Scott Martin

Scott Martin is a lifelong educator who has worked with students for the past 20 years as a Young Life director, teacher, coach, and school administrator. His teaching posts include work in both the inner-city and in suburban public schools and at a private day school, as well as teaching future teachers at the University of Oklahoma. He has led students on service leadership trips around the world that have included night snorkeling in Belize, backpacking in Colorado, horseback riding in Tuscany, serving the homeless in Italy, and living and working in several major inner cities across the United States.

Scott has a Bachelors degree in theology, a Masters in Creative Writing and is finishing his PhD with a double major in the Philosophy of Moral Education and Moral School Leadership. His work involves creating conversations around moral school leadership and the shaping of wise and virtuous "architects of repair in the world." He works with city planners, school leaders, and community organizers to re-imagine education as a pursuit of human and communal flourishing. He has helped launch progressive school initiatives and is a published author of both creative fiction and scholarly inquiry.

He presents at conferences around the world on topics pertaining to education, culture and city transformation. Scott is a husband and a father whose blog, The Wisdom Initiative, is an award-winning look at education, community development, social justice, moral philosophy, theology, and literature.