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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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Santos, All good ways to expand your knowledge and expertise. The more professional development like this that you undertake the more impact you will have in the lives of your students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Santos, Great list of ways to expand your knowledge base and expertise as an educator and leader in your field. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Graphic Organizers

Chemo, Great strategy! Thanks for sharing it with us. This is a great use of a graphic organizer and how it can help students acquire needed content when they can't seem to organize the information in a way that will help them learn it. You are giving them a learning tool that they will be able to use throughout their lives. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Chemo, You make a number of key points that reinforce why instructors need to bring passion and enthusiasm to their classrooms and labs. Passion for one's field and enthusiasm for teaching about it goes a long way in helping students to become motivated about what is being taught. Both of these emotions are catching so we need to spread them to our students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Chemo, This is a great way to use the different intelligences of your students and show them the value of knowing what those intelligences are and how they benefit them as they process information and acquire skills. Helping them to step outside of their comfort zone is important as well because they are going to have to do just that once they are in the workplace. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Chemo, This is a great way to reinforce the students and their learning of medical terms. You provide support and strategies at the critical time when they think there is no way they can possibility learn all of the terms being studied. With these memory aides you are able to help them achieve success and move forward in their career development. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Effective Motivation Techniques

Kristina, They get tired and worn down while in school and reminders like this really help to renew their spirits and get them excited about how far they have come and how much they have learned. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Student Rapport

Kristina, Respect is the foundation for the development of rapport so the quicker you can earn the respect of your students the quicker the foundation for rapport development will have been laid. Thanks for making this good point about supporting each student that we have. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Application of New Knowledge

Mary, This light coming on is what keeps many of us coming back to the classroom or lab over and over again. It is such a wonderful moment when it happens because that student has gained some knowledge or a skill that will be with him or her for the rest of their life. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Mary, This is great advice for other instructors to follow. You are right about the value that students associate with this type of support and encouragement. A few words can make the difference between a student staying or leaving school. We do impact the lives of our students in so many ways. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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