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

Tracy, Like your strategies. They are effective ways of reaching students and being a role model as well. Gary

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Instructors as Role Models

Frances, This is a very good way to build rapport with your students. They can see you through your interaction with them and will know you are a dedicated professional educator. Gary

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Chemo, You did a great job in answering the question as well as demonstrating your professional commitment to teaching. Keep up the great work you are doing and continue to impact the lives of your students. Gary

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Using Graphic Organizers

How can the use of graphic organizers help students to organize their learning efforts?

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Effective Motivation Techniques

Paul, Great example of teacher understanding. I have had this same situation occur two times in the past year. Gary

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Comprehensive Planning for Instructional Success

Nightwing, I like your graphic example of how the students will feed on an unprepared instructor. We need to keep this in mind and always come to class prepared. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Nightwing, This is a great source of information and teaching strategies. As you say learning from those you admire is a great way to expand your expertise. Gary

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Making Instruction Relevant

Rickey, Good strategy. You are helping them to see relevancy and application to what they are learning. Gary

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Rickey, Right you are. This understanding helps with customizing instruction based upon the identified needs of the students. Gary

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The Human Factor in Retention

Thomas, Good information for all instructors to remember. We need to always be student centered in our approach. The more we are the greater rapport we are going to have with our students. Gary

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