ECC Faculty and Staff

Director: Darlene Bombard—MAT Bennington College, VT; BS Elementary Education, SUNY College at Plattsburgh, NY. VT State Level I License, Endorsement Level 1-00. Teaching Experience: Substitute teaching—Bennington School District, VT; Mary Queen of Heaven School, KY; Caywood Elementary School, KY. Teaching at Bennington College Early Childhood Center since 1988. Interim program director, co-director, and director—Early Childhood Center. Publication: Expanding Children’s Boundaries, An Approach to Second-Language Learning and Cultural Understanding, Young Children, March 2007.

Supervising Teachers

Sarah Cady Becker—MEd in Expressive Arts in Teaching, Goddard College, VT; BA Family and Educational Studies Through Folk Song, Wesleyan University; New York State Certification N-6. Teaching Experience: co-principal and co-teacher, Hilland Hall School, Bennington, VT. Classroom teaching—the Cambridge Nursery School; teacher of creative movement, The Dance Center of Cambridge. Artist-in-Residence—Lake Avenue Elementary School, Saratoga Springs, NY. Adjunct Faculty—Community College of Vermont Summer 2006, Bennington College Fall 2006. Teacher at Bennington College Early Childhood Center, 1984-85, and since 1997.

Kathleen Loomis—MEd Early Essential Special Education, University of Vermont; BA Castleton State College, VT. VT State Board of Education Licensed—early essential special educator. Teaching Experience: Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union Early Education Center, VT; Windsor Southwest Supervisory Union, VT. Teacher at Bennington College Early Childhood Center since 1999. Publication: Children Learn to Think and Create Through Art, Young Children, September 2007.

Alyson Ruby—MS Early Childhood Education, Central Connecticut State University; BS Psychology, Trinity College, CT. Vermont State Level I Educator’s License for Early Childhood Education (birth through grade 1). Head Teacher Certificate, State of CT Department of Public Health. Teaching Experience: head teacher—Happy Days Playschool, VT; teacher of preschool and infant/toddler—Child Development Center, CT. Teacher at Bennington College Early Childhood Center since 2005.

Virginia Brock—AS Early Childhood Education, Middlesex Community College; BA Art, University of Lowell, MA. Experience: toddler teacher—Rockport, MA; art teacher—Windham SW Supervisory Union, VT; family service worker— UCS Bennington County Head Start. Teacher at Bennington College Early Childhood Center since 2007.

Assistant Teachers

Joan Malinowski—BA Early Education; BS Secondary English Education, Southern Vermont College, VT. Assistant at Bennington College Early Childhood Center since 1990.

Suzanne Wells—BS Family and Children’s Services, SUNY Plattsburgh, NY. Licensed Nursing Assistant. Assistant at Bennington College Early Childhood Center since 2004.

Wendy Pembroke—Licensed Practical Nurse, Putnam Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, VT. Assistant at Bennington College Early Childhood Center since 2006.

Abigail Rivera—BS/BA Computerized Information System, University of Puerto Rico, PR. Spanish Teaching Assistant at Bennington College Early Childhood Center since 2006.

Bryce Thomas—Child Development Associate in process, Community College of Vermont, VT. Assistant at Bennington College Early Childhood Center since 2007.