Michael Sieh, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor and Coordinator for the School Administration MSE and Ed.S. programs
Department:Educational Foundations and Leadership
Office:Benthack Hall 205A
Phone:402-375-7185
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Michael Sieh is a graduate education professor and oversees the School Administration and Education Specialist (Ed.S.) programs at Wayne State College. He brings extensive practical and leadership experience to higher education, following a distinguished 19-year tenure as superintendent of Stanton Community Schools in Stanton, Neb. Prior to his superintendency, Dr. Sieh served as a school principal at both Spencer-Naper Public School in Spencer, Neb., and Clearwater Public School in Clearwater, Neb.
Dr. Sieh has demonstrated significant leadership at the state level. He has served as Chair of the Nebraska State Accreditation Committee, President and Chair of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators, and as President of the Nebraska Association of School Administrators. In addition, he contributed as an Executive Board Director for the Nebraska Rural Community Schools Association.
His professional excellence has been recognized through numerous honors, including the 2018 AdvancED Distinction of Quality Award for Nebraska and the C. Kelley Baker/James B. Gessford Law in Education Award. Dr. Sieh has also completed the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement Specialist Program. He has served as an external team leader for multiple Nebraska school districts, including Bayard, Cross County, Fort Calhoun, Fullerton, Humphrey, Laurel-Concord, Ord, and Wakefield, and as an external school improvement team member for Bennington, Tekamah-Herman, and Pierce. Throughout his career, he has consistently facilitated and supported comprehensive school improvement efforts.
Dr. Sieh is also a scholar, having authored the dissertation titled “Examining the Relationships Between Nebraska Superintendents’ Perceptions of Their Involvement with School Improvement and Factors that May Affect Their Involvement.”
Education
Ed.D. Administration, 2009, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ed.S. Administration, 1998, Wayne State College
MSE Secondary Administration, 1993, Wayne State College
B.S. Education (Math/Computer Science), 1988, Wayne State College