Kiel specializes in designing and conducting mixed-methods evaluations of educational programs and interventions. His research focuses on professional learning initiatives aimed at improving teacher retention and effectiveness.
Prior to joining Basis, Kiel served as a Research and Evaluation Consultant for Oakland Schools, a Graduate Student Research Assistant at the University of Michigan, and the Director of Teacher Leadership Development for Teach For America Rhode Island. For his doctoral dissertation he designed an experimental study to test the impact of a coaching intervention on new teachers’ observation ratings.
When he isn’t cleaning data, you might find Kiel reading the newspaper cover-to-cover, daydreaming about camping in Alaska with his wife and daughter, or pairing Michigan football or basketball with a hoppy IPA. He lives by Sir Winston Churchill’s words: For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
PhD, Educational Studies
University of Michigan
MEd, Secondary Education
Arizona State University
BA, Government and Legal Studies
Bowdoin College
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