher Coach Mark.

— Sana Abubakar

Coach Mark is a very amazing teacher. He help my kids to improve themselves by learning.

— Sana Abubakar

Mark is excellent ,very structural. Always keep attention to needed improvement’s in his students and help them excel .My kid loved learning math with him.

— Snehal Jagtap

Excellent

— Ade Otubanjo

My son love to learn from Mr. Mark. When he explains it’s easy to understand.

— Ulka Shah

I am very impressed with his performance, he is able to command children’s attention

— Tamara Khaimchayev

Help my child alot since he been taking classes with Mr Mark

— Ramesh Kiston

My daughter is happy to attend Mark’s class each week. She has learned so much from him.

— Marwa Elshishiny

Mark is a committed consummate professional that wants to see your child succeed and keeps the educational passion strongly burning bright!!

— Pankaj Sharma

He communicates clearly and consistently with both students and parents, creating an organized and supportive classroom environment.

— Mamatha Kankanala

Mark has been a great teacher understanding the specific needs of our kid

— Hareesh Singireddy

Mark appears to be well versed in his area of expertise and provided great feedback on my daughter's progress

— Venus Sanchez

Mr Mark is very knowledgeable and patient. He’s always willing to adapt to the students learning pace. I have seen noticeable improvement in my son’s math skills and grades

— Shikha Sharma

He is providing valuable comments on every classes which so helpful in developing. Sturdy approach and so friendly.

— Suganthi Ayyakkannu

He is very focused and know Rishi very well in just few sessions.

— Neha Patel

My son has been with coach Mark for quite some time now. He has been doing well in school.

— Zhanyi Lin

Teacher is doing a great job.

— Yamuna Priya Ramesh Kumar

Works on kids weakness and strengthen them. Track the kids progress and continue to improve.

— Rachana Soni

Amazing,hardworking and co-operative teacher.

— Warda Zaidi

He is great teacher with so much extra help when my kids need it

— Jalpa Patel

He is great and helpful teacher for my kids. Always give ideas to work with kids at home along with what he teach in the class.

— Jalpa Patel

He is very caring and hard working teacher with amazing teaching skill

— Aparajita Chatterjee

I saw great improvement in my child’s academic and interest in learning.

— Gopi Amin

Very motivating teacher!

— Pankaj Sharma

Mark has been very specific about my child's areas of improvement and suggested the possible options to focus on

— Karthik Rathinaswami Swaminathan

Mark is very friendly and provide valid feedback of the students on daily basis. My son is very happy to go to Mark class.

— Suresh Kumar Ilango

Teacher's support improved my son's reading and writing

— Ramesh Kumar Singaram

Teacher did a great job .My daughter showed improvement in reading and writing

— Ramesh Kumar Singaram

Teacher is doing a great job.

— Yamuna Priya Ramesh Kumar

Mark has been an excellent teacher for my daughter. He has started setting the right foundations for her reading journey by starting with basics like phonics, vowels, blended letter which will help her in future. Also, we get regular feedbacks from Mr Mark on her progress. Very happy so far

— Ketan Dandekar

He is a great teacher

— Ulka Shah

Mark is very knowledgeable

— Sankara Rao Kalagadandu

He appears to be engaging for my child. My child he needs to remember the concepts taught through repetition.

— Anavia Coelho

Overall happy with Mark’s performance. Gave suggestions to Mark to thoroughly check my son’s work and push him to next level

— Swapnil Pansare

He is very friendly and brings best in the student.

— Chandrareddy Pulluru

He is such good teacher to my kids. He always help them in situations when they have trouble or need extra help.

— Jalpa Patel

Mark is great. He’s very straight to the point and quickly focuses my attention on problem areas. I like that he’s very calm and doesn’t rush me. I always feel like I’m in the loop about what he wants to achieve and feel like my kid is learning.

— Boris Khutorskoy

Ever since yash has been in his class his math grades has gone up and willing to complete his g.

— Gopi Amin

Mark is highly skilled person as abacus maths teacher and he provides feedback about my child very politely and sincerely.Aslo he is helping my child to support wherever she need the help.

— Manikandan Perumal

My son have been with Coach Mark for more than a year. He has been handling my son very well.

— Zhanyi Lin

My kid loves Mr Mark. He is amazing! he focus on the child's needs. I could improvement in my child's reading/writing.

— Bharani Thiru

Mr Mark is doing great.I appreciate his teaching and can able to see the progress in my daughter’s Reading proficiency.

— Vijaya Jawahar

Mark is an excellent and patient teacher, gives good and comprehensive feedback after every session

— Ganesh Veeraraghavan

Mark Vallaro is very knowledgeable and helpful

— Sankara Rao Kalagadandu

One of the well qualified teacher.

— Ikram Soomro

Best teacher.

