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Vitae: Mitcham1MICHELLE A. MITCHAM, PH.D., LMHC, NCC, CCMHC, CFMI. PERSONAL INFORMATIONAddress:501 Orr Drive, Bldg. CTallahassee, Florida 32307Telephone:Email Address:(850) 412-6655Michelle.Mitcham@famu.eduII. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND2012-2014Doctor of Education CourseworkOrganizational Leadership Ed.D. Program, Collegeof Business Argosy University, Tampa, Florida2005Doctor of Philosophy – Counselor Education &Supervision, CACREP Accredited Ph.D. ProgramUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida“Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award 2006”Dissertation Title: “Relationships Among SchoolCounselor Self-Efficacy, Perceived School CounselorRole, and Actual Practice”1999Master of Arts – Mental Health Counseling &School CounselingWebster University, Orlando, Florida1993Bachelor of Science – PsychologyUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida1992Associate of Arts – Liberal ArtsValencia Community College, Orlando, Florida2000Urban Teacher Residency Program CertificateUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, FloridaHONORS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITION2015 ACA Selected peer-reviewed article for CEU for 65,000 members2015 Presidential Session, Association for Counselor Education andSupervision, (ACES), Philadelphia, PA.
Vitae: Mitcham22015 Presidential Session, Florida Counseling Association (FCA) AnnualConference, Orlando, Florida.AMCD National Professional Development Award“shedding new light on multicultural counseling and development”Association for Multicultural Counseling and DevelopmentAmerican Counseling Association Annual National Conference,March 2010.2009-2010. Visiting Women & Minority Scholar/Lecturer Series, MichiganTechnological University, presentation December 2009.“Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award 2006”University of Central Florida, College of EducationDissertation Title: “Relationships Among School Counselor Self-Efficacy,Perceived School Counselor Role, and Actual Practice”Chi Sigma Iota – Upsilon Chi (University of Central Florida)Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society InternationalPresident - 2004 - 2005Holmes Scholar Alum, University of Central FloridaLeadership Forum: “Mentoring Essentials for Faculty Advisors”, presentedby Chi Sigma Iota, San Diego, ACES National Conference, October 2009.III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEA. Licenses, Certifications and Specialized Training2014Certified in Blended/Online Teaching - EDMC2014 - presentNational Certified Counselor – NCC2014 - presentNational Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor –CCMHC2013 - presentLicensed Mental Health Counselor,State of Florida, MH 121472013 - presentCACREP Endorsed– Team Member Evaluator2012 – presentExpert Trainer/Content Specialist for Florida DisputeResolution Center, State of Florida in the areas ofDiversity and Psychosocial Implications of Divorce onChildren and Families
Vitae: Mitcham32013KRONOS Timekeeping System for PayrollAdministration2013User Access Request Form (UARF) Training2013Executive Coaching, Mentor Coach, Inc.2013 – 2014Great Expectations Leadership Development Training2010 – 201113th Circuit Court Child Social/Custody Investigator2011 – presentCampus Vue Student Information System2007 – presentParenting Coordinator – Thirteenth Circuit2003 – 2008Parenting CoordinatorNinth Circuit Court, Orlando2003 – 2005Prepare/Enrich Couples Counseling, ID # 1203902,Life Innovations, Inc.2002 – presentFlorida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator#15542F2001 – 2004Florida Certified School Guidance Counselor Florida2001 – 2004Certified Teacher in Psychology 6-12B. Academic ExperienceAssociate Professor and Program Coordinator September 2015 – presentCollege of Education, Department of Educational Leadership & CounselingFlorida A & M UniversityTallahassee, Florida CACREP Liaison Program coordination and management School Counseling & Clinical Mental Health Counseling programsoversight Courses: Internship, Counseling Diverse Populations, Family Counseling Research University Service Establish and coordinate student clinical placements and serve as aliaison between the counseling program and clinical sites. Evaluate clinical sites on a regular basis, including on-site visits to sites.
