Douglas Fisher is a professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High in San Diego, California. Formerly an intervention teacher and elementary school educator, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame in 2022. Doug has authored numerous articles on leadership, reading and literacy, and curriculum design along with books such as Microlearning in the K–12 Classroom, Better Learning Through Structured Teaching, and All Learning Is Social and Emotional.

Nancy Frey is a professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High in San Diego, California. She is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California. Nancy has authored numerous articles on leadership, reading and literacy, and curriculum design as well as books such as Microlearning in the K–12 Classroom, Student Learning Communities, and Your Students, My Students, Our Students.

Stefani Hite is a professional learning education consultant who specializes in supporting systemic educational change initiatives in schools, districts, learning associations, and state departments. Her expertise includes building teacher and administrator instructional capacity, standards-based grading practices, curriculum development, and strategic assessment strategies. She designs, manages, and implements leadership sessions to encourage educators to push their practice in meaningful ways.

Hite is a member of ASCD's FIT Teaching® (Framework for Intentional and Targeted Teaching®) Cadre. She is founder of Tigris Solutions and associate at McTighe & Associates. Prior to that, Hite served as deputy head (principal) of a preK–13 international school in the United Kingdom, curriculum director for a countywide support institution, curriculum supervisor for several school districts in Pennsylvania, and a classroom teacher in elementary, middle, and high school. Significant accomplishments in her consultant work include the design and implementation of a statewide teacher evaluation process in New Jersey and the design and facilitation of elementary and middle school reforms.