Michael Sedlak started his educational career as a middle school reading teacher in Bedford, Ohio, before moving to the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he taught English and worked with the Curriculum and Development Department. Sedlak returned to Ohio to begin his career as an administrator, taking the position of assistant principal of Chardon High School (Chardon Local Schools, Chardon, Ohio), a post he held for three years. During that time, a student opened fire in the cafeteria of Chardon High School, taking the lives of three students and wounding three others. Sedlak then served the Hudson City School District community in Hudson, Ohio, as an assistant principal at Hudson Middle School, principal at East Woods Intermediate School, and unit principal at Hudson High School. Currently, Sedlak is the director of human resources for the Twinsburg City School District, in Twinsburg, Ohio. Sedlak is also a founding member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Principal Recovery Network and is committed to collaborating with others to improve safety in our schools.