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Professional Culture at Disrupted Academy

Professional culture at Disrupted Academy is not just about teaching. It is about maintaining a culture of professionalism and shared practice that makes being a part of the DA faculty and staff an experience of continuous professional and personal growth and satisfaction. Disrupted Academy aspires to be a professional learning community whose members are dedicated to the art, science, and improvement of teaching and learning.

Professional development at DA takes three forms:
 * 1) school-wide workshops, seminars, and collaborative work designed to hone professional skills and to enhance the DA learning experience for all students
 * 2) individual learning experiences based on identified personal and professional needs and goals
 * 3) an "open-door" teaching community in which teachers invite and expect informal observation and feedback from peers--physical and virtual--on an almost daily basis and formal observation and feedback on a regular basis as part of an improvement-focused system of professional evaluation