Vitae: Mitcham4College Chair and Associate ProfessorAugust 2012 – August 2015College of Psychology and Behavioral SciencesArgosy University Tampa (2012-2015) CACREP Accreditation Self-Study lead author, facilitator andorganizer; resulted in CACREP accreditation July 2015.Organizational leadership, administration, implementation, programmanagement, supervision, development, growth and oversight of allaspects of Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and FamilyTherapy, Counselor Education and Supervision programs; Master of Artsin Industrial and Organizational Psychology (MAIO) and Human ServicesprogramsActing VPAA - Vice President Academic Affairs (1 wk - September 2014)Instruct Master’s and Doctoral counseling courses, traditional, blendedwith residence and onlineFacilitate online doctoral dissertation supervision via eCollege course shellDissertation committee chair and memberProgram evaluation and developmentCurriculum development and assessmentRecruit, hire, supervise, train, develop, evaluate core and adjunct facultyFaculty development and coachingCommunity engagement and outreachCampus Vue Student Information System retention and persistencereportsStudent recruitment and retentionPayroll Administration using KRONOS Time Keeping SystemRequest and/or modify User Access Request Forms (UARF) for all new orcurrent faculty, staff and student workersStudent Professional Development Committee Co-Chair (SPDC) Conductclassroom observations for faculty and adjunct instructorsGenerate LOA’s for adjunct faculty contractsComplete Teaching Assistant contracts for tuition waiversSupervise doctoral CES Teaching Assistants via weekly meetingsFacilitate monthly and annual departmental reviewsTeach/Supervise 2-4 courses per year in masters/doctoral programsSupervise Teaching AssistantsGenerate weekly reports for continuous enrollment, retentionReview Noel Levitz program evaluationsAttend bi-weekly college chairs’ meetingAttend Executive Committee (EC) meetings bi-monthlyAttend Student Academic Planning (SAP) meetingsFacilitate New Student Orientation (NSO) six times per year
Vitae: MitchamInterim Director of Clinical TrainingArgosy University Tampa 5April 2013 – August 2013Develop training relationships with clinical agencies to assure thatprogram outcomes and course clinical exit competencies arerepresentative of CACREP, programmatic, departmental standards.Establish and coordinate student clinical placements and serve as aliaison between the counseling program and clinical sites.Evaluate clinical sites on a regular basis, including on-site visits to sites.Coordinate student orientation sessions.Document student training with clinical sites in appropriate university files.Assure final student course clinical and evaluation documentation issubmitted and maintained in program files.Assure clinical facility evaluations are completed for each clinical courseand feedback provided to the affiliating agency.Maintain updated files for clinical site requirements to include studentdocumentation.Identify potential sites for practicum and internship placement, developand maintain on-going relationships with existing sites and clinicalsupervisors.Provide weekly individual and group supervision for practicum andinternship students and review student progress through taped sessionsand live supervision.Conduct Clinical Evaluation Conferences (CEC’s) for practicum/internshipstudents (case presentations, audio/video, transcript)Associate Program Chair and Associate ProfessorSeptember 2011 – August 2012Argosy University SarasotaCollege of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences/Applied Psychology ProgramsSarasota, Florida Development, implementation, oversight - Applied Psychology Programs Instruct Master’s and Doctoral Psychology & Counseling courses Taught online and blended course formats – CACREP accredited CMHCand CES programs Chair/Advisor of Forensic Psychology Program Chair and member of dissertation committees Program evaluations of Forensic Psychology, Pastoral Counseling,Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling Psychology Recruit, supervise, train, develop, evaluate core and adjunct faculty Student Professional Development Committee Co-Chair (SPDC) forstudent grievances Military/Community Outreach/Community Based Wounded WarriorTransition initiatives Community engagement
