For over 15 years, New Opportunities Learning Centre has been providing clients with high quality training and education. We take pride in our ability to deliver personalized and superior service.
Our Mission
To educate, empower and provide the tools and confidence to help clients achieve their goals.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
New Opportunities Learning Centre is a unique learning centre and academic upgrading centre, owned and operated by experienced educators. It is a priority for us to work hands-on. Our small size by choice, leaves us agile and quick to respond to our clients’ needs as well as ensures quality control in the delivery of our programs. Within traditional curriculum, we focus on individual needs and abilities, to improve the possibility of success for a wide range of students and learning needs. Our non-vocation programs are geared towards adults in transition. Our ability to provide one on one support gives them the necessary skills for the next phase of their goals.
What makes our centre stand out is our ability to work with students who are perceived or perceive themselves as having too many barriers to succeed or fit in a traditional academic environment. Our team's backgrounds in education, psychology, behavioural sciences and life coaching has allowed us to deal with their specific barriers and allow us to bring them closer to their goals. For students who have been out of the educational system for years, we provide a supportive environment that understands their barriers and makes allowances to help them succeed.
Who We Are
Board of Directors
We bring our centre a very wide range of educational, training and professional experience in adult education.
Mary Salerno – B.A., TESL ONT.
Director/Founder
Mary has over 20 years’ experience in teaching, business administration, management and customer service. She holds a degree in Psychology a TESL Ontario Teaching Certification and a specialization working with adults with learning disabilities and other intellectual disabilities. Her experiences include teaching English as a Second Language, creating and teaching essential skills for customer service programs, implementing and teaching return to work programs as well as vocation specific programs. She has been instrumental in helping foreign-trained professionals settle into a Canadian work environment. Prior to her tenure at NOLC, Mary taught in the Office Skills/Cooperative Education program for one of Ontario’s largest school boards. In addition to her teaching experience, Mary is also a trained Multilingual Assessor.
Antoinette Krakovsky
Registered Occupational Therapist
Antoinette is a graduate of The University of Toronto, Canada. She has been practicing for over 26 years, of which 18 years have been in the area of Plastics and Upper Extremity Orthopaedics. Antoinette has extensive experience with fabricating custom hand orthotics. Her experience has lectured at several professional conferences, community functions and has status appointment instructor at the University of Toronto. She joined our non dominant hand program approximately 4 years ago and is involved on assessments and training plans.
Our Mission
To educate, empower and provide the tools and confidence to help clients achieve their goals.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
New Opportunities Learning Centre is a unique learning centre and academic upgrading centre, owned and operated by experienced educators. It is a priority for us to work hands-on. Our small size by choice, leaves us agile and quick to respond to our clients’ needs as well as ensures quality control in the delivery of our programs. Within traditional curriculum, we focus on individual needs and abilities, to improve the possibility of success for a wide range of students and learning needs. Our non-vocation programs are geared towards adults in transition. Our ability to provide one on one support gives them the necessary skills for the next phase of their goals.
What makes our centre stand out is our ability to work with students who are perceived or perceive themselves as having too many barriers to succeed or fit in a traditional academic environment. Our team's backgrounds in education, psychology, behavioural sciences and life coaching has allowed us to deal with their specific barriers and allow us to bring them closer to their goals. For students who have been out of the educational system for years, we provide a supportive environment that understands their barriers and makes allowances to help them succeed.
Who We Are
Board of Directors
We bring our centre a very wide range of educational, training and professional experience in adult education.
Mary Salerno – B.A., TESL ONT.
Director/Founder
Mary has over 20 years’ experience in teaching, business administration, management and customer service. She holds a degree in Psychology a TESL Ontario Teaching Certification and a specialization working with adults with learning disabilities and other intellectual disabilities. Her experiences include teaching English as a Second Language, creating and teaching essential skills for customer service programs, implementing and teaching return to work programs as well as vocation specific programs. She has been instrumental in helping foreign-trained professionals settle into a Canadian work environment. Prior to her tenure at NOLC, Mary taught in the Office Skills/Cooperative Education program for one of Ontario’s largest school boards. In addition to her teaching experience, Mary is also a trained Multilingual Assessor.
Antoinette Krakovsky
Registered Occupational Therapist
Antoinette is a graduate of The University of Toronto, Canada. She has been practicing for over 26 years, of which 18 years have been in the area of Plastics and Upper Extremity Orthopaedics. Antoinette has extensive experience with fabricating custom hand orthotics. Her experience has lectured at several professional conferences, community functions and has status appointment instructor at the University of Toronto. She joined our non dominant hand program approximately 4 years ago and is involved on assessments and training plans.
