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Jumpstart in the Northeast

Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Currently, Jumpstart partners more than 800 college student and community volunteers to work with 1,800 Massachusetts and Rhode Island preschool children living in low-income neighborhoods in Greater Boston, Southeast Massachusetts, and the Merrimack Valley. Together, for the entire school year, they work on the language and literacy skills these children need to succeed not only in school, but also in life. To learn more about how you can get involved with Jumpstart in the Northeast, contact Susan Werley Slater, Executive Director, at 857.413.4625.


Basic Info

Number of Children Served: 1,800
Number of University Partners: 16
Number of Corps members: 800
 
Serving 70 preschools in Greater Boston, the Merrimack Valley, southeastern Massachusetts, and Rhode Island

Local Advisory Board

Ian Blasco, Principal, Riverside Partners LLC
Ann Daley, Vice President, Mail Services/Government & Regulatory Affairs, Pitney Bowes, Inc.
Dean Elson, Senior Director, Research & Evaluation, Reading Partners
Susan Leger-Ferraro, Founder and President, Little Sprouts, Inc.; The Leadership Foundation; Imajine That; Peace Love and Happiness, LLC
Mark Polebaum, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, MFS Investment Management
Rebecca Schechter, Senior Vice President, Institutional Investor Services, Division Manager, State Street
Cristina Suarez, Financial Advisor, Impactiva
Jose Suarez, Founder and CEO, Impactiva
Jennifer Waldron, Consultant
David B. Zug, Vice President, HarbourVest Partners
 

Sponsors and Supporters

 

Abbot and Dorothy H. Stevens Foundation
Amelia Peabody Foundation
Arthur F. Blanchard Trust
The Charlotte Foundation
Dorot Foundation
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation
The First Marblehead Corporation
Highland Street Foundation
Jessie B. Cox Charitable Lead Trust
Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein Charitable Foundation
Linde Family Foundation
Ludcke Foundation
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
New Balance Foundation
The Philanthropic Initiative
Reebok Foundation
The Rogers Family Foundation
The Starbucks Foundation
State Street Foundation, Inc.
Tufts Health Plan Foundation
Union Square Fund
Winston Flowers

Events

In the News

University/College Partners

Boston College
Boston University
Bridgewater State University
Bunker Hill Community College
Emerson College
Emmanuel College
Merrimack College
Middlesex Community College
Northeastern University
Northern Essex Community College
Roxbury Community College
Simmons College
Suffolk University
Tufts University
University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Massachusetts Lowell
University of Rhode Island
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wheelock College


 

Early Education Partners

12th Baptist Church, Roxbury
A Place To Grow, Wakefield, RI
ABCD Head Start at Roxbury St., Roxbury
Acre Family Child Care, Lowell
Associated Early Care and Education, Inc. at The Family Child Care Project, Dorchester
Associated Early Care and Education, Jamaica Plain
Associated Early Care and Education at Castle Square, Boston
Associated Early Care and Education at Ruggles/Gilday, Roxbury
Baldwin ELC, Brighton
Beautiful Beginnings, Providence, RI
Borcton Day Nursery, Brockton
CAAS Head Start, Somerville
CEOC, Somerville
Children's Corner, Lowell
Children's Services of Roxbury, Roxbury
Children's Village, Lowell
Community Day Care, Lawrence
Crispus Attucks Children's Center, Dorchester
Dever McCormack Elementary, Dorchester
Dimock Head Start, Roxbury
Dorchester Head Start, Dorchester
Dorchester Place, Dorchester
Early Learning Center- West, Jamaica Plain
East Boston Head Start, East Boston
East Side/Mount Hope YMCA, Providence, RI
Elizabeth Peabody Preschool, Somerville
Ellen Jackson Children's Center, Boston
Ellis Memorial, Boston
Ellison Parks EEC, Mattapan
Escuelita Boriken, Boston
Franklin Square House Children's Center, Boston
Friends of the Hernandez School, Roxbury
Gertrude Townsend Head Start, Dorchester
Hattie B. Cooper Community Center, Roxbury
Haynes Early Learning Center, Dorchester
Imagine Preschool at CCRI, Warwick, RI
Jamaica Plain Head Start, Jamaica Plain
John P. Holland Elementary, Dorchester
Joyful Learning Child Academy, Wakefield, RI
Laboure Center, South Boston
Lawrence YMCA, Lawrence
Little House, Dorchester
Little Sprouts, Lawrence
Little Sprouts, Lowell
Little Sprouts, Roxbury
Little Sprouts, South End
Lowell Day Nursery, Lowell
Mattapan Head Start, Mattapan
Nazareth Child Care Center, Jamaica Plain
NICE Preschool, Roxbury
Parker Hill Fenway Head Start, Roxbury
Project Hope, Dorchester
Project Hope Family Child Care, Dorchester
Roger Clap Innovation School, Dorchester
SCCA Head Start, Wakefield, RI
SCCA Head Start, Westerly, RI
Self Help Inc., Head Start Preschool Program, Brockton
SMILE preschool, Roxbury
SMILE Preschool - Humboldt Avenue, Roxbury
South Boston Head Start, South Boston
South Boston Neighborhood House, South Boston
South End/Chinese Church Head Start, South End
Sunnyside Associated Education and Early Care, Roxbury
Sunshine Child Development Center, North Kingstown, RI
The Children's Village, Exeter RI
The Open Center, Somerville
Triumph Head Start Inc., Riverway Center, Taunton
Triumph Head Start Inc. Joseph I. Quinn Center, Taunton
UMASS-Boston Early Learning Center, Dorchester
United South End Settlements, Boston
Wang YMCA, Chinatown
Westbay Community Action Children's Center, Warwick, RI
Yawkey, Dorchester
 

Contact Info

Contact for Board member questions and sponsorship opportunities:
Susan Werley Slater
Executive Director
857.413.4625
susan.werley@jstart.org

Contact for sponsorship and event opportunities:
Mark Green
Deputy Director
857.413.4544
mark.green@jstart.org

To find out how you can get involved please contact:
Rachel Madariaga
Regional Operations Coordinator
857.413.5689
rachel.madariaga@jstart.org
 

Executive Director Bio

Susan Werley Slater, Executive Director, joined Jumpstart in July of 2004 as a Site Manager at Tufts University. After a year, Susan was promoted to a program director and then Senior Program Director. In 2007, she became the Executive Director of the Northeast Region.
 
Prior to working for Jumpstart she did her Masters work in Child Development at Tufts University. She focused on adolescent social and emotional development by conducting a qualitative study on peer group memberships in four different contextual settings and also policy and leadership within the field of Early Education. Susan has also worked for the Boston Children’s Museum where she helped design educational kits and conducted cultural development research. Susan is a Summa Cum Laude, Phi Betta Kappa graduate of McDaniel college where she completed an industrial efficiency study of pre-service teaching and educational partnerships between McDaniel College and the surrounding county public schools. Susan is a graduate of the Schott Fellowship in Early Care and Education, which is a one-year public policy leadership program designed to create the next generation of early care and education policy leaders in Massachusetts. During the fellowship, she published a paper on the state of Early Education and Care Assessment in Massachusetts. Susan is an alum of Lead Boston, a 2011 Boston Business Journal 40 under 40, and looks forward to continuing to make leadership commitments to serve Massachusetts. 

Programs

Jumpstart Boston Young Professional Board (YPB)
This group of committed young professionals raises awareness and generates support for Jumpstart’s work. Board members have the opportunity to not only directly and positively change lives of preschool children in need, but to gain valuable leadership experience, network, create friendships and positively impact Boston’s community.

For more information on joining the board, contact Sarah.