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

Hi Shelly, Right you are. We have to be the examples or what we say we want the students to do is wasted since we are not modeling what we are asking. Gary

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Hi Dawn, Right you are. With this components integrated into your instructional planning you are going to have a winner in terms of teaching. Gary

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Hi Shelly, Great way to create a professional development plan for yourself. Keep looking for ways to expand your knowledge and expertise and you will continue to enjoy teaching. I wish you much teaching success. Gary

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Hi Faylee, Right you are about diverse classes like this being a challenge. To be able to balance such is a lot of work but the pay off at the end is great. Keep up the effort because you are impacting lives for years to come. Gary

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Hi Donald, One of the parts of teaching in a career college is that you are helping students to prepare to be successful in their careers. Among the components of career preparation is the understanding of how to cope and meet with deadlines. You are enforcing a policy that helps student to learn this concept even when it seems to be strict. Their employers will be enforcing such policies as well so they need to understand they the whys of deadlines. Gary

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Hi Ralph, You make a good point about there not being one single definition that fits every teaching situation. Good input on how to approach instructional professionalism. Gary

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Reinforcement as Motivation

Hi Christian, Good to hear. I wish you much success with your teaching. Gary

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Effective Retention Strategies

Hi Patricia, Many students need this extra bit of attention to keep them engaged and coming to school. Good way to show them that you care and are there to support them. Gary

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Personlizing Your Lessons

Many career college provide a standardized curriculum to their instructors. If you are teaching in one of those colleges you need to personalize the curricuulum so it will reflect your personality and experiences. When you receive the curriculum look at how the topics are broken down. Then go through each topic and think of an example of a work experience that you have had that would apply to the content. Make a note in the margin of the currculum so you will be sure and remember to share the example or story when that topic is covered. The more experience… >>>

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Making a Positive First Impression

Hi Mary, This is important in order to have a setting that is supportive of learning. What are some ways you go about letting the students know you are in charge? Thanks for your input on this. Gary

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