Full Bio

Academic Director at College Excel

Scott started coaching students in 2012 with College Excel, the nation’s leading college support program, before moving into the Academic Director position in 2015, where he was responsible for the academic development of all students in the program. He integrated cutting edge research about learning disabilities, motivation, anxiety, and behavior into lessons and tools that students that helped students take control of their pursuit of success in academic and life endeavors. Scott trained, hired and mentored new coaches, in addition to giving trainings and presentations about executive function, learning disabilities and adolescent psychology.

College Instructor & Educator

Scott taught in the Human Development department at Central Oregon Community College from 2015-2020 and has an extensive history of curriculum development to match the current needs of today’s student. This tenure at COCC was primarily instructing and developing HD100CS – College Success, a class that focuses on teaching the skills, mindsets and strategies necessary to be a successful college student and independent young adult in the college environment. This class is taught year round and is one of the few required classes for Oregon Promise funding, as it has proven to increase the likelihood that students will succeed in the college setting. In 2018 in response to a growing need in the lives of 17-19 year-old college students, Scott engineered and spearheaded an effort to create HD103 – Strategies for Life Management. This class focuses on the awareness, tools and skills that it takes to be a successful student outside of the classroom. Drawing from various fields of psychology and science-based principles that support healthy living, the course material focuses on sleep, diet, mental health, physical health, substance-use and personal awareness to create skills that support healthy independent living for today’s adolescent. Hundreds of students have attested to the benefits and empowerment that they have garnered from his instruction.

Educational Therapist & Current

Scott was certified as an Associate Educational Therapist by AET (Association of Educational Therapists) in early 2022 amidst significant post-Masters degree training in the Educational Therapist program by University of California Riverside. This profession and certification is similar to a ‘Learning Specialist’, but with a larger focus on the student as a whole and their identity as a student. This profession has a specific focus on research based techniques and strategies to address learning challenges and the subsequent issues that students face who have grown up with them.

Scott additionally holds his Oregon Teaching license and has experience teaching in middle schools and high schools all over Central Oregon. Since 2020, Scott has served as an advisor for students in an online teaching environment through Baker Charter Schools, one of Oregon’s leading online schools.