Karla Esser
- Current office
- State Board of Education, District 7 (since 2020)
- Occupation
- Director of Graduate Programs for Licensed Teachers, Regis University
What this job does
One of 9 members of the State Board of Education, which oversees Colorado's public K-12 schools: it hires the education commissioner, accredits schools, and hands out state and federal school money. A term is six years, two at most. source: ballotpedia.org
Background
- Member of the Colorado State Board of Education, District 7, since 2020. source: ballotready.org
- Director of Graduate Programs for Licensed Teachers at Regis University. source: ballotready.org
- Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Northern Colorado (2012). source: ballotready.org
- Previously a teacher in Aurora and German public school systems. source: ballotready.org
In their own words
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- Flexible academic standards with measurable goals source: ballotready.org
- School safety through mental health professionals; opposes guns in classrooms source: ballotready.org
- Strengthen both neighborhood and charter schools source: ballotready.org
- Teacher pay raise source: ballotready.org
- Targeted funding for schools and students with greatest needs source: ballotready.org
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