Sales Real Estate

KATHLEEN A. SHORT *************@*******.***

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LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR,

CERTIFIED VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR &

MICHIGAN LICENSED REALTOR

Counseling Teaching Sales

Areas of Expertise

• Outreach Worker • Play Therapy • Foster Care

• Life Skills Educator • Substance Abuse • Child Protective Services

• Friend of the Court Supervision • Anger Management • Displaced Homemakers

• Outpatient Therapy • Conflict Resolution • Adult Education

• Counsel pregnant teens • Single parent mentor • Director of Technical Training

• Parenting Education Groups • DHS compliant • Residential Home Sales-Realtor

• Career Development Counselor • Social Worker • Child Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Community Counseling & Mentoring Services, Port Huron, MI

THERAPIST/COUNSELOR 2010 – PRESENT

• Family crisis intervention, including home visits

• Supervise visits for Friend of The Court

• Conduct mental health assessments

• Facilitate parenting education groups

• Outpatient Clinician

• Court attendance on behalf of clients

• Work closely with Child Protective Services personnel

St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI

MIWORKS FACILITATOR 2009 – 2010

• Develop and oversee learning plans for displaced workers

• Taught basic skills refresher courses

• Prepared students for their GED and/or high school diploma

• Financial aid report preparation for students

• Assisted students with admissions process

• Career counseling

Cornell Center Port Huron, MI

CASE MANAGER AND OUTPATIENT CLINICIAN 1992-2000

Provided in home and outpatient services to families in crisis.

• Taught independent living, career development, food and nutrition and child development.

• Parenting Education classes to parents who were court ordered

• Substance Abuse treatment and counseling to individuals and to groups

• Diagnose and assess clients, develop treatment plans

• Provide and maintain documentation for major medical insurance companies.

Licensed Realtor, State of Michigan 1998 - PRESENT

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

• Negotiate/write contracts and Purchase Agreements

• Coordinated mortgages

• Work with title companies, attorneys, home inspectors and banks

• Short sales specialist

• Residential home sales

• Multi-million dollar producer (received several sales awards)

• Property Manager for rental units

• Facilitated closings

• Collaboration with title companies, attorneys, home inspectors and banks

Pontiac Business College

VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 1980-1992

• Developed training programs to be delivered to displaced workers.

• Preparation and coordination of all training contracts

• Responsible the hiring, training and supervision of teaching staff

• Responsible for career development and placement of up to 500 students

• 98% placement of graduates from training programs

• Coordinate, plan and programs for former offenders

• Supervised 60 employees

• Oversaw a budget of over 5 million dollars

• Taught classes to Adult Learner and also conducted staff development seminars

• Provided classroom training to engineers seeking to teach in the classroom

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• PhD in progress in Organizational and Educational Leadership (concentration in Behavioral Management), Grand Canyon University, 2011 to present, completion in Spring, 2013 (3.90 GPA)

• M.S. in Professional Counseling, Grand Canyon University, (3.85 GPA)

• B.S. in Secondary, Vocational Education (certified K-12), Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan (3.0 GPA) Valid Michigan Teaching Certification

• Real Estate License, Macomb County Board of Realtors: ongoing

ON-GOING EDUCATION

• Attend monthly seminars sponsored by Community Counseling & Mentoring Services (current employer). Seminar topics include:

o Trauma in Children and Adults

o Substance Abuse and it’s impact on the family system

o Domestic Violence and it’s impact on children

o Parent alienation

• Annual certification of Real Estate License

• Annual certification of LLPC (LPC in progress)

OTHER EDUCATION

• Michigan Life and Health Insurance (Agent training course taken at Kaplan Financial and successfully passed exam to become a licensed agent)

• Series 7 (Stock Broker preparation course)

• Real Estate Broker

• Dale Carnegie –Highest Achievement Award

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