Fifty-five percent of COA graduates enter graduate or professional school within five years of graduating. All students seeking certification have passed the national praxis exam (Praxis I). The following identifies where some of our recent graduates are currently pursuing advanced degrees or working as education professionals:

• Laura Carroll (2004) teaching English to refugees at African Services Coalition, North Carolina

• Claire Corkins (2006) is working at Bringing Girls to School, dedicated to educating girls.

• Julia Davis (2003) is a teacher with World Teach Program where she is working in local schools in Costa Rica

• Nikhit D'Sa (2006) is traveling as a Watson Fellow studying street children. 

• Sarah Gentry (1997) received her Master's in Social Work from the Smith College for Social Work and is practicing in Philadelphia.

• Ira Gooch (2003) is working with youth at risk through Opportunity Farm, a residential program for adolescents in southern Maine.

• Craig Kesselheim (1976) is currently a Senior Consultant with the Great Maine Schools Project. Prior to this he held numerous positions in education, including Director of Curriculum and Staff Development for Maine School Union 98, school principal, and science teacher.

• David Lamon (1991) is Director of Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary.

• Herbert Laughlin (1984) is the Manager of the Air National Guard Enlisted Professional Military Education program in Virginia.

• Michael Martin Zboray (1995) is Assistant Principal at Conners Emerson School, Bar Harbor, Maine.

• Chrystal Schreck (2003) is an adjunct faculty at New School of California teaching gender theory courses.

• Toby Stevenson (1998) is a researcher for Allied Whale, an educational naturalist for the Bar Harbor Whale Watch company, and the outreach education coordinator and internship manager for the Whale Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine.

• Rita Turner (2001) taught in the Baltimore public schools for two years and is currently writing a book about her experiences.

• Maria West Sosa (2000) spent several years teaching bilingual students and is now Literacy Coordinator and English teacher (of Latino Literature and English I) at the Downtown College Preparatory School in San Jose, California.

• Todd West (2000) is the Chair of the Social Studies Department at Mount Desert Island High School.

• Rebecca White (1998) earned a Master's in History from the University of Maryland and now teaches World History at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine.

• Marjolaine Whittlesey (2005) is working at Chewonki Foundation as a French teacher.