The GSE community worked together to establish the following list of professional dispositions that we expect all community members to demonstrate.

Diversity

• Respect cultural diversity and individual differences as strengths.
• Hold the belief that all individuals can learn, regardless of exceptionalities, background, or circumstance.
• Commit to the education of individuals in complex urban and richly diverse communities.

Scholarship

• Commit to integrating theory, research and evidence in guiding practice.
• Believe in lifelong learning and professional education as integral to continuing development of expertise.

Community

• Value a community's nuances and its cultural mores.
• Commit to communication, through a variety of venues, with all members of school/educational community.

Reflection

• Value reflection in scholarly learning and professional practice.
• Commit to improving practice through personal and collaborative reflection.

Technology

• Value the variety of technological resources for enhancing an individual's learning.
• View growth in technological expertise as integral to professional practice.

Social Justice

• Commit to dismantling all forms of inequity/injustice, including discriminatory practices and everyday microaggressions, which violate the dignity and oppress the freedoms of people locally, nationally and globally.
• Believe in the Ignatian mission of "cura personalis" - deep respect for the individual and his/her potential.

Professionalism

• Commit to professional standards of integrity, ethics, and responsibility.
• Value professionalism in dress, language, and behavior.