BE A SMART

TEACHER ?Dr.T.V.Rao MD

We the TeachersBecoming a successful faculty member at a Medical college or any Institution is no trivial undertaking. People are not born knowing how to prepare and deliver effective lectures, make good use of the growing power of instructional technology, write rigorous but fair assignments and exams, help students deal with a bewildering array of academic and personal problems, build reasonably good research program, and teaching assistants

Balancing life with

Academics Balance the endless and

often conflicting time

demands imposed by

teaching, , service, and

personal life. It takes

most faculty members

long years of trial and

error to learn how to do

all that, and some never

quite figure it out.

Most of us are

interested in improving

something about

ourselves: our

productivity, our sanity,

our organization, our

happiness, our

effectiveness, our

impact on the

environment, our

minds, our dreams.

Every one is interested in improving

the world but few practice it ?

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Think to make make

better decisions -

decisions that

benefit yourself and

others - this leads to

more success in

business and

finances. You are

also more productive

when you're happy.

Think about making better decisions,

do not worry even if you fail?

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Learn something “new”

each day to keep

growing intellectually.

Stagnation of thoughts

will eventually end up

giving you a cesspool of

nothingness. Be

curious. Become growth

oriented. Always look

for information that

enhances your personal

performance or position

in life. “Lazy” is not part

of this process!

Learn something New every day

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Our Main Job Is Teaching[Lecture preparation]

On average, it should take two

hours to prepare a new 1-hour

lecture on material you know,

three at most; half-an-hour to

revise a 1-hour lecture; and

roughly 30 hours to prepare a 1-

hour interactive web lecture. If it

takes you much more than that,

you’re probably over preparing (a

common mistake made by new

faculty members).

Avoiding overloaded syllabus

Have several

professors

independently analyse

the content of a course

and decide which

topics they would not

include. Those topics

may generally be

considered optional.

Over doing things

causes confusion

Many Teachers loose

interest in reading other

than what they are

supposed to Teach,

However Choose a book

that requires effort and

concentration and read

a little of it every day, so

that you read it from

cover to cover in 100

days.

Read a book on something other than

you know

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Use instructional technology only for tasks that are essential to the course and cannot be done as well—if at all—without it, and when the added cost of using it is reasonable. If you decide to use it and you’re not an expert, get help.

Use Instructional technology

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Design tests so that 15–20% of the material is covered only in the lectures, 15–20% only in the readings, and the remaining 60–70% in both. To make sure that a test is not too long, work through it yourself and multiply your solution

Design the Tests with Caution

and Practicability

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When someone does

or says something

that upsets you, take a

minute to think over

your response instead

of answering right

away

Teachers are targets

for criticisms Think

how much you are

responsible before

you React ?

Teachers are targets for criticisms

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Good teachers try

and try and try, and

let students know

they try. Just as we

respect students who

really try, even if they

do not succeed in

everything they do,

so they will respect

us, even if we are not

as good as we want

to be.

Good Teachers Really Want to

Be Good Teachers

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Negative talk produces

negative thoughts;

negative thoughts

produce negative

results”,

Feed your mind with the

thoughts, words, and

images that are most

consistent with who you

want to be, what you

want to have, and what

you want to achieve.

Think positive avoid negative ideas

Thinking positive is the Best Option

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We teachers have

something called

academic freedom.

Too many of us

interpret that to mean

the freedom from

firing. I love taking

risks. It keeps some

excitement in what is,

after all, a pretty

placid profession.

Never Forget We are Gifted

People

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I like to try

things that

can fail. If

there is no

chance of

failure, then

success is

meaningless.

Do not Bother

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Become aware of the

differences between

how you treat others,

and how you treat

yourself. Are you

dismisive of

yourself? Do you

treat yourself with the

same respect that

you treat others?

Teach Others

How to Treat You

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Just about

all of the

good

teachers I

have known

are eternally

busy.

Good Teachers Never Have

Enough Time

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For good teachers the day is never done. While it does not follow that any teacher who keeps busy is a good teacher, the good teachers I know rarely have time to relax

Good teacher have little Time

to Relax

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It sounds simple and

old, but it is absolutely

true. Often we don't

realise how sullen we

are. Consciously making

an effort to smile more -

even when you're alone

(especially when you're

alone) will increase your

general state of mind

automatically.

Smile More – Complain less

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We all come across

people who upset us or

make us angry. We all

come across people

who seem to be just

mean and nasty. Here's

a perspective-adjuster

that can really help in

dealing with such

people.

The people around you

are not your choice try

to ignore them .

Some people are just bad

learn to deal with them

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Read about a

subject you

wouldn’t normally.

This is a great way

to develop a better

understanding of

the world. It will

also make you a

more interesting

person in the

process.

Read a New Topic Think New

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We have noticed that good teachers, when they get really good evaluations, don't quite believe them. They focus instead on the one or two erratic evaluations that say something bad about them. They good teachers tend to trust only the negative evaluations

Good Teachers Do Not Trust

Student Evaluations

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life is new every day

be curious like a Child to learn

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Good teachers tend to discount the positive evaluations, however numerous they may be; less-good teachers tend to discount the negative evaluations, however numerous they may be.

Good Professors Learn from

Student Evaluations

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Teachers should Create World

of Possibilities

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Never forget punctuality and sincerity

more respected than your status

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It is Great to be a Teacher and Greater to be a Sincere

Teacher

Email

doctortvrao@gmail.com

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