Jessica Sprick has a master's degree in special education and is a consultant and presenter for Safe & Civil Schools, as well as a writer for Ancora Publishing. Sprick has been a special education teacher for students with behavioral needs and dean of students at the middle school level. Her practical experience in schools drives her passion to help school and district staff develop and implement effective behavioral, academic, and attendance approaches.

Sprick is the lead trainer for Safe & Civil Schools' model of absenteeism prevention and intervention, and she is a coauthor of the following attendance resources: Functional Behavior Assessment of Absenteeism & Truancy, and Absenteeism & Truancy: Interventions and Universal Procedures. Sprick is also a coauthor of Foundations: A Proactive and Positive Behavior Support System (3rd Edition), Functional Behavior Assessment of Bullying, and Bullying: Universal Procedures and Interventions.

Randy Sprick has worked as a paraprofessional, a teacher, and a teacher trainer at the elementary and secondary levels. Author of widely read books on behavior and classroom management, Dr. Sprick is director of Safe & Civil Schools, a consulting company that provides professional development throughout the United States for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel. He and colleagues at Safe & Civil Schools work with numerous large and small school districts on longitudinal projects to improve student behavior and motivation. Dr. Sprick was the recipient of the 2007 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award. His publications include Leadership in Behavior Support, CHAMPS: A Proactive and Positive Approach to Classroom Management, Discipline in the Secondary Classroom, Foundations: A Proactive and Positive Behavior Support System, Teacher's Encyclopedia of Behavior Management, START on Time!, and Coaching Classroom Management.