ASCD Presenter Bio

Jessica Sprick

Jessica Sprick is a consultant and presenter for Safe & Civil Schools and 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 the Safe & Civil Schools model of absenteeism prevention and intervention and the lead author of The School Leader's Guide to Tackling Attendance Challenges and The Teacher's Guide to Tackling Attendance Problems. She is a coauthor of Functional Behavior Assessment of Absenteeism and Truancy; Absenteeism and Truancy: Interventions and Universal Procedures; Foundations: A Proactive and Positive Behavior Support System (3rd Edition); Functional Behavior Assessment of Bullying; and Bullying: Universal Procedures and Interventions.