New teachers bask in tips to succeed during the first year. Two master teachers share tips and experiences on how to build relationships that influence success. Listen, share, like, leave a voice message, or respond to the question at the end of the podcast. Resources: Aguilar (2016), Brown (2009), Trauma Learning Policy Initiative (2020),

New teachers enter classrooms from other careers with limited professional training and are expected to perform with excellence. This episode provides three nuggets to support educators impacted by those post-pandemic trends or demands.

Dr. Watts explores the use of habits to successfully implement intervention that will positively impact all aspects of education including all stakeholders: policy makers, districts, schools, teachers, parent, community patterns, and students. We examine experiences, concepts, research, and statistics to make suggestions for change. It is easy to cast blame, but at times the only requirement is to rethink our actions, mindsets, attitudes or habits in order to be successful. Rethinking habits and their impact on success is a step in the right direction.

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Dr. Watts shares her personal tussles with weight gain and weight loss and explains how she was finally able to apply the principles of habit to conquer her struggles.

Dr. Watts highlights some of her 2020 episodes and thanks her audience. She outlines her vision for 2021 seasons and invites listeners to tune in once monthly for tips on how to use the principles of habit to succeed .

In this episode Dr. Watts examines data from PISA to navigate the impact of the #wealth gap on the #Achievement gap. Jeff Badu, Chicago Financier, speaks on how schools, homes, and businesses can positively impact the wealth gap which will in turn positively contribute to narrowing the Achievement Gap.

In this episode Dr. Watts utilizes data from PISA 2018, NAEP and NCES 2019 results as context for her discussion on the state of the Achievement Gap. She identifies all the Gaps that negatively impact the Achievement Gap #attitudegap, #opportunitygap, #knowledgegap, #homeworkgap, #wealthgap, #digitalgap, (divide), #healthgap. She defines “Gap” in the context of a variety of regions and cultures.

Kiwana Thomas, financial educational Coach, guides listeners on how to pull themselves together to recover and rebuild after the negative impact of job loss during the pandemic.

Marah Languedoc, licensed clinical counselor, outlines the psychological aspect of how to deal with loss of loved ones, jobs, and loss of freedom associated with the pandemic.