Prompt 3 (2nd Webinar Session): Have you witnessed staff acting in an  unprofessional manner? If so, what can you do to avoid pitfalls associated with unprofessional behavior?

I have witnessed instructors acting unprofessionally. One of the Characteristics of Professional Conduct is demonstrating respect for self, colleagues, students and property and in more than one occasion I've overheard an instructor demean a population of students. The worst part is that the instructor expects the class to behave exactly like she wants and when it doesn't, she goes to the first person to complain about how "bad" her students are in class. The funny thing is that I worked at the "detention" school were some of the students she has mentioned have gone and I've never had problems with them.

I mostly avoid contact with instructors that have a negative attitude because they are either terrible people and\or terrible at what they do. That's what I'm doing with this instructor. We may to share a general area, but I don't have to share any social experiences with that individual.