Vitae: Mitcham 6Staff training and professional developmentFaculty monitoring and feedback implemented bi-weekly; providedcoaching to faculty and adjuncts to improve course deliveryLead proposal writing and development of the new Teaching and LearningLab; responsible for oversight of entire project co-managed with DOT.Assistant ProfessorAugust 2005 – September 2011University of South FloridaPsychological and Social FoundationsCollege of Education/Counselor Education ProgramTampa, Florida Instruct master’s and doctoral level courses; face to face, blended and online instruction (i.e. Blackboard, Elluminate, Discussion Board, Wiki) Dissertation committees Courses taught: Consultation, School Counselor Internship, Trends &Principles in Counseling, Multicultural Counseling, Mental HealthCounselor Internship, Advanced Supervision Theories, Theories ofCounseling, School Counselor Accountability, Supervision Practicum Diversity Committee-College of Education Chi Sigma Iota Delta Gamma chapter; Faculty Advisor Graduate student advisor Mentoring of student research; regional, national, international proposalspresented with students at annual (ACA, FCA, ACES, EB-ACA)conferencesGraduate Teaching Assistant/AdjunctAugust 2002 – January 2004University of Central FloridaCounselor EducationCollege of Education/Child, Family & Community SciencesOrlando, Florida Instructed graduate students in Group Counseling, Practicum, Techniquesof Counseling Instructed undergraduate students in Career DevelopmentGraduate Research AssistantUniversity of Central FloridaJanuary 2004 – May 2004Character Education Grant-CSRCEOrlando, Florida School Counseling Summer Institute Coordinator Invited and organized presenters Coordinated marketing and advertisement Secured presenter for day-long Learning Institute Liaison for school counseling presenters Social Events/Hospitality Coordinator Planned main event banquet
Vitae: Mitcham 7Planned all breakfast, lunch and snack farePlanned private luncheon for keynote speaker & guestsCollaborated with three hospitality caterers/vendorsHospitality Committee for CSRCE-Consortium for Social Responsibilityand Character in EducationProgram Coordinator/Graduate Research AssistantJanuary 2003 – May 2004Summit Behavioral Healthcare Associates, Inc.Risk to Resiliency -“Just For Girls”/Juvenile Justice Grant ProgramCommunity Education Partners-North CEPOrlando, Florida Supervised of Master’s interns Recruited of interns Coordinated counseling & program services Completed assessments & biopsychosocials Individual & Group psychotherapy with at-risk adolescent girlsGraduate AssistantJanuary 2003 – June 2003University of Central FloridaDepartment of Child, Family, and Community SciencesOrlando, Florida Social Events Director Hospitality Committee for CSRCE-Consortium for Social Responsibilityand Character in Education – June 16-18, 2003 Responsibilities included consulting, collaborating and coordinating thereceptions, luncheons and breakfasts with various event planners. Assisted with the selection of the professional athlete guest panel for theCharacter in Sports presentation.Registered Mental Health Counselor InternMarch 1991 – July 1999Winter Park Memorial Hospital Psychiatric Care CenterWinter Park, Florida Individual counseling/Facilitated group psychotherapy Co-facilitated Expressive Arts therapy groups Completed biopsychosocials, chemical dependency assessments,discharge planning, clinical progress notes Dictated assessments and biopsychosocialsC. ConsultationCourageous Conversations Psychotherapy Coaching, counseling, consulting Family MediationMarch 2015 - present
Vitae: Mitcham 8Parenting CoordinationExpert TestimonyKeynote and motivational speakerLeadership Development, Executive CoachingCareer, Image, Divorce, Relationship, Empowerment, Life CoachCACREP Accreditation Site Evaluator Preferred Team MemberEndorsed October 2013 to presentAmerican Counseling Association (ACA) Content expert for mental health and school counseling April 2015 CACREP Site Evaluator, CMHC, CES Doctoral Programs October 2014 CACREP Site Evaluation for Clinical Mental HealthCounseling - expert for CMHC December 2013 CACREP Site Evaluation for Clinical Mental HealthCounseling – expert for CMHCCertified Family Mediation TrainingOctober 2012 to 2014Mediation Training Center Facilitator/Training for 4-hour segment on, “Psychological Effects ofDivorce on Children and Families”, Barry Law School, Orlando, FL.Reference: Perry S. Itkin, Esquire. Endorsed Expert by the Dispute Resolution Center, Tallahassee, FL. Facilitate training 2-3 times per year.Mediation, Divorce and Family Forensic Consultation May 2005 – presentTampa, Florida Contracted 13th Circuit Court Consultant High Conflict Divorce Consultant Child Custody/Social Investigator Expert Testimony in Family Court Cases Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator Parenting Coordinator for Court Ordered Co-parentsConsultant, Family Mediator, Parenting CoordinatorHuman Potential Associates, Inc.June 2004 – July 2005Orlando, Florida Private Practice Specialized in High-Conflict Divorce, Family Mediation & Counseling Court-ordered parenting coordination clients Expert Testimony Contracted by Orange County Court – Ninth Judicial CircuitDomestic Violence Family MediatorState of Florida-Ninth Judicial Circuit CourtOrlando, FloridaSeptember 2003 – April 2004
Vitae: Mitcham 9Mediator for Domestic Violence Injunction HearingsFacilitated visitation arrangement issues through a cooperative processCourt-appointed witness to proceedingsOn-call/Stand-by for temporary shared parenting planReviewed mediated agreement with both parties (shuttle mediation)Reported parties’ contact agreement to the courtCertified Family Mediator, Parenting CoordinatorJuly 2002 – August 2005Orlando, Florