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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Instructors as Role Models

Donna, I agree. You are the standard that they are going to use to measure professionalism that is within the class. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Debra, Thank you for the kind words about the course. I am excited for you and your students as I know you are going to continue to expand your expertise as an instructor. Keep up the good work. I wish you continued teaching success. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Julia, How do you get feedback from your students? Thanks for any methods you can share with us. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Allyson, Not sure what you mean unprofessional in terms of handling the situation. You are being professional if you stop the comments, redirect the class and then move the class forward with learning opportunities. You have to take control of the class and manage student behavior. If you don't then you are going to be in for a very long course. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Wayne, I like your inclusion of the word "passion". I think that passion and enthusiasm needs to be a part of the delivery process if students are to become engaged and retained. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Katherine, This is so important as it gives the students a realistic picture of what a career professional is all about. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

William, Great way to approach each and every class because as we both know after many years of teaching that each class does teach us something. In addition, we need to always be on a quest for knowledge. This is what keeps us fresh and excited about what we are teaching. Thanks for the good comments. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Tenisha, Great to hear. I wish you continued teaching success. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Kirk, This is a comprehensive way to delivery content while engaging students. The more you can do this the more success both the students and you are going to have. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

David, For sure. This is the only way you will be able to keep them engaged for the duration of the course. Gary Dr. Gary Meers

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