— Ikram Soomro

Outstanding, he is best teacher of all at the academy.

— Ikram Soomro

Result oriented, comes at the level of our child and then teaches her, very efficient. Impressive communication and teaching with excellent results.

— Muhammad Yusuf

He is very patient to answer any questions and he gives proper feedback after every class

— Naveen Naveenprabu

Mr.Mark is a very dedicated teacher. He takes time to give differentiated lessons to meet my child’s needs.

— Reshma Basheer

He is kind, gentle and friendly with my daughter

— Bharani Thiru

Mark is patient and is willing to review topics at my child's rate of learning.

— Marie-paule Maniscalco

Mark is doing a great job. He is willing to help where needed.

— Nita Patel

Mr. Mark is an excellent teacher and he helped Aarna develop her skills and confidence that she will carry forward into the next school year

— Neha Patel

Brings book from library to understand students need to focus on specific topics. Offer to help students on school homework and provide feedback.

— Keyur Soni

Coach Mark meets with parents after class to provide updates and concerns. Understand what students need and adapt teaching style. He teaches holistically to understand students need and behavior.

— Keyur Soni

Mark is the ultimate tutor: patient, caring and focused

— Heena Sharma

He is patient, gentle, and kind. I believe he has built confidence in my son and is a source of encouragement. There are multiple concepts my son now understands. I think Mark needs to break down concepts step by step for my son to gain a greater understanding. Thanks

— Claudia Joseph

Good teacher and takes detailed interest in teaching

— Yagnesh Patel

Mark is a good teacher and knowledgeable.he is very approach to parents really appreciated

— Deepthi Mani

Mark is a great with kids and working diligently to improve kids skills

— Sunil Singh

Mr Mark has a clear understanding of needs of his students and he’s able to implement distinctive teaching approaches to engage & support his students.

— Shikha Sharma

Gives good feedback and takes the time to explain clearly.

— Eric Teboul

Great results

— Pokiza sobirova

He is helping my son improve and learn math with ease.

— Mahi Pitchaiah

Mark Vallaro is an excellent teacher. Always provides us with feedback regarding our child’s progress. He is encouraging and he welcomes ideas on how to improve our child’s math skills.

— Mariela Pabon

Krish has had nothing but positive comments and enjoys his class very much.

— Heena Sharma

Good

— Dhrakshayani Palineni

Good

— Dhrakshayani Palineni

I have seen so much growth in my daughter

— Nancy Rios

He is top-notch, and he provides detailed feedback on each class.

— Prasanna M Lakshmipathy

He is top-notch, and he provides detailed feedback on each class.

— Prasanna M Lakshmipathy

Work on child weaknesses and educate them

— Keyur Soni

My daughter's math grades are dramatically improving

— John Iozza

Coach Mark is patient with the kids

— Zhanyi Lin

Mark is good teacher providing explanations for my son’s performance and also discussed what’s needed

— Yagnesh Patel

Mark is extremely helpful and my son understands the method of teaching.

— Javed Attar

He is very patient and helps her to understand the work

— franklin Tidwell

He has been very friendly and worked with Samanvay on a one on one basis

— Saraswathi Sundaram

His teaching is good.

— Vahini Gutha

Very clear and concise. Could use a little more energy and creativeness when teaching though. Although he is great.

— John Iozza

Mark influences child attention by motivation, bringing outside articles and templates to build language difficulties, and showing interest in your child's activities and achievements.

— Rachana Soni

Mark Vallaro is an excellent teacher and is highly recommended.

— Keziah Maina

Mark exudes passion and raises the bar for encouraging a child to learn and keeping them interested. I am extremely pleased with his high level performance.

— Pankaj Sharma

Mark is very attentive to child needs and also take care of small things and high a kid can improve. I like his detailed analysis of kids work

— Harsh Upadhyaya

Mark Vallaro is vey knowledgeable and my son is improved a lot under his coaching. Very impressed

— Sankara Rao Kalagadandu

Mark focus on child's weaknesses and improve academic skills like writing, vocabulary and reading skills to meet parent's expectations.

— Keyur Soni

Mark is the epitome of a teacher who loves to teach and really caring for his students.

— Pankaj Sharma

The teacher is awesome. Updates parents of the student’ progress.

— Caroline Omwoyo

He is good..I need more explanation from him.

— Gunjan Dixit

Hard worker Teacher .

— Joyce Gorski

Mark is an understanding and patient teacher.

— Steven Lew

My son responds to Mark's instructions and he's steadily making improvements.

— Robin Chan

Work on kid weaknesses to improve

— Keyur Soni

Excellent

— Heena Sharma

Mark is a sincere and knowledgeable teacher. Meets the requirements of a student.

— Shweta Saxena

Very Patient and Keep Students at Ease

— Rajeev Saxena

Mr. Mark does a good job and my son enjoys his classes and is making good progress.

