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L'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: Qualities of a Good Aviation Student with Fitzroy St. JeanDr. MarthaJay sits with Certified Flight Instructor Fitzroy St. Jean. Mr. St. Jean shares the qualities of a great aviation student from the perspectives of both a flight instructor and a student. He also addresses challenges in pursuing an aviation career but encourages students to develop an obsession or passion rather than just a career to diminished interest.
Mr. St. Jean also advises parents and other adults on how to spark interest in their children. 2025-01-3026 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: Helicopter Piloting as a Career with Dami FadahunsiDr. Martha Jay sits with IFR Captain, Offshore Helicopter Pilot, Dami Fadahunsi to discuss one aspect of #civil #aviation.
Dami advices inspiring pilots to have a 'can do attitude' . He cautions #minorities to remember that "nothing is beyond" their capabilities. He says be ready for the reactions of those who will question your abilities because of what you look like, sound like, or come from. He says do not be distracted. Focus on adding value.
He says becoming a piolot " starts in the mind" . He highlights habits to employ to become successful in aviation: continuous...2025-01-0833 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: How to Express Gratitude and Improve Mood and MotivationIt can be surprising when we find out that we hold the keys to feelings of satisfaction, happiness, motivation, and high self-confidence. If we understand the impact of gratitude on mental wellbeing, improved focus, and motivation, more of us would be living more fulfilled lives. I am Dr. Martha Jay, your host, inviting you to practice these few tips to express gratitude and live more fulfilled lives.
Then share it with someone, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen. Leave a comment, ask a question. 2024-12-2330 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: How to Care for our Mental Health with Marah Languedoc, LCPC, CCMMrs. Marah Languedoc, enjoys the idea of giving back to the community. Through this podcasts she hopes that listeners will learn about mental wellness and take steps to improve their mental wellbeing. With Dr. Martha Jay she shares tips for improving and sustaining metal wellness. She provides tips on how to handle grief, as well as how to support children through the loss of a parent.
Listen, share, follow, leave a comment or message. Thank you for your listen.2024-12-2132 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: How to Care for Our Kidneys with Dr. Pearl JamesDr. Martha Jay sits with Dr. Pearl James, Consultant Nephrologist, to discuss habits individuals can implement to reduce the risk and incidences of kidney disease. Dr. James addresses kidney function, health habits that benefit kidney health, possible symptoms and types of kidney disease and cautionary steps to take to improve and ensure a good quality of life.
Listen, share with someone you know, leave a comment or a message.2024-11-2333 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitillie: How to Preserve Games with PlantsDr. Martha Jay sits with Mr. Arlinton James author, curator and fomer Forest Officer, of Dominica Division of Parks and Wildlife to discuss the preservation of games with plants. His book Playing with Plants: in the Nature Isle (2012) a publication reviewed by the International Journal of Games serves basis for the discussion. Mr. James encourages parents, grandparents, and educators to ensure that the traditions of games with plants are passed on, not only in print but in action. 2024-11-1134 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: Credit Unionettes as a Means to Cultivate Habits of Saving in ChildrenDr. Martha Jay sits with Ms. Joycelyn Bazil, the elementary school teacher responsible for the Children's Savings Union at her school. Ms. Bazil shares the guidelines for schools, and parents to participate in the process. She reiterates the main benefit for children which is to cultivate the habits of saving early with the hope of making them into life-long savers. She encourages teachers to use the math curriculum to teach financial literacy, and parents to develop entrepreneurial skills with their children.A tip to parents and grandparents: Help a child or grandchild develop the habit of saving.2024-10-2132 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: How to Discover the World of Code or Programming!Coding or programming is a male-dominated field that seems to scare off the average individual. According to Senior Software Engineering, @Karim Langudoc, coding is more accessible than we think. He shares the nuances and ease of coding with Dr. Martha Jay and her listeners. He addresses the gender gap and gives suggestions to parents and educational systems on how to narrow the gap between gender, and race. He shares free resources and encourages young, non-degreed, and older individuals to try coding. Listen! Share! Take the Poll! Rate the podcast. Send a message on suggestions for future topics.2024-10-0130 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: How to use I ACE IT Model to Implement InterventionsDr. Martha Jay sits with Mrs. Ingrid Eloi, Teacher Leader, at Belles Elementary to understand the use of the I ACE IT model as an approach to implement the WTR (Writing to Respond process as an approach to improve writing performance. Mrs. Eloi shares the school's team approach with examples for each aspect of the model. Dr. Jay invites other individuals, organizations, schools, and school districts to try the I ACE IT to implement initiatives.2024-09-2428 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: A School Utilizes WTR to Boost Student Engagement and Critical ThinkingDr. Martha Jay sits with Principal, Mrs. Viline Christopher, and Teacher Leader, Ingrid Eloi of one elementary school in Dominica. The educators share stories about their success with The Writing to Respond Process (#WTR) and the #OECS #PEARL project expectations. With passion, they share their use of the process to increase student engagement through outings, stories, and higher-order thinking questions. The educators shared their success in improved appreciation for engaging in text, classroom discussion, and writing. They encourage other schools to adopt the use of the process at their school since it is not a burden.2024-09-1935 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: How to turn Talent to Resource, and then to Revenue!Dr. Martha Jay, utilizes a Biblical allusion to help listeners understand how to nurture talent so that it morphs into a sustainable resource that can become a revenue that will lead to individual sustainable growth.
