Scott Esserman started working with children in high school as a summer camp counselor on Mt. Evans. This experience sparked a life dedicated to kids and education. As a classroom teacher for over 20 years, Scott worked from ECE to High School and has facilitated adult training with the Anti-Defamation League. Throughout Scott’s career, he has gone beyond the classroom; coaching soccer, basketball, and field hockey. The speech and debate program that Scott founded while at Kent Denver is now nationally recognized. He went on to coach dozens of state champions and national qualifiers over the 12 years he was at Cherry Creek High School. Scott played an instrumental role in the founding of Northfield High School both writing the innovation plan and serving on the founding faculty.
Scott has centered relationships, teamwork, and fundamental skill-building in all of his work. Recognized for honoring students’ lived experience, he prioritized culturally relevant curricula everywhere he taught – public and private school.
He moved to Colorado in January of 1992 and met his wife here a year later. They are the proud parents of two DPS children. Their daughter is graduated from Manual High School in 2021 and their son is a student at DSST Montview High School. As a parent and community member, Scott has served on the Collaborative School Committees and each school that his children have attended including as co-chair of the Manual Council and continued membership on the Montclair CSC for 2 years after his youngest child had continued to middle school. He is the former chair and multi-year member of the DPS District Accountability Committee. Scott received his BS in History from the University of Missouri, emphasizing African American Studies, and a Certificate in Education Finance from Georgetown University.