— Preetha Jayadas

We have been with Genie Academy for about 3 years. The teachers are wonderful. My child enjoys attending her abacus lesson each week with Mr. Mark. She has learned so much.

— Marwa Elshishiny

Thank You Genie Academy.. Coach Mark has been exceptional in teaching English to my child. His engaging teaching style, structured lessons, and positive attitude have made learning enjoyable and effective. My child looks forward to every class, and we’ve seen noticeable improvement. Thank you, Coach Mark! All the best

— Balamurugan Ambikapathi

Very engaging for kids. My kid attended both Abacus & core math. Mr Mark is kind, helpful and makes math fun for the kids, and a very good teacher, he pays attention to where my kid needs improvement and follows through providing regular feedback.

— Snehal Jagtap

My daughter has been going to Genie Academy in Piscataway for more than a year and her focus, reading and math skills have improved. Mark is a very good tutor and my daughter feels very comfortable even though he is the first male teacher she had. I am happy to send my daughter to Genie Academy to learn and improve her skills.

— Varun Kumar Pottlapally

Mr Mark is amazing and highly professional. My daughter is in his class since May 2023, we could see lots of improvement in both English and Math. He provides very constructive feedback for students development.

— Bharani Thiru

Mr. Mark tutors my daughter and she has great things to say about his learning methods. He is patient, adopts customized learning methods for each student, and motivates her to aim higher.

— Ganesh Veeraraghavan

Mr. Mark is a great math teacher. He is very professional and kid friendly. I have seen a huge improvement in my son’s math grades and his willingness to do math. I highly recommend Mr. Mark for Math.

— Gopi Amin

Mr. Mark is very dedicated and put lot of effort in teaching every phonic rules. He is very patient and provide proper feedback after every class.Genie Academy has good study materials. Highly recommended for anyone who want their kids to start reading.

— Naveen Naveenprabu

Miss Anusha is a wonderful coding teacher. She explains things in a very clear and easy way, so kids can understand and enjoy learning. She is kind, patient, and always ready to help when someone doesn’t understand something.

— Reshma Basheer

I like the way coaches pay attention on the students in Math Genie. Very impressed with Mr. Kamran and Mr. Mark Vallaro.

— Dheeraj Sinha

I wanted to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude for having Mr. Kamran and Mr. Mark as Abdullah's teachers. Both of them have shown exceptional dedication and sincerity in helping Abdullah, especially when the school district struggled to provide him with the differentiated instruction he needed. I truly believe that Math Genie's staff deserves all the credit for the significant improvement in Abdullah's academic levels. Their unwavering support and effective teaching methods have played a crucial role in his progress. Also, I wanted to extend my heartfelt appreciation to the amazing admin team at Math Genie, specifically Ms. Fatima, Ms. Mirabell, and Ms. Angela. Their exceptional service has not gone unnoticed. Thank you once again for the outstanding work that the entire Math Genie team does.

— Reshma Basheer

MathGenie makes Kumon look like a joke in terms of teaching the subject, following up on the course and the attention given to the student. Keep up the great work and showing the youth that learning can be fun and engaging!!!

— Pankaj Sharma

My son has always struggled with Math. Every time we sat down to do math homework he would instantly get anxiety. Since working with Mark at Math Genie my son has made huge progress in these past 4 months and has gained a lot of confidence with building his core understandings in Math every week. I can tell Mark is determined to help kids understand and master these skills! I would highly recommend this facility to anyone looking to get their child the extra help they need!

— Shawna Billups

My son is doing English reading and writing at Genie academy from last 2 years and it’s been pleasant experience for him. He has developed lot of skills in grammar, comprehensions, essays etc. Mark has been really a good teacher for him and helped him on his skills. Overall staff is very accommodative and makes you and kid feel good. They also make sure that parents know how are things going on with your kid by giving feedback after every class. Reaching out to teachers is like a breeze. Communication between teachers, kids and parents is the key here and they master it well over here.

— Harsh Upadhyaya

Mr. Mark Vallaro is an excellent teacher! He works on weakness on your kid and improve academic grade level. He encourages students for developing of new ideas in learning style and help students to acquire new analytical tools such as critical thinking, communications and research.

— Keyur Soni

The program and classes make Kumon a distant memory … this place actually works with students and in step with what is going well or what needs work. Kumon was utter garbage and a cash grab. The one negative is the building where this program is held… they should push the landlord to update the lighting, doors and institute a little upkeep… new clients may get turned off.

— Pankaj Sharma

This review is for the East Brunswick location. An awesome tutor center for kids whether they need support for specific areas or overall on-going reinforcement. Mr. Takuma at East Brunswick is one of the best!

— Robin Chan

Excellent Teachers!!!! Excellent classroom setting!!! Highly recommend Math Genie!!

— Heena Sharma

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