Child Care Center in Norwich





	Karla Ilsley first joined the staff at the Child Care Center in 1988. She has a BA in Elementary Education with a concentration in Early Childhood Education from Castleton State College. She has worked with all age groups in Center over the years. She became a Nursery teacher in 1996 where she worked until 2003 when she left the Center. She rejoined the Nursery team in 2007.
	Becky Martin joined the Nursery team in the fall of 2010. She has a degree in Early Childhood Education from St. Lawrence College in Ontario and several years experience working with infants and toddlers in Ontario and the states.
	Caitlin Godfrey, our nursery teaching assistant, joined the team upon her graduation with a BS in Early Childhood Education from Keene State College in May of 2011.


	Ashley Haskell has a BS in Elementary Education from the University of Maine. She had several years experience working with toddlers in child care programs in Maine and Vermont before coming to the Red Room in the fall of 2011.
	Carol Schoenig has worked at the Child Care Center since 1988. She spent many years as an elementary school aide and volunteer in New Jersey schools prior to moving to Norwich.


	Jodie Carroll joined the Nursery team in May of 2006 and moved to the Yellow Room in 2008. She comes to us with a background at Head Start and in home based child care. She has a BA in Communication Studies with a strong foundation in early childhood education and sign language from Keene State College.
	Shelly Sanderson has worked with young children both in preschool settings and as an educational assistant in the public school. She became the assistant teacher in the Green Room in the fall of 2008 and a teacher in the Yellow Room in 2009. She is currently pursuing a CDA (a national child development associate).


	Brystol Rayno graduated from the University of Vermont with a BS in Early Childhood Education. She joined the Center in 1999. She taught in the Blue Room and the Green Room prior to moving to the Yellow Room in the fall of 2003. She returned to the Blue Room in 2006.
	Krista Minard joined the Blue Room team upon her graduation in May of 2011 from Wheelock College, where she received her BA in Human Development, with a concentration in Early Childhood Education. Krista has experience working with preschoolers in center based and home care settings.


	Karen Burdette graduated from Wheelock College with BS in Early Childhood Education. She started working in our Nursery in 1982, where she stayed until she moved to the Orange Room in 2006.


	Christine Kjier has a BA in Speech and Theater Arts and a Child Development Associate Certificate. She has many years of experience working with young children including a position as a Head Start home visitor in Randolph, Vermont. Christine joined the staff as a Yellow Room teacher in 1998 and moved to the Green Room in 2003.


	Cherie Landie, the Head Teacher at the After School Program, joined the Child Care Center staff in August of 2009 when the After School Program opened. Cherie has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Swain School of Design and a Masters of Education from Antioch New England Graduate School. Cherie worked with children in the first through the eighth grade in Dublin and Francestown NH prior to moving to the Upper Valley. Cherie also works part time as a float at the A-frame when she is not at the After School Program.
	Rosalynn Lyons, has worked at Toddlers Morning Out in Hanover for three years. She also has experience with children in Kindergarten through Second Grade as a volunteer in the Lebanon Schools.
	John Harrington, has a Bachelors in Art from Johnson State College, where he also took a number of education courses. He has experience teaching art in both second grade and eighth grade in Johnson and Morrisville, VT.
	Sarah Harriman has a BA in Elementary Education from Colby Sawyer College. She has many years of experience working with children in child care settings and she has been a classroom volunteer in the Springfield Elementary School.


	Fay Weber joined the Red Room team in 2007 and moved to float in the summer of 2008; she comes from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts where she was teacher in the toddler room at the Shrewsbury Children’s Center for six years. Fay has BA from Franklin Pierce College and has Massachusetts’s certification as a preschool and toddler teacher.
	Laura Caravella has a BA in Literature from Castleton State College, as well as numerous education credits. She worked with children in public school and after school settings before coming to the Child Care Center in the fall of 2011.


	Allison Colburn, Executive Director, has a BA in Early Childhood Education from Tufts University Child Study Department and a MS in Nonprofit Management from New England College. She worked as a teacher and assistant director both in the Boston area and in the Upper Valley before she joined the staff at The Child Care Center in Norwich as a program coordinator in 1982. Allison has been the Director of the Center since 1997.
	Lisa Lawrence has a BA in Arts in English Language and Literature. She has worked as a paraprofessional in the public schools and has done home care through Vermont Supported Living. She joined the Blue Room team in the fall of 2000 and moved to the office in 2006.
	The Third member of the office team is Peter Haubrich, bookkeeper. Peter has many years of bookkeeping experience; he has been at the Center since 1990.