Teachers & Staff

  • Alyson Ruby Grzyb, Director of Bennington Early Childhood Center

    Alyson Ruby Grzyb

    DIRECTOR

    Meet Alyson

  • Ruth Treweek

    LEAD TEACHER

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    Melanie Harris

    LEAD TEACHER/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

    Meet Melanie

  • Sara Sokolowski

    LEAD TEACHER

    Meet Sara

  • Rachel Tidwell

    KITCHEN MANAGER/FLOATER TEACHER

    Meet Rachel

  • Makenna Cross

    LEAD TEACHER

    MEET MAKENNA

  • Erica Harwood

    LEAD TEACHER

    MEET ERICA

  • Jackie Byer

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Completed Fundamentals of Early Childhood Care and Education and Northern Lights Career Ladder Level I.

    Assistant Teacher at Bennington College Early Childhood Center 2006-2007, and Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2013.

  • Martha Rath

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology from Hampshire College. Master’s Degree in Social Justice from SIT Graduate Institute. Completed 12 college credits in Early Childhood Education.

    Assistant Teacher at Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2021.

  • Brenda Shewell

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Completed Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education, Northern Lights Career Ladder Level 1 certificate.

    Assistant Teacher at Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2021.

  • Heather Mason

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Completed the Fundamentals of Early Childhood Care and Education course. Northern Lights Career Ladder Level I.

    Assistant Teacher at the Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2016.

  • Julie Mould

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Completed Fundamentals and Northern Lights Career Ladder Level I of Early Childhood Education.

    Assistant Teacher at Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2021.

  • Alyissa Kleinhans

    ASSISTANT TEACHER​

    Completed the Fundamentals of Early Childhood Care and Education course, Northern Lights Career Ladder Level 1 certificate.

    Assistant Teacher at the Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2021.

  • Celina Huckaba

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Completed the Fundamentals of Early Childhood Care and Education course and Northern Lights Career Ladder Level I.. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Lyndon State College.

    Assistant Teacher at the Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2020.

  • Amy Myers

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Completed Fundamentals and Northern Lights Career Ladder Level I of Early Childhood Education.

    Assistant Teacher at Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2021.

  • Morgan Mould

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Completed Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education course and Northern Lights Level 1 Career Ladder Certificate

    Assistant at Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2023.

  • April Briggs

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Completed the Fundamentals of Early Childhood Care and Education course and Northern Lights Career Ladder Level I. Associate Degree in Business from Community College of Vermont. Licensed LNA.

    Assistant Teacher at Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2020.

  • Alex Whiting

    ASSISTANT TEACHER

    Associate Degree in Liberal Arts and Social Sciences from SUNY Adirondack.

    Substitute teacher at Bennington Early Childhood Center since 2023.  Assistant teacher since 2025.n goes here