Wild West: Providing Fiduciary Advice to Public School Employees
by Scott Dauenhauer
Why You'll Love This
Public school employees are one of the most underserved financial planning markets in America — and almost no one knows the rules well enough to help them.
- Great if you want: a practical roadmap into a niche, underserved advisory market
- The experience: dense and tactical — reads like a professional training manual, not leisure
- The writing: Dauenhauer writes with practitioner authority — specific, direct, no fluff
- Skip if: you're not an advisor — this is written squarely for professionals
About This Book
Every day, public school teachers and administrators make retirement decisions with real consequences—often guided by commission-driven salespeople rather than advisors who are legally obligated to act in their best interest. Scott Dauenhauer's Wild West exposes the uncomfortable reality of this underserved market and makes a compelling case for why fiduciary advisors need to step in. The stakes aren't abstract: these are educators who've spent careers building toward a secure retirement, and the gap between good advice and bad advice can mean the difference between financial dignity and genuine hardship.
What distinguishes this book is its specificity. Dauenhauer doesn't traffic in vague principles—he delivers the technical grounding fiduciary advisors actually need to navigate pension systems, 403(b) plans, and the unique regulatory landscape governing public school employees. The writing is direct and practical, structured to build competence rather than just awareness. It reads less like a manifesto and more like a field guide, the kind you keep close and return to. For advisors serious about doing meaningful work in this space, Dauenhauer's deep familiarity with the terrain makes this a genuinely useful resource.