In February 1982, On Location Education was born. It started as a suggestion from a friend of Alan Simon's to create a full-fledged tutoring service to meet the requirements for on-set teachers. This was in response to the new Screen Actors Guild regulations, adapted in 1980.. One month later the company identified  a tutor for its first student, Michael Perlman, on a television show called "Nurse." In June 1982, OLE identified a Latin tutor for Lisa Peters who was appearing on Broadway in "A Doll’s Life." In September, a call for teachers for five boys on the set of Once Upon A Time in America introduced OLE to films. The company’s next Broadway client, Almost an Eagle, rehearsed during the month of December 1982.

Over the next ten years, OLE continued to grow and provide services to a diverse set of clientele in a wide variety of locations. The company arranged tutors for  Miss Piggy’s human stand-in on The Muppets Take Manhattan, as well as break dance whiz Robert Taylor on Beat Street.  The company made arrangements for a tutor to accompany "the Cosby kids" to Helsinki, Finland.  As a wide range of productions, including "Kate and Allie," various Nickelodeon shows, Les Miserables, Born on the Fourth of July, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and The New Mickey Mouse Club added to OLE's list of clients and service locations, and its pool of qualified top-notch instructors grew as well.

The young professional’s education was always top priority. It was not enough to simply find the best teachers; On Location Education wanted to help families understand what a quality education for their children really meant, and to become a source of information and assistance for parents and production companies. To this end, Alan Simon became editor-in-chief of Call Back: the News Magazine for Young Performers. He founded the School for Young Performers in New York City, opened an office in Florida to meet the demands of Nickelodeon’s operations in Orlando, published a book, and created a series of informative seminars for young performers and their parents. He became co-chairperson of the Screen Actors Guild’s Young Performer's Committee (New York Branch), the Vice Chair of the Young Performer's Committee of the Actors' Equity Association, and an active member of The Broadway League (formerly The League of American Theatres and Producers).

On Location Education has evolved with each young performer it has served. The company provides a complete range of educational services to children in all segments of the entertainment and athletics industries, as well as private tutors for children of families whose professional commitments include extensive travel. More than a quarter of a century after tutoring its first young actor, On Location Education continues the tradition of excellence in education that has made it an industry leader.

On Location Education supports the non-profit Crayons to Computers (C2C), an online store where teachers are able to obtain, free of cost, classroom supplies they need to most effectively educate their students.