The latest CACREP (2016) standards contain a new requirement: counselor educators are to identify and evaluate their students' professional dispositions multiple times during their program of study. In this presentation we will review the 2016 CACREP standards regarding student dispositions; summarize counselor education and teacher education literature that focuses on defining and assessing professional dispositions; consider what professional dispositions are important to assess in doctoral counselor education students and how they may be evaluated; consider how to address a doctoral student who has not met the expectations set forth in the professional dispositions evaluation; and discuss how to avoid potential pitfalls when implementing the assessment of professional dispositions with doctoral students.
