Scott Estes, Ed.D.

Education

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Education, Aurora University, 2016

Ed.S., Education Specialist: Superintendency, Eastern Illinois University, 2012

M.S. in Ed., Educational Administration, Illinois State University, 2000

B.S., Elementary Education/Middle School Education, Bradley University, 1991

Biography

Foremost for Dr. Estes are faith, family, and friendships. An avid consumer of historical topics, he spends a great deal of time reading, spending time with friends and family, and enjoys traveling to historical sites within the United States (with a future goal of traveling internationally). Dr. Estes and his family are active with their extended family and friends and spend time attending his children’s school and community activities as well as serving in their church.

Teaching

Dr. Estes has taught the following Bradley courses:

Doctoral Level

• EDU 703 Action Research 1: Introduction to Action Research
• EDU 704 Action Research 2: Action Research Design and Ethics
• EDU 705 Action Research 3: Data Collection in Action Research
• EDU 706 Action Research 4: Data Analysis and Reporting in Action Research
• EDU 707 Action Research 5: Scholarly Writing and Presentation in Action Research
• EDU 708 Boards and Governance

Master’s Level

• COU 606 Interpersonal Behavior and Organizational Leadership
• COU 604 Research Methodology and Applications
• ENC 611 Instructional Leadership (former Principal-Prep Program)

Undergraduate Level

• EHS 120 The University Experience

Dr. Estes continues to serve at Bradley as an affiliate professor, focused on graduate-level research courses within the EHS College for the Department of Education and the Department of Counseling.  He also enjoys connecting with students through his current position in the Smith Career Center (SCC) as the Career Advisor for the EHS College as well as an EHS 120 instructor for incoming freshmen.

Scholarship

Dr. Estes’ professional interests are in research, instructional methods, curriculum development, teacher professional growth, evaluation, and supervision of educational programs. He has participated in published articles, a research project with student teachers, and a national conference presentation – all with faculty from the Department of Education and the Department of Counseling.

Over the course of his administrative career, he has been a speaker at several state and local conferences as well as local teacher training/school improvement sessions. He has also collaborated with professors and served as a guest speaker in the Department of Education along with assisting, as needed, within the Division of Student Affairs.

Professional Experience

Dr. Scott Estes is a central Illinois native and has worked as a PreK-12 public school teacher and administrator for over twenty-nine years. After graduating from Bradley University, he started his career as a third-grade classroom teacher before moving on to a junior high teaching position as a United States history and literature teacher. Dr. Estes held the position of elementary principal for a decade before serving another decade as a district office administrator focused on, among other things, teaching and learning, literacy, human resources, administrator evaluation, professional development, and federal grants. He began his higher education teaching experiences as an adjunct professor in 2016. Before Bradley’s most recent reduction of programs, Dr. Estes was a full-time faculty member in the College of Education and Health Sciences’ Department of Education, Counseling, and Leadership from 2022 to 2024.

Dr. Estes joined the staff at the Smith Career Center in the summer of 2024. Very thankful for the opportunity to work at the SCC, he is assigned as the career advisor for the EHS College.

Service

Career Advisor Scheduled Appointments

Appointments with Career Advisors are designed for more in-depth questions related to internships, full-time employment, graduate school, resumes, cover letters, interviews, job fair preparation, online resources, etc.

Available to College of Education and Health Sciences students and alumni | Schedule a 45-minute appointment.

Employer Meeting

Available to answer questions about the College of Education and Health Sciences including K-12 education, counseling, nursing, physical therapy, family consumer sciences, and other programs within the college.

Schedule a 30-minute appointment

Licensures & Certifications

Illinois Professional Educator License

Endorsements: Elementary Education, Social Science, Language Arts, Middle School, General Administration, and the Superintendency