Andrew Kletzien

Andrew Kletzien started tutoring in high school, at his family's kitchen table, helping friends through their calculus homework. Every time a friend asked the same question a different way, he had to find a new explanation, and his own understanding grew with it. It was his first lesson in what teaching can do.

That habit of finding another way into an idea still shapes his teaching. Andrew’s approach is Socratic: he asks questions that help students explain their thinking and find their way through a problem. In math, he helps students see what a tool is for, how it connects to other ideas and when to use it. He wants that understanding to carry into problems they have not seen before.

He also wants students to feel more capable when they work on their own. In tutoring and executive function coaching, he helps them think through how to study, practice and decide what to try next. The aim is for students to carry those habits into the work they do between sessions.

Andrew has tutored since 2010 in both one-on-one and group settings, and has prepared students for admissions tests since 2016. His work centers on math for school and admissions tests, executive function and study skills. He has worked with some families from kindergarten through high school.

Andrew studied philosophy and political science at Loyola University Chicago, earned a master’s in the social sciences at the University of Chicago, and taught his own course during doctoral study at the University of Illinois Chicago. Before founding Socravia, he spent seven years combining tutoring with operations leadership at an established test prep firm. He continues to tutor alongside his work as founder.

Away from work, Andrew is a home cook who can't pass up an unfamiliar ingredient and a regular at experimental restaurants. Chester, his beagle-chihuahua mix, has been with him since college.