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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Motivating Learners

Laura, So true. At times these problems can become overwhelming and the students see no alternative but to quite school. Providing support as needed can help retain these students through the difficult times. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Cynthia, It is exciting to hear about your professional growth. The more experience you gain the more you will be able to pick out critical content for your students. This will help you to more accurately target their learning needs and then provide support to them. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Instructors as Role Models

Alan, This is a big point to get across to your students. You have expressed it very well. They need to know that both external and internal (meaning dress, behavior, competence and knowledge) is what is required for career success. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Instructors as Role Models

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Using Graphic Organizers

Keelan, You might want to look at using them as helpful learning tools for your students. They really help students to stay on target when they are learning new concepts. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Reinforcement as Motivation

Edward, Great to hear about the student enthusiasm you have going in your two classes. This is a compliment to how you have set the stage for learning to occur for your students. Keep up the good work. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Instructors as Motivators

Dellene, Excitement and enthusiasm are two big sellers of learning for students. They can "catch" both from you as you share your content with them. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Effective Motivation Techniques

William, Good examples of how to offer variety to what you are teaching. This really helps to engage the students as you know. Keep up the good work. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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The Human Factor in Retention

Dellene, It is critical for them to feel this way. They need to know they are accepted and respected. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Feeling Accepted Helps with Success

Melonie, Thank you so much for sharing this situation and the outcome. Students make serious mistakes as they progress through their educational careers which result in consequences just as you have outlined. It sounds like progress has been made by both the offenders and offendees. Your maintaining your professional demeanor is to be commended and was the way to handle it. You are the class leader and everyone was looking to you to see how the situation would be handled. I am confident that these two students learned a lot about how to handle themselves in relation to public displays… >>>

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