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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Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Graphic Organizers

Mike, These are fun teaching tools to use. We just got one and all of us faculty are having fun learning how to use it effectively. It is amazing how it can help the instructional process. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Jeffery, Good strategy to follow as you learned about the career plans of your course you adapted the content and examples to their plans. Thus they learned more about being over the road truckers than local drivers based upon what you found out about them. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Mike, I think you will like the results you get from using this approach. You find your students much more engaged when they start to use their personal experiences in the course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Effective Motivation Techniques

Matthew, Yes, they do. Stories from the field always perk the students up. They start to make the connection between the content being taught and how it will be applied. This is an "ah ha" moment for them. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Student Rapport

Shelly, Good for you because when your students know you care about them as individuals you have moved them a long way in terms of being engaged in the class. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Shelly, The human factor is an essential part of teaching success. By integrating our personality and support into the class structure we are helping our students to see how they need to conduct themselves when they are out in the workplace. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Re: Effective Retention Strategies

Matthew, It starts with the earning of mutual respect and then develops into rapport. Having rapport with students is one of the rewards of being an educator and getting to be a part of preparing the next generation to enter our field. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Feeling Accepted Helps with Success

Matthew, Good way to approach student engagement. You are helping them to move from being passive learners to becoming active ones. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Creating Personal Support Systems

Shelly, This is a good strategy because of the sharing that occurs but also helps the students to learn how to work with others. They need to have this skill well developed if they are going to be successful in the workplace. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Preparing and Delivering Effective Lectures

Reinaldo, What are some examples of how you do this? Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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