Co-Director
Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center
Carol B. Massanari, Ph.D., began her professional career as an elementary teacher before entering the field of special education. She received master of art and doctor of philosophy degrees in special education from the University of New Mexico. She has worked at the local school district level as a teacher and administrator. During the past 15 years, Carol has been working with numerous clients as a facilitator of organizational development and systemic change, both as staff for two different Regional Resource Centers and as a private consultant.
Carol works for the Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center, where she is co-director and the MPRRC-assigned "resource agent" with the PBIS Technical Assistance Center. At the MPRRC, she works with states on a variety of administrative and programmatic areas, including program development in such areas as response to intervention, school-wide positive behavioral supports, literacy, and IEP development.