{"id":64754,"date":"2019-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/16\/sara-bills-outstanding-teacher-award\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:05:00","slug":"sara-bills-outstanding-teacher-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/16\/sara-bills-outstanding-teacher-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Bills &#8211; Outstanding Teacher Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Sara Bills, assistant professor, physical therapy education, UNMC College of Allied Health Professions, will receive the Outstanding Teacher Award at the annual Faculty Senate Awards ceremony, at 3 p.m., April 23 in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-right\">\n<h3>Dr. Gold to speak at meeting<\/h3>\n<p>UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., will give his annual address to the faculty, titled &#8220;Healthcare 2050,&#8221; at the annual faculty meeting at 3 p.m., April 23, in the Durham Research Center Auditorium. A reception hosted by Chancellor Gold will follow the event. <\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will be broadcast through <a href=\"https:\/\/unmc.zoom.us\/j\/538309735\">ZOOM<\/a> and can be accessed from desktop computers or at the following sites at UNMC&#8217;s non-Omaha campuses: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Nursing-Lincoln, Room 336\n<li>College of Dentistry-Lincoln Dixon Auditorium, Room 1145\n<li>College of Nursing-Kearney, Health Science Education Complex, Room 102\n<li>College of Nursing-Norfolk, Room 189\n<li>Scottsbluff &#8211; College of Nursing, Regional West Medical Center, Room B132<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Sara Bills\n<li><b>Titles:<\/b> Assistant professor\n<li><b>Joined UNMC:<\/b> 2014\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Omaha<\/ul>\n<p><b>What are the greatest rewards of teaching?<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nAt UNMC, I am able to collaborate with innovative colleagues and students who feed my inner creativity, all while shaping future physical therapists that will transform lives. I couldn&#8217;t ask for a more rewarding career. <\/p>\n<p><b>Describe a moment in your career when you realized you had picked the right occupation.<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nI married into Cubs fandom in 2005 and quickly realized the pain and suffering of Cubs fans across the country. However, the Cubbies broke their curse in 2016 while I was in the midst of my heaviest teaching load. The fall semester was spent teaching cardiopulmonary physical therapy, preparing for admissions and watching my beloved Cubs into the late night hours. The energy and excitement I felt for the Cubs spilled over into morning lectures. By the end of the World Series I was running off of pure adrenaline. The students celebrated with me (even Cardinals fans) with streamers and balloons at an exam after the National League Championship Series and cake pops at a clinical simulation after Game 7 of the World Series. It became evident to me by the end of the semester that teaching allowed me to channel my energy to spark student interest in the course content and build a community of learners.<\/p>\n<p><b>What are the biggest challenges you face as a teacher?<\/b> <br \/>\nWe strive to recruit and admit students with diverse experiences and attributes. It is challenging, yet essential, that we work to shift our teaching methods away from lecture and toward activities that encourage the sharing of differing perspectives and beliefs. A talking head in the front of a diverse class is a wasted opportunity to develop our student&#8217;s capacity for tolerance, respect and concern for others. <\/p>\n<p><b>How do you know when you&#8217;ve been successful as a teacher?<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nIn lectures and one-on-one meetings, I enjoy boiling complex physiological processes down to simple terms and metaphors. I am energized when I see that familiar &#8220;a-ha&#8221; pattern of movement when students finally understand.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual Faculty Senate Awards will be held April 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":64755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-college-of-allied-health-professions","department-physical-therapy","department-unmc-front-page","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sara Bills - Outstanding Teacher Award<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Annual Faculty Senate Awards will be held April 23.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/16\/sara-bills-outstanding-teacher-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sara Bills - Outstanding Teacher Award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Annual Faculty Senate Awards will be held April 23.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/16\/sara-bills-outstanding-teacher-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-29T21:05:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bills0416.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"705\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"406\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Keenan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Keenan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/16\/sara-bills-outstanding-teacher-award\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/16\/sara-bills-outstanding-teacher-award\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Keenan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/59c9598a54f1a531c30cccc1d010ac17\"},\"headline\":\"Sara Bills &#8211; 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