Scenes from a summer art room session. When it comes to creativity, what starts as a "mess" can end up being the most fun. 🎨
About us
Founded in 1969, Next Door is an award-winning, birth-to-five early learning school based in Milwaukee’s Central City. We focus on the first five years of life because that is when a child’s brain development is most active and when we can have the greatest impact on a child’s future success. Our ultimate goal is to get our students ready for school and ready for life! We offer families full and half-day center-based programming as well as a home-based option. All of our programs provide access to health and dental care, as well as special education and mental health services. Knowing that parents are a child’s first teacher, Next Door offers a number of supportive services for moms and dads. They include: prenatal services, adult education and a fatherhood program. We also have a team of Family Advocates, who work closely with parents to make sure the family has what they need to succeed. Our reach goes even further into the community by leading a partnership program with ten early childhood organizations in Milwaukee County. Next Door staff offers teacher coaching and training on curriculum assessment at each of the partner locations. By working together, we can increase access to safe and high-quality infant and toddler care. Between our own sites and the partner agencies, Next Door currently serves more than 2,000 children and their families. Next Door offers a host of giving and volunteer opportunities throughout the year to support our children and families. To learn more about us, visit our website at www.nextdoormke.org or call us at (414) 562-2929.
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http://www.nextdoormke.org
External link for Next Door Milwaukee
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1969
- Specialties
- Prenatal Services, Mental Health Services, Birth-to-Five Early Childhood Education, Family Advocacy, Home Visiting, Adult Education, Special Education, and Fatherhood
Locations
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2545 N. 29th Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53210, US
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5310 West Capitol Drive
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53216, US
Employees at Next Door Milwaukee
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Dan Sisel
Chief Investment Officer, Partner - Private Equity Real Estate | Asset Management | Investment Analysis | Redevelopment | Finance | Family Office
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Chad Piechocki
Development Director at Next Door Milwaukee
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Lucretia Dillon
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR at Next Door Milwaukee
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Cristina Crogan (she/her)
Vice President of Development and Communication, Next Door | Early Childhood Education | Birth to Five Programming | Family Engagement | Non-Profit |…
Updates
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NEXT DOOR PICTURE OF THE WEEK Friendship. At Next Door, our mission is to provide children with the tools and resources for a quality head start in life. Language, literacy, math, science, art and social-emotional learning are the foundations. Companionship is another vital component to a well-rounded start in life. Captured moments like this help to remind us of the importance.
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Diamond has been a Read With Me volunteer for the past two years. She's been an avid reader since she was a child, remembering how often she found herself nose deep in a good book. Now, as an adult, she hopes to pass on that love to the next generation. Today, Diamond's daughter Harlem joined her as a Read With Me volunteer for the first time, hoping to do the same. Group volunteering with your family is a special way to give back to our community while spending time with those you love. Volunteers like Diamond and Harlem help us continue to build a love of reading, as well as our student's foundational language and literacy skills. If you too want to continue to pass on the love of reading, with your family or on your own, e-mail Missy at volunteer@nextdoormke.org to get involved.
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Greendale Community Theatre's mission to redefine community theatre involves partnering with local charities for each production, and we're thrilled to be this year's summer charity partner! At their upcoming productions of Beauty and the Beast, patrons will have the opportunity to donate to Next Door in a variety of ways. All donations will be benefit our Books for Kids program, which provides free books to our students and children across Milwaukee. The production of Beauty and the Beast runs July 25th -27th and August 1st-3rd. 🌹 For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit https://lnkd.in/gQNkKrWu
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DON'T FORGET: Our teacher job fair is happening TOMORROW! Join us at our Capitol Drive campus from 9am-12pm for on the spot interviews for the upcoming school year. View and apply to our open teaching positions here: https://lnkd.in/ettjSJY
Calling all educators! Join us at Next Door's Teacher Job Fair on July 13th and take the next step in your teaching career! 📚 Next Door provides programs and services to children ages 6 weeks to K3, offering educators the opportunity to make an early difference in the lives of our students and their families. ✨ Become part of the most important work in Milwaukee! For more details and open teaching roles, please click here: https://lnkd.in/ettjSJY
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NEXT DOOR PICTURE OF THE WEEK "En plein air" early childhood style. Our Art Education program introduces concepts like "en plein air" art - a French expression meaning "in the open air," and refers to the act of painting outdoors with your subject in full view. Concepts like these - along with introductions to international artists, different creative techniques, and diverse subject matters - are all a part of the quality learning experiences at Next Door.
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NEXT DOOR PICTURE OF THE WEEK Curiosity. Reading to children is one way to foster curiosity about the world. Children – and their teacher – are excited to find out “what happens next” during a volunteer Read-In at La Causa, one of Next Door’s Child Care Partnership Sites. The Read-In was a part of our Read for Children program where volunteers, staff and family members read more than 94,735 minutes to children. #earlychildhoodeducation
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Calling all educators! Join us at Next Door's Teacher Job Fair on July 13th and take the next step in your teaching career! 📚 Next Door provides programs and services to children ages 6 weeks to K3, offering educators the opportunity to make an early difference in the lives of our students and their families. ✨ Become part of the most important work in Milwaukee! For more details and open teaching roles, please click here: https://lnkd.in/ettjSJY
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