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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Making Instruction Relevant

Hi Karen, Good way to bring relevancy into your instruction. You are showing your students what they are learning in the classroom will be needed and used when they are out working. This increases their motivation to their studies and the field. Gary

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Feeling Accepted Helps with Success

Hi Randy, What are some strategies you use to help your students get comfortable in your learning environment? Thanks in advance for your input on this. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Llana, Welcome to teaching. I wish you much success as an educator. I know you are going to find it rewarding as you get to help shape the futures of your students. You have a great professional development plan in place so keep working on it. If I can be of any help to you please feel free to call on me. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Latoya, Your experience in the field from which you acquired your expertise and practical knowledge. This is the type of content students like to hear because it get them excited about their own futures. Gary

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Hi Elven, Good way to keep the requirements in front of your students. As you know students require repeated reminders so they will make sure to complete their assignments on time. Gary

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Creating Personal Support Systems

Hi Tiffany, This is great to hear about your daughter advocating for herself through her questioning. Here at my university I run a program for incoming students that have learning disabilities. We pair the freshmen up with junior/senior students so they have a mentor. In addition, we have a resource center where the students can come for assistance and materials. One of our challenges has been getting the word out to high school seniors and incoming freshmen. By having students like your daughter ask questions and get involved in planning for her success in college I know our program and… >>>

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Hi Michele, This is what make teaching so much fun. You get to see different individuals do different things and different times in the course as a result of being offered instruction in their learning preference. Keep up the good work. Gary

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Hi Thomas, Coming from the trades I understand and appreciate your comments. We had to "prove" ourselves with a practical exam which continued on each day I was on the job. We had to do the work and please our customers in the process. If we didn't have the skills we weren't going to last. Gary

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Hi Richard, Well said about the support and focus displaced workers need while in school. I run a Survival Skills Center for a number of years where our student population was all displaced, addicted, and court involved individuals. We had to use the model you described to get started or they just continued to circle themselves in despair. Failure is easy to accomplish because it requires nothing of you place you can blame your failure on someone else. On the other hand success requires that you make decisions and as a result of those decisions you have choices. This is… >>>

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The Human Factor in Retention

Hi Dr. Kim, So true in relation to your point from Dr. Freud. It seems that we are being overtaken more all the time by the very institutions that are suppose to help us be successful. This is why the human factor has to be a part of our instructional effort. Gary

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