Connect the Dots Learning, LLC

I’m extremely grateful we have someone as knowledgeable and professional as Mr. Noël Morales to assist our children with their educational goals. We had some real challenges over the years understanding their custom Individualized Educational Program and set our kids behind. We now have an allied, Mr. Noël Morales outside the school that guides us to our children’s best interest. He helps us go over and understand our children’s IEP’s and reminds constantly about the different tools available to us to improve and reach our children’s goals. My children feel they’re not alone when it comes to dealing with their homework and they have greater confidence. I have seen improvement in their grades overall and in their personal growth for example, there more independent and are taking greater responsibility. Mr. Noël Morales takes the time to discuss their goals on a weekly basis and encourage and motivates them to stay focus. They’re optimistic and enthusiastic in their future for example, my son will be graduating this year from Fullerton Union High School and will be attending Fullerton Community College in the Fall, and my daughter is on track to attend a 4 year university. The Esparza Family couldn’t be happier and excited for what’s coming in the future and we owe a great part of their success to Mr. Noël Morales and the Connect the Dots LLC staff of dedicated tutors.

First of all, !!Thank You! to Noël and Staff.
I was looking for a tutor for my son who is in the first grade because he was having problems with reading and spelling. I found Connect The Dots on Unilocal and made an appointment to talk with Noël. After meeting him, I decided to take my son in for an assessment test. Great decision that was because we figured out why he was having such a hard time with reading and spelling. At Connect The Dots they offer one on one services (a little, ok a lot for a mom of 3) and they offer homework help. As mentioned, I wish I could’ve afforded the one on one for my son but could not, so we tried out the homework help that they offer there which was more affordable on my part. I was afraid my son would be lost in a crowded class but to my pleasant surprise, they only take 6 students at a time. Well … To get to the point of all this, I’m VERY HAPPY that I decided to take my son to Connect The Dots. My son was a 50% child :(in school and after CTD my son is now a 80−85% child :) in school, in only about a month and half that he’s been going to CTD. I wish I could’ve found this place sooner. Noël and the Staff have really taken their time with my son and even without the 1on1 they really have helped him tremendously with his homework and with what we found were his «problem» areas in the assessment test. They are really dedicated to helping my son with what he needs and it’s kind of like they help 1on1 from what I’ve seen thus far. As for how my child feels about CTD, honestly I don’t think he understands just how much help he’s getting (he is only 7) but he really loves that he gets marbles and stickers as rewards. ;) My son hasn’t complained of going to CTD so in my book that just means that he enjoys going.
Thank you again!!!

Connect the dots is a wonderful place to get tutoring. With the Common Core change this year my son had a very hard time understanding the worksheets and homework. I even had a hard time understanding some of the worksheets. One month into school we had to get him tutoring instead of me trying to teach him. My husband had told me about Noël and his company after meeting him at the gym. He gave us pointers to help build my sons vocabulary. We thought we would meet with him and try tutoring thru his company. The first time we met as a family and we spent about 2 – 3 hours just talking about what we wanted and expected. He gave us the prices of everything. He did mention private tutoring is the most promising for academic growth and that is obvious but our budget allowed us to stick with homework help twice a week. We signed a contract and we paid monthly.
He had told us that each tutor would have up to 4 students each and he would hire more if he got more students as the year progressed. I was really impressed by this one. This is like having one on one help with my child and not paying for it. I have heard of other tutoring places and they put 10 – 15 students in a classroom and the homework come back incorrect and the parents have to sit there and redo homework? I don’t think I can deal with paying someone and then have incorrect homework. Not only that but if the kids get done with their homework as my son did he would receive extra worksheets to practice more.
True the tutors may or may not have a background in education but the tutors that we had were in med. school and they had knowledge far beyond elementary level and not only that Noël worked very closely to train them to work personally with each personality of each student. I used to stay for the first few months to see how much Noël and his tutors were dedicated. He had creative ways to get ideas across to the kids at their level. Once in a while Noël would join them in classroom to make it fun the for the kids to do homework or to encourage them. More than anything my son wanted to go back to them for homework help. He keeps on saying how much fun he would have and he looks forward to getting a collection of marbles, since he would finish his homework. When asking my son on how tutoring and homework help at connect the dots help him he would say, «they helped me a lot in summarizing for my book club»
Noël and his team are very keen into the students. They give us an update on how our child is doing at the end of the day and tells us how we can help our child at home. Noël has given us advice and sites to go to for extra help if needed to practice at home. This is free personal teachings from Noël himself that he could be charging us and I think he should!!! It might just happen in the future you never know.
I have to say he is flexible. We had to bring in our kids a half an hour early so the kids can attend soccer or baseball practice and he was kind enough to allow us for few weeks till we figured out our schedule.
I don’t know a better place to ask for tutoring for my child the people that work there are kind, they listen, they have the positive and never give up motto, they are knowledgable and they are willing to work with you. What else can I ask for when it comes to helping my child?
Thank you Connect the dots.

