Hi Stacey:
We are role models, no doubt about it. Students will behave to the degree our expectations dictate. So even if we say one thing, but act another (disorganized, unpreprepared), that's the new expectation students will follow as well.
When we're prepared, we are now providing expectations for the class, and also setting the example by following the same standards we expect of the students.
Regards, Barry
