Brian Kitts joined the Radford University faculty after two decades of K-12 experience
within Montgomery County Public Schools, serving as principal at both the elementary
and secondary levels. He teaches courses in the Educational Leadership Master’s program
and supervises field experiences for aspiring school administrators. In addition,
Kitts coordinates Radford University’s Schoolhouse Living Learning Community and helps
plan events and activities to engage first- and second-year Highlanders as they transition
to campus. Kitts teaches a Schoolhouse-specific section ofUniversity 100that is offered each fall.
Kitts specializes in the improvement science framework which integrates applied and
theoretical research knowledge to solve complex problems of practice through collaborative
work with diverse stakeholders. His research has focused on the impact of homework
and equitable grading practices for students from low-income families. Kitts engages
master’s students in similar work with the tools and processes of improvement science
through multiple courses in the program.
Kitts serves as a consultant for Virginia Virtual, one of Virginia’s largest on-line
multi-division online public-school providers.