Professional Development

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy faculty and staff embody an ongoing commitment to professional development in the ways they:

• Continually develop content expertise.
• Pay attention to the particularities of single-sex learning environments.
• Reflect on teaching practice.
• Seek the counsel and collaboration of colleagues to enhance practice.
• Operate as a community of practice – transparent, generous, and willing to explore new ways of proceeding.
• Communicate in a timely, consistent, clear, and professional manner with students, colleagues, parents, (all pertinent stakeholders), including, but not limited to, course outcomes and assessment standards.
• Utilize and demonstrate fluency in technology systems.
• Engage in an ongoing cycle of improvement.
• Establish professional goals, share those goals with appropriate school personnel, and pursue opportunities for professional growth.
• Set personal priorities so as to model responsible time management skills for the sake of the students.