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ENTRY BY MIKE HANKS SITE ADMIN
FOURTH INDUCTEE CHS HALL OF FAME
Dave Steele is a 1967 graduate of Clearfield High School. He lettered in football and baseball, was the Boy’s Association Vice President, represented Clearfield High School at Utah’s Boys State, and received the “I Dare You Award” at graduation. It was at CHS where Dave met his future wife, Sharon Nauta. They have seven children, all of whom attended Clearfield High School.
After graduating from Utah State University with a B.S. degree in mathematics (later to receive his Masters Degree and Administrative Endorsement from USU), Dave Steele started his math teaching career at Clearfield High School in 1971. He taught Algebra, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, and developed the AP Calculus program. In the evening he taught math courses for Weber State University for 14 years. In addition, Dave was a student body advisor, announcer for football and basketball, and community school director before becoming assistant principal and then moving to the Davis District Office in 1987 as curriculum math coordinator, adult education director, testing director, and distance learning director.
Before returning to the classroom at Northridge High in 2005, Dave was the director of adult education programs at the Utah State Office of Education for five years. In 2008 Dave and his wife Sharon both moved to Syracuse High School to teach.
In 1986 Dave was elected to the Utah State Senate and served as a State Senator for 17 years. Dave held positions as co-chair of the Executive Appropriation Committee and the Education Interim Committee; he was senate chairman for the Information Technology Commission, chairman of the Transportation and Public Safety Committee, and senate chairman of the Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee. He was appointed a member of Utah's Strategic Planning Committee for Education and a steering committee member of the Utah Educational Network.
While in the in the Utah State Senate, Dave held influential national policy assignments such as his appointment as vice chairman of the Education Commission of the States, chairman of the Education and Job Training Committee for the National Council of State Legislators (NCSL), member of the Board of Directors for the National Board of Certified Teachers, and a member of the Policy and Development Committee for Information Technology for NCSL.
Mr. Steele has received many awards recognizing his selfless service to the people of the state of Utah. Among those were: The NASA award for outstanding teaching in math and science, the Outstanding Service Awards presented by the Utah Chiefs of Police Association, the University of Utah, Utah State University, The Education Commission of the States, and the Utah Poison Control Center. In addition, he is the past recipient of the Outstanding Legislator of the Year recognitions given by the Utah Classified School Employees Association and the Utah Council for Gifted Children. He was three times recipient of the Hero on the Hill Award presented by the Coalition of People with Disabilities. With Governor Walker, Dave was the 2004 PTA Friend of Children Award recipient and the 2005 Granite District's Outstanding Community Education Leader recipient.