Listeners are given an opportunity to go retrospectively: Take stock, look for opportunities, guard those opportunities, market, pay debts, and then live a life outside of lack.2024-09-1730 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'habitille: How to Develop Soft Skills to Obtain and Keep a JobHR consultant Erin Eilers outlines the soft skills that major employers desire for new hires. She provides guidelines on how to develop the top skills before they show up for the interview. Ms. Eilers also addresses the top soft skills needed for staying hired or for winning the internal promotion.
Dr. Martha Jay reminds youth that although their educational, technical, and trade skills are needed to fulfill the United Nations' 2030 mandate, employers are placing equal or greater value on soft skills.
Look for more podcasts about the efforts to raise awareness of youth skills development.2024-08-2928 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L’Habitille: Adults as Digital CitizensDr. Martha Jay sits with Digital Specialist Mr. Geoffrey Bagnato to discuss how adults can best present themselves as #digital #citizens with integrity. Mr. Bagnato utilizes everyday examples to simplify terms like digital footprints and how the internet stores and uses the information that we feed it. Feel free to rate the show or leave a message.2024-08-2537 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: How to Preserve Cultural Games with Gregory RabessDr. Martha Jay speaks with cultural icon of the Commonwealth of Dominica. They examine traditional games and their values and explore best practices to preserve and pass them on to future generations. Dr. Martha Jay encourages listeners, and citizens to be vigilant guardians of culture. Look for other episodes on cultural preservation. 2024-08-1632 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L'Habitille: How Proactive Skills Dev Impacts Climate ActionDr. Martha Jay sits with Muriel Baptiste, the Program Manager of youth skills development with a non-government entity, and the Executive Director of a foundation that focuses on supporting marginalized women, and youth in Chicago. Muriel outlines how to build capacity, broaden partnerships, and assess needs in the process of organizing and establishing trade, sports, and STEAM programs geared to skill building. She also emphasizes the importance of soft skills in the process of equipping the whole person. The hope is that regions that are most susceptible to the effects of climate change will create opportunities for youth to...2024-08-0833 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L’Habitille: Youth Skills Development- Reactive vs Proactive in Climate Impacted RegionsDr. Martha Jay explores Youth Skills development from two perspectives: Reactive- after school failure and Proactive - runs concurrently with academic learning. Ms. Malissa Jno Lewis, Youth Development Officer in Dominica, and Ms. Muriel Baptiste, Program Manager in Chicago share their approach to youth skills development. The hope is that listeners who can impact change will be inclined to do so in the areas of need.
2024-07-2837 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L’Habitille: Screen Time and School age Students--Parental SupportMrs. Marah Languedoc (LCPC, CCM, utilizes her expertise in youth mental health, case management, and clinical behavior therapy to guide parents on best practices for screen time outside of school hours. She outlines the benefits when utilized correctly, and cautions about the detriments of excessive interaction with screens. (Twenty hours or more per week) She provides guidelines to parents on how to prevent or to remedy possible impacts of screen-time on students. Listen, share, follow, take the poll, leave a message wherever you listen.2024-07-1139 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L’Habitille: Procrastination - How to Beat itDr. Martha Jay and Mary Brotherton discuss procrastination. She categorizes procrastination into three generalized groups: simple putt-offs that lead to habits like putting of the laundry; more serious put-offs that may derail life -like failing a course; and deferred dreams because of one or more of Paulo Coelho’s four obstacles: people’s expectations, love, fear or failure or anxiety. Examine and take action if you identify with any.2024-07-1034 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L’Habitille: Remittances and the Impact on Us and our EconomyDr. MarthaJay hones the skills of world activists to address the impact of remittances on children and economy of receiving countries. MWESIGYE Robert, CEO and Founder of Rejoice Africa, and Attorney Carter Dillard, executive at the Fair Start Movement share practices on how recipients of remittances can direct the fund towards sustainability and how entities like the United Nations and governments can enact policies to make the transfer of remittances more beneficial to the individuals who need it most.2024-06-2332 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!L’Habitille: How to Monitor Toddlers Use of Electronic DevicesCertified Professional Counselor, Behavioral and Mental Health, Marah Joseph Languedoc joins Dr. MarthaJay to share best practices on when to introduce toddlers to electronic devices and how to monitor their interaction to prevent future behavior issues.2024-06-1928 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!L’Habitille: How to Persevere through ObstaclesDr MarthaJay takes a look into adversities she calls ingredients for perseverance. She uses her personal experiences to convince her audience that obstacles are mere distractions that can cause emotional havoc if not identified and guarded early.