My son loves his tutor at Connect the Dots and looks forward to it every week! Highly recommend this learning center!

I Was really hoping it would have been a positive experience and help for my child. Read the the reviews even bought his book. Upon initial contact Mr. Noël appeared pleasant and dedicated to helping children improve. We met and discussed my child and I left feeling optimistic. Mr. Noël stated that my child needed to be tested in 3 areas– Reading, Writing, and Math each test costing $ 150 totaling $ 450 It seemed expensive however, if it was to benefit my child I would pay the amount.
After the test it was discovered my child needed one on one help in Writing and Math. Mr. Noël said at the minimum my child needed 2 hours in each subject per week at $ 90 an hour, so $ 360 per week. Again, the price seemed quite high but I really wanted to help my child improve and I remained optimistic and would pay at this time hoping for the best. Mr. Noël stated if you paid up front you would receive a 20% discount. I was never given any paperwork stating the plan and cost.
After my child’s first tuturing lesson my experience with Connect The Dots became negative. Mr. Noël who initially appeared so pleasant, helpful, and caring wanted a full payment of $ 1,800 for 5 weeks and handed us a contract to sign. Upon stating that I would be paying per session $ 180 Mr. Noël seemed annoyed and his disposition changed he became abrasive and stated, «I told you that you needed to pay up front in order to get the discount.» He gave us a contract (3 pages) to sign and give back. My husband stated he wanted to take it home and read it first, Mr. Noël was not happy about that either. He stated we needed to pay a fee $ 1,800 up front, plus a registration fee of $ 99, and return the signed contract.
I was taken back by his sudden attitude change, he appeared more interested in getting his money, having us sign a contract, which upon reading was all about making sure he had No liability, it stated that if your child was hurt at his center even by staff he would not be held liable, it further stated if you missed a session you could Not make it up, that’s $ 180 you would still have to pay if your child were to become ill. It stated, you must sign all your rights away for your child and that the Connect the Dots Center would not be held responsible for anything. It also stated that it could only guarantee improvement if you attended 150 hours for every year your child is behind. So at $ 90 per hour, you would have to pay $ 13,500 for him to guarantee a year improvement for your child!
Upon stating we would prefer to pay per hour and not all up front, he replied we would not have a guaranteed spot. He later stated he would NOT be the one tuturing it would be someone else. I asked him about the background of this person and he replied, «it was not relevant and none of my concern» when I stated, it was my concern if the person who was going to be doing the tutoring of my child was not him. Come to find out, this tutor was a college student, No college degree and Not even studying education. Then he stated, «if you want me to tutor it is $ 200 an hour! I don’t know how many people can afford $ 800 a week for 4 hours of tutoring. In his positive reviews it implies he will be the one helping your child. WRONG a person without a degree and not even majoring in Child Education will be tuturing you child for $ 90 an hour.
I did not like Mr. Noël’s attitude or sudden focus on his payment, I stated I was not feeling comfortable with this, paid $ 180 for the two hours my child was tutored and left.
I was very disappointed with Mr. Noël, I felt I had been deceived and manipulated. I had invested time, energy, emotion and expense in this person for naught. The end result was we did not return, I have to find a new tutor for my child, and we gave this man $ 630 for basically nothing.
Upon reading the positive reviews BEWARE and don’t get sucked in like I did, Mr. Noël will appear very pleasant in the beginning. This place is NOT cheap and his advertising is deceptive. If you do decide to try this place remember to ask a lot of questions, get everything in writing, don’t sign anything without reading it, and find out what you are truly signing up for.
The most unfortunate thing in this whole experience is that the initial one in need of help (my child) is the one who is the most negatively affected.

I wanted to highly recommend this place. A couple of my younger cousins have been attending Connect the Dots during this past school year and have improved their reading, writing, and math skills tremendously. Noël is is very understanding and cares about the progress and well being of all the students that he works with. The tutors he employs are very knowledgable and more than capable. All in all, if your student wants to excel this place can help tremendously!

I found connect the dots learning on Unilocal and I am so glad I did. The office is very nice and accommodating. Noël was my tutor and he provided lots of help, breaking down my questions with his experience. With only one session I have seen an improvement with my math skills and my confidence has gone up. I would highly recommend connect the dots learning!

Sorry Noël, I thought I had hit the 5 stars when I did the review. You and Connect the Dots Learning LLC deserve ALL 5 Stars…

My daughter, who has ADD and mild Asperger’s, has been working with Noël on math skills since January. He is incredibly patient and kind to her and keeps her focused on the task at hand. When she drifts from the topic or becomes frustrated, he steers her back to the lesson and solves the problem. Her math scores have improved since she began tutoring and she will attend the summer session to prepare for the start of the next school year. I highly recommend Noël and his teaching methods. He cares about his students’ success and his positive energy makes learning a joy!

My son has been receiving services here for about 3 months. I ham very happy with his progress thus far. I am grateful for the staff and also what this facility has to offer. I would recommend Connect the dots to any parent.