Meet The Instructor
Magi Discoe has recently moved to West Sonoma from
San Francisco. She is a credentialed teacher in both
life science and social science. She has taught science
for the past fifteen years and has taught and tutored
a wide range of students from “at risk”
students to Harvard graduates. Before becoming a teacher
she worked as a paramedic in both in Oakland and San
Francisco for ten years. During that time she received
two awards for heroism. She has also painted houses,
picked tomatoes in Greece, written and published satire,
been a carnival barker and a detective. She lives in Graton with her husband and six chickens: Rosie, Betty, Babs, Coco, Greta and Penny.
Resume
Credentials
Single Subject - Life Science: May 26,
1990
Single Subject - Social Science : May 26, 1990
Multiple Subject : May 26, 1990
Eligible for Administrative credential- June, 2002
Education
2000-2002 Cal State Hayward-Administrative credential
1986-1990 San Francisco State University, San Francisco,
CA, BA /Anthropology
1982 EMT/Paramedic Certification
Articles about Darwin's Workshop
Darwin's Workshop by Margie Wilson (.pdf)- West County Gazette
KRCB "North Bay Report" with Bruce Robinson - September 23, 2009
Darwin’s Workshop voted “Best Place to Evolve” - Bohemian’s Best of the North Bay 2005
Contributions to Publications
Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools,
Chapter 4: Changing Teaching Practice and Student Outcome Noguera and Wing Editors, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television,
Jerry Mander , Harper Collins, 1978, 2002
Teacher Training
Westminster Woods Environmental Education
Work Experience
| 2005 - Present |
Created Darwin’s Workshop
Currently teaching activity based, enrichment courses, Teacher training and tutoring
Contract teaching with:
Sonoma State Saturday Academy
R.E.A.C.H –Hillcrest
R.E.A.C.H.-Brookhaven
Laguna High School
Nonsuch School
GATE Programs
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (.pdf) - Artistsin Schools Program |
Course List:
Forensic Science
Anatomy & Physiology
Seeing Light and Shadow
How Does THAT Work?
Senses: How Your Body Discovers the World Astronomy
Everyday Chemistry
Stories Bones Tell
Projectiles
Inventor's Workshop
Chemical Concoctions
Ponds and Ditches
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| 2005 - Summer |
Windsor Unified School District |
Integrated Science Health |
1998- 2004
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Berkeley Unified School District |
Elected Department Chair Spring 2000
Honors Anatomy and Physiology
Biology 1/2
Integrated Science 1/2 |
| 1997-1988 |
Piedmont Unified School District
Piedmont High School |
Integrated Science I/2
Chemistry |
| 1992-1997 |
San Francisco Unified School District |
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| 1992-1998 |
Ida B. Wells High School |
Elected Emergency Faculty Chair- 1997
Physical Science I and II
Consumer Chemistry
Anatomy and Physiology
Health
Health Careers
Environmental Science
Biology I and II
Integrated Science Core Curriculum
(in co-operation with the English and
Social Studies faculty)
US History
Modern World
Integrated Science/History
Geography
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| 1990-1992 |
Brandeis Hillel Day School
Middle School
San Francisco, CA
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Life Science
Health Science
Physical Science
Conservation Biology
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| 1982-1990 |
City and County of San Francisco Paramedic
Division - San Francisco, CA
Responsibilities: Paramedic and 911 Dispatcher |
Special Projects, Responsibilities, and Achievements
School Committee Service
Staff Development, School Site Council, School Crisis
Response Team, Health Programs.
Languages - I speak some Spanish and
fluent French.
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