She encourages those who missed the mark, fell short, were overlooked, or have given up to reflect, muscle up, and keep trekking.
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L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Thing #4: Begin with Oral Expression when Improving Writing PerformanceWhen students practice responses orally, and educators provide timely and candid feedback to those responses, students build confidence. They practice text or evidenced-based responses and they become better able to transfer those skills to written responses.2024-05-2623 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Thing #3 Consider Interest and Educational Level for Improving Writing PerformanceEducators should consider students interest and educational level to motivate reluctant readers and maintain high interest in readers and writers. Dr MarthaJay and Co Host Mr. Bagnato explores and share personal examples2024-05-261h 05L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Rethink It! How to Cultivate Habits to Improve Writing Performance!Rethink It! A Podcast series developed for educators to help improve writing performance in the classroom. This is for all education levels and all types of learning.
This episode is about cultivating habits in the classroom for student sucess!2024-04-0109 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Rethink It! Thing #5 Cultivate Habits Use Routines2024-03-2909 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Rethink It! Thing 4 Begin with Oral Expression2024-03-2916 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Rethink It! Thing #3 Think Interest and Educational Levels2024-03-2912 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Rethink It! Thing #2 Use Higher Order Questions2024-03-2911 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Rethink It: Thing #1 Develop Critical Thinking2024-03-2920 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Thing # 5 : Habits for Improving Writing PerformanceDr. MarthJay explores thing # 5 for improving writing performance in strudents2024-03-2518 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Rethink It! Critical Thinking SkillsHabits: The 5 Things Educators need to know about Improving Writing skills with Students. This concept is for all levels of education and all styles of teaching.
This lesson is on how educators at Every Educational level can help develop critical thinking skills with their students.2024-03-1120 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Opening for Rethink It Podcast SeriesThe opening of the Rethink It! Podcast Series2024-02-2901 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Thing #2: Use Higher Order Thinking Questions to Improve Writing PerformanceUse higher order thinking questions to help students develop critical thinking skills and improve analytical writing skills. Dr. MarthaJay and Mr. Bagnato share tips on how and why the need for utilizing these skills as prerequisites for building writing confidence.2023-11-2524 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Thing #1: Develop Critical Thinking Skills to Improve Writing PerformanceDr. MarthaJay, writing and communications instructor, as well as author of the Writing to Respond (WTR) process, joins co-hosts Muriel Baptiste, advocate for After School Programs, and Geoffrey Bagnato, former high school and college adjunct instructor to share and discuss, #criticalthinking, one of the five things to know about teaching fundamental skills to improve #writing confidence and #writingperformance in ALL students.2023-11-1443 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!L’Habitille- (Rethink it) Financial Literacy: How Parents can take Charge!We hear the term financial literacy used loosely even in political ads, but do we understand its value? Are we as a society doing enough to liberate the “money talk?” Why is it so difficult to keep conversations around money or wealth? Can we narrow the wealth gap without understanding money concepts such as: risk, reward, or even interests? In this episodes we explore the crucial role of financial literacy in addressing the cultural and generational financial trends in or society. #Kids-investing #kids #money2023-04-2023 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!L’Habitille: (RethinkIt!)Mrs. St. Louis-Williams: How to be Intentional about Stress Free Teaching.Schools in disadvantaged settings encounter many challenges. Teachers are offered incentives for teaching in those settings, but sometimes the impact of those challenges on teachers overpower the benefits . For those who decide to serve where they are most needed, what are some strategies or habits can they utilize to maintain wellness while being impactful? Listen as Mrs. St.Louis shares her process. #MorningMeetings, #Menu #BehaviorModification #PowerofHabit #CharlesDuhigg #AtomicHabit #JamesClear2022-11-1424 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!How to Improve Social Skills, Academic Achievement, and Reduce Stress with Mrs. LeonardThe Nation’s 2022 Report Card reveals that 4th and 8th graders in all but one state [in the US] experienced regression in performance on test scores for reading and math. These results have been attributed to a decline in social skills, which in- turn impacted academic performance, and test scores. Middle school teacher Mrs. P. Leonard, and Elementary teacher Mrs. R. St.Louis-Williams share their methods for improving social skills and preparing students for learning. They reported improvement in student behavior, a more conducive learning environment, and a reduction in teacher related stress. Find out more about #Responsive-classrooms #behavioral-theory. Listen, li...2022-11-0224 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!How to Build Trust in the Classroom with Dr. Nicole Combs and Coach Angela Bentley-HenryNew 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),2022-10-2615 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!How to Succeed as a New Teacher: Lead, Ask, Show-up.