Teaching is a highly nuanced and complex profession that is filled with professional risks and vulnerabilities – especially, ironically, for the most caring of educators. By teaching and assessing professional dispositions, educator preparation programs provide an essential framework of common values to teacher candidates. But dispositions may not suffice to inform the multitude of daily decisions teachers must make in the fast-paced schooling environment – an environment in which there is little social distance, and teachers are often expected to take on roles commonly filled by parents, counselors, or others.

Teaching is a highly nuanced and complex profession that is filled with professional risks and vulnerabilities – especially, ironically, for the most caring of educators. By teaching and assessing professional dispositions, educator preparation programs provide an essential framework of common values to teacher candidates. But dispositions may not suffice to inform the multitude of daily decisions teachers must make in the fast-paced schooling environment – an environment in which there is little social distance, and teachers are often expected to take on roles commonly filled by parents, counselors, or others. [less]