Birmingham Covington's student - centered philosophy is embedded throughout the curriculum, from third -
and fourth -
grade classes focused on teaching individual resourcefulness to an
almost wholly independent capstone class in
seventh and eighth grade called Thinkering Studio.
She has a B.S. in elementary education from the University of Maine at Farmington
and has worked with students of all ages for
almost thirty years: as a volunteer at Pine Hill Preschool in Jefferson, a teacher of third
and fourth
grades at Chelsea
and Waldoboro elementary schools, a science teacher of fifth
and sixth
grade students at Kieve Science Camp for Girls, a
seventh and eighth grade math
and science teacher at CTL,
and, for three years, a helping
and kindergarten teacher at CTL.