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.2022-10-1616 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Rethinking Habits for Success with UrgencyDr. 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.2022-09-2100 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!EduchatComing soon2022-09-1200 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Habits that Count: A Weight Loss Journey: My 22-4/7Dr. 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.2021-01-1224 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Thank You for your Support in 2020: All the Best for 2021Dr. 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 .2020-12-3119 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Jeff Badu on How to Narrow the Wealth Gap & Tackle the Achievement GapIn 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.2020-07-1838 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!How to Navigate all the Gaps that impact the Achievement Gap: A Global PerspectiveIn 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.2020-06-2116 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!How to Regain and Rebuild Financial Confidence with Kiwana Thomas, financial expertKiwana 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.2020-05-2736 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!How to Deal with Loss During CoVID-19 with Marah LanguedocMarah 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.2020-05-0923 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!How to Deal with Fear and Anxiety Caused by COVID-19: Marah and LaurenDr. Watts speaks with School Phycologist Lauren Taurasi and Clinical Counselor Marah Languedoc on how children and adults can best deal with the levels of fear and anxiety brought on by the current pandemic.2020-04-2124 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!How to Handle Distress Caused Social Distancing: School Phycologist provides tipsIn this episode Dr. Watts discusses Small Wins. She takes a look at #socialdistancing and its dual impact on society and families. Brevard Public Schools psychologist, Lauren Taurasi, provides tips to parents on how to deal with the #emotional distress that comes about because of new practices or routines families must enforce because of #COVID-19. Some resources: #TimetoComeinBear: #AStoryaboutSocialDistancing. #Germs:#sidthesciencekid #WashyourhandswithBabyShark2020-04-0419 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Habits: Extinguish or Change for COVID-19?During this episode Dr. Watts uses an analogy to explore the challenges of changing habits in institutions. Let’s see how the world does as a school trying to utilize habit forming principles to solve its problems. The world is compared to an educational district with Chief Director of WHO as superintendent of schools, the world leaders of the 194 nations as school principals, state governors and other influential citizens as teachers and support staff, and citizens as students.2020-03-2512 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Geoffrey Bagnatto on Reward: The Third IngredientDr. Watts presents the third ingredient in the Habit Loop as described by Duhigg. She associates it to classroom situations and with her guest Florida, educator, Geoffrey Bagnatto, they discuss the realities of rewards in the classroom and how they influence learning.2020-03-0223 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Routine: The Second IngredientIn this episode Dr. Watts explores the second ingredient of the Habit loop and its impact on implementation of initiatives in classrooms, at home, and in schools. She speaks to her first guest, a high school teacher in Brevard county Florida. Mr. Bagnato shares his experiences with technology in his classrooms. He explains the reasons for being emphatic and consistent with his classroom routines and shares the feedback or reactions from his students. Remember to leave a message.2020-02-1714 min
L'Habitille: Habits that Count!Cue: The First IngredientDuring this episode Dr. Watts introduces the first ingredient for habit formation and how it relates to implementation of initiatives in schools. She presents a real life school example as well as well researched examples. She invites educators to engage in the conversation on using habit to fuel impactful implementation.2020-02-0612 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Is Habit a Master?In this episode Dr. Joseph Watts presents two examples to introduce the impact of habit on human behavior and success: one where a child refuses to function without a specific classroom condition, and one where even reluctant students compete to produce writing after they read. Listen, and then join the conversation by leaving a message.2020-01-1710 minL'Habitille: Habits that Count!Interventions: Why they do not WorkThis episode will look at the root cause of why an academic intervention might not work.2020-01-1010 min