By Alissa Marsh
David Massaro is from a town in Cleveland, OH, and worked as a middle school teacher for thirty-three years at the first middle school in the country.
He was an 8th grade middle school teacher from 1967 to 2000 and taught science and math. He came to Idaho in 2002, and stayed until 2018 when he started the PACE Program which won a national award.
Most people in the PACE program are in remote areas and still teaching in the program.
Massaro travels across the states of Nevada, Montana, Wyoming four times a semester. He attended Bullan Green College in Ohio, received a master’s de
gree in geology in 1975, and worked at the university for 22 years. In education for any subject, integrat-ing other subjects such as science, social sciences, and history can help or act as a compliment to any other subject. It also pays off to not only teach in the classroom, but also to consider coaching for after school activities to know stu-dents in different settings. Developing good relationships with students is helpful as an educator, how-ever, that may not be a possibility for every student. The use of technology in and out of the classroom is equally important as teach-ing in class. It allows students and teachers to en-gage in classes online, even when stu-dents are unable to attend in person. Next meeting: April Niemala
