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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Comprehensive Planning for Instructional Success

Amy, So true in relation to preparation. Going into a class organized and prepared enables you to relax and enjoy teaching so much more. Thank you for these good words of advice for all instructors, especially those just starting out teaching. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Amy, You have a good professional development plan in place. Keep up your efforts to expand your expertise because each new strategy and technique will make you a better instructor. Also you understanding of the different learning preferences will enable you to customize your instruction in such a way to meet the individual needs of your students. Keep up the good work. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Christopher, Observation of other instructors is a valuable professional development tool. I still set in on classes after many years of teaching as I know I can always learn something from one of my colleagues. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Sharon, Like your approach. You are assuming the roles that are needed to encourage and support your students. Your results show they like how you are helping them to move toward their career goals. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Marcia, With this new approach I know you are going to have some great results. Your students are going to see the value of the content that is being shared by the theory teacher in relation to the application of content. This will greatly increase their ROI and motivation. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Marcia, I am sure this information will help you to select strategies that will enable your students to acquire the knowledge and skills they need. You are correct in your assessment about what intelligences are used most in the hospital setting. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Kelli, I think this approach is so valuable in starting a new class. You are letting the students know about your human side as well as informing them that you had to work hard to get through school as well. This creates an understanding with the students and start the earning of their respect. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Marcia, I like the way you approach reinforcing the learning of your students. You are giving them several different ways of getting the content stored in their memory banks and making it ready for use. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Motivators

Vivian, Good approach because you are targeting the different ages of your students with the type of support you provide. This is very important because as you mention different ages learn or at least become involved in different ways. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Motivators

Elaine, Thank you for these good comments about how an instructor should interact with students and share content. Stories about work experience really capture the attention of students because they help to make the content real and gives it application. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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