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Lauby Teacher Education Center

*Starting in fall 2025, ISU will transition to the Professional Expectation Review (PER) to replace the disposition process.

Professional Expectation Review (replaces disposition concerns starting in fall 2025)

Starting in fall 2025, the Council for Teacher Education has approved the Professional Expectation Review (PER) to replace the disposition concern assessment for ISU teacher education students.   Using the Pillars of Professional Excellence, the PER process will emphasize communication between faculty/staff and students concerning areas of strength and opportunities  for growth. 

  • To learn more about the Pillars of Professional Excellence click HERE
  • Professional Expectation Review Form
  • Similar to dispositions, a PER submission will be resolvable or unresolvable
  • Receiving a combination for three unresolved PER and/or disposition assessments (issued prior to fall 2025) will stop a student’s teacher education progress

Disposition Concerns Assessments (Prior to Fall 2025)

  1. Disposition Concerns are submitted when behaviors or actions of an Illinois State University teacher candidate do not meet the expectations of professionalism listed under “Disposition Indicators.”
  2. Disposition Concerns can be written by any individual associated with the teacher candidate. (Example: university secretary, school district staff, professor, technology support staff, PK-12 teacher, etc.)
  3. The person writing the disposition must indicate if the disposition is resolvable or unresolvable. If it is resolvable, the end date as to when it must be resolved must be indicated on the form. The person writing the disposition concern must contact the Associate Director of the Lauby Teacher Education Center, to inform him that the disposition concern has been resolved. If not, the disposition concern remains in place.
  4. Disposition Concerns may be resolved by the major department.
  5. Unresolved Disposition Concerns are indicated on the teacher candidate gateways.
  6. Three unresolved Disposition Concerns result in the stoppage of your progress in your Teacher Education program.
    • In some circumstances, a single Disposition Concern may trigger a stop in a teacher candidate’s progress toward program completion without the need to reach the typically three unresolved disposition level. Such action is considered and implemented only in unusual circumstances. What qualifies a Disposition Concern as “severe” is determined by the Cecilia J. Lauby Teacher Education Center, program, or department on a case-by-case basis. There may be some overlap of concerns considered “severe” with the type of behavior that could stop a student from receiving a teacher license and/or working in a school setting. Because these cases are, by nature, unusual, an exhaustive list of behaviors that qualify as raising “serious concern” cannot be created. As with any disposition concerns issue, when progress towards program completion has been stopped, the student may appeal the decision to the Teacher Education Review Board (TERB). Instructions and “Guidelines for Submitting Student Appeals Procedures” may be found at the Teacher Education Appeal Process page The TERB decision may also be appealed to the full CTE.
  7. When a teacher candidate's progress has been stopped, the candidate may appeal through the Appeals Process.
  8. Disposition Concerns documents: