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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Instructors as Role Models

Sharon, Good standard to have and illustrate to your students. This is what part of their career development should be about. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Role Models

Debi, I commend you for your modeling of professional behavior and illustrating to your students what the outcome of such behavior is on their own career development. By observing you they can see that they to can be successful in the field if they are willing to put forth the effort and dedicate themselves to self discipline. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Effective Motivation Techniques

LaTerria, I like this strategy because it keeps your students forward focused and lets them measure along the way the progress they are making. Thanks for sharing this with us. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Effective Motivation Techniques

Kanidrus, You are building a powerful connection with your students with these methods. You are showing them they are important and that you care about their success in your course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

LaTerria, This is the rewarding part of being an educator. We get to learn from and share with our students. In addition, through the sharing of our human side we are impacting their lives as they move close to their career goals. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructor Enthusiasm

Charles, Yes, it is. This is an important part of the instructional improvement process. We need to review the feedback and then see how we can make adjustments, changes, etc. to make our instruction more effective. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

LaTerria, Good strategy to follow. By appealing to the different learning preferences of your students you are reaching all of them at different times during the class. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making a Positive First Impression

Darcey, So true. It is hard to get out of a negative hole. So by starting on a positive note you build rapport with your students from there. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Sharing Comprehensive and Clear Course Requirements

Darcey, Giving them the opportunity to develop confidence right from the beginning of a course is important. You set the stage for this confidence development so then you can build from there on their success. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Discipline in Critical Thinking

Jeanne, Discipline, discipline, discipline. It has to be developed and refined if success is going to come. Thank you for these comments about the value of developing self discipline for life long success. Nothing comes easy so a strong investment needs to be made in one's self discipline. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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