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 a Positive First Impression

Eunita, Good point about first impressions. It is so much easier to build on a good first impression rather than dig out of a negative hole. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Learning from Instructor and Student Introductions

James, I agree in terms the more you can learn about the students the more your can customize your instruction to meet the needs of your current students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using a Well-prepared Syllabus

Eunita, Right you are about the need for a well prepared syllabus. Having such saves so much time and frustration. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Jerome, This is a good way to use different resources to expand your expertise and knowledge base as you strive to be the most effective educator you can be. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Eunita, Good strategy. Thanks for sharing this with us. I know it will be of help to other instructors. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Role Models

Hieu, This is what being a model is all about. I commend you for all of the effort you are putting forth to be a role model for your students while making sure you are current with your field. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Andrew, Good point about how we need to keep working to expand our knowledge and expertise as educators and communicators of our field. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Donna, All of these activities increase your professional expertise and engagement with your students. I commend you for all of your efforts. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Eunita, Good point about how to reflect professionalism with you students. This is such important part of your modeling for the growth of your students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Valuing Student Opinions

Mark, Good way to be the learning leader of the class. You are integrating a variety of ways to keep students engaged and focused on the content with these methods. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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