Tutoring Services Across Canada
Families find certified teachers they can trust, and teachers get a professional home to grow their practice, online, in person or at a public library across Canada.
Our values
Founded by a teacher and a parent, we understand the connection between the teacher and the student. A tutor's working conditions directly shape a student's learning. For children to succeed, teachers need to succeed.
We believe all children should have access to quality education. We help families easily find qualified educators to support their child's learning.
We support educators by giving them control over their working conditions and income, and we foster a community of learning for families, students and teachers.
Despite the abundance of tutoring apps available, the field of tutoring remains unregulated, granting individuals the opportunity to become tutors without specific requirements. At Connect Education Inc, our main focus is to ensure the safety of children while simultaneously providing parents with access to a pool of qualified professionals within the regulated domain of education.
A good lesson needs two things: a family that can trust the teacher, and a teacher who is treated as a professional. We built Connect Education around both.
For families
For teachers
Why we started Connect Education
Every teacher who joins our network, every parent we meet and every relationship we build helps us reach more families across Canada.
Marilyn Solano, CEO and Founder, Connect Education
Anyone can call themselves a tutor. We only accept certified teachers, checked before they ever meet a student.
When teachers keep control of their own work, they give each student their full attention.
Head office in Toronto, families and teachers across Canada, online, at home or at a public library.
Social responsibility
From reading conferences and mentorship days to local markets and family fundraisers, our team shows up for students and families across Canada, inside and outside the classroom.
See our social responsibilityFOUNDER & CEO
Single mom of two, former healthcare IT executive who installed life-saving software in 23 countries with 24 years of leadership and mentoring, leads Connect Education as a Founder and CEO. Community Advocate that wants to help parents and teachers come together for one common goal.
CO-FOUNDER
Marilou is a teaching specialist with qualifications in Primary and Junior Mathematics and additional qualifications in French as a Second Language and Special Education. She has a bachelor's degree in French and Latin American studies and a passion for early years education and language acquisition.
See how Connect Education works for families, teachers and partners.
Questions about matching, scheduling or pricing? Reach us whichever way suits you, and our team will take it from there.
Who we are, who our teachers are and how to get started.
Certified teachersAcross CanadaConnect Education was founded by a teacher and a parent: Marilyn Solano, Founder and CEO, and Marilou Lopes, Co-founder. They saw how hard it was for families to find qualified, trustworthy tutors, and how little control teachers had over their own tutoring work.
Every tutor on Connect Education is a licensed teacher in good standing, and every one is background-checked. That includes specialists for IEPs, ADHD, ASD and dyslexia, and teachers for ESL and French.
Tutoring is unregulated, so anyone can call themselves a tutor. We only accept certified teachers, so your child works with someone trained to teach, who knows the curriculum and has been checked before they ever meet a student.
Our head office is in Toronto, and we work with families and teachers across Canada. Lessons run online anywhere in the country, in person, or at a local public library.
Teachers set their own rates and their own schedule, and choose the students they work with. We bring them families who are already looking for help, and handle the matching, scheduling and payments so they can focus on teaching.
Parents can book a free consultation or go to Find a Tutor to tell us what their child needs. Certified teachers can apply through Become a Tutor.
