Teacher Devin Cormia

Devin Cormia joined NCSA as the 6th grade Math and Science teacher in the 2019-2020 school year and has loved teaching here ever since! Before joining NCSA, Devin worked as a science educator throughout California (and a short stint in Portland, OR), leading hands-on inquiry-based lessons for students ranging from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade including with Sierra Streams Institute leading local place based education programs in our local streams and rivers. His favorite part of teaching the sixth grade math and science classes is helping students see the uses of the math we are learning in real world applications including in the data collection activities in our science classes.

Devin received his multiple subject teaching credential through CalState Teach while student teaching at Bell Hill Academy and Grass Valley Charter School, and completed his Life Science credential through UC Riverside.

When not teaching Devin can be found hiking or swimming the rivers and lakes of California with his wife, two kids, and his dog “Poppy”. Every summer he also flies drones to help calculate and create maps of forest density in and around Grass Valley. In the spring of 2024, Devin joined the board of Wolf Creek Community Alliance to help advise their education and outreach programs.