Gary Meers, Ed.D.

About me

I am an Education Advisor/Consultant for MaxKnowledge. I write courses that assist in the professional development of career college instructors. These courses range in content from the introductory level to advanced instructional development. I started my teaching career as an instructional technology teacher on the high school level, completed graduate school and then moved into higher education. I spent many years in the area of teacher training at the University of Nebraska. While at the University of Nebraska I stared working with career college instructors to improve their instructional delivery skills. As a result of these experiences I have been a consultant to career colleges throughout the United States and a number of foreign countries.

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Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding learner characteristics...

Hi James, Good plan for fully integrating all of the unique backgrounds and experiences of your students into a positive learning setting. I am sure both the older and younger students really benefit from working with each other as well as developing respect for where each other is coming from. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Darci, One suggestion I would have to help you with your "bag of tricks" would be to look at training and development methods. I have found that the business/industry training and development methods can be used in education easily. They tend to be shorter in duration with high returns on the results. You can find these on many different web sites with just a bit of exploration. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Richard, You are right about needing to have different ways of presenting materials. Teaching styles need to have variety in order to appeal to the wide range of students in classes today. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Leonard, Great professional development plan. I wish you the best. I like your expression of a teacher as being of "beginners mind". We all need to seek that level of learning. It is fun to learn. I am sure your teacher will be nice to you. Just make sure to take him or her a nice apple on the first day. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Patricia, You have two strong factors going for you. You love to teach and as you say that show through and you are an experienced expert in your field. Your students are getting the best to all worlds with an instructor that loves to teach and cares about their success. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Hi James, I commend you for your efforts to improve your professional skills as an educator. We all need to take advantage of ways we can do our jobs better and you have a plan to do so. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Allina, Great to hear about your perspectives on developing your skills as a professional educator. I am excited about your growth and success. Never lose your love of teaching. As you develop more strategies for instruction you will find that you have even more enjoyment in your teaching because you will be able to concentrate even more on your students. If I can be of any help in your work please let me know. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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REFOCUS...

Hi Andy, Well said. We need to take a look at ourselves and how we are doing things just to make sure we haven't lost what we are trying to do in the first place. Gary

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Laurel, Good approach. You are right on target with the methods you are using. In spite of the best of attempts to inform students still forget and the reminders serve to help them to "remember" deadlines and test dates. This run up to the actual event should reduce much stress for both the students and yourself. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Clarifying Your Expectations To Students

Hi Sharlen, Good approach. Be concise, be clear and be specific and the students will understand what is going to be expected of them in the coming classes. By getting their feedback you will know what areas you need to provide additional information in or expand upon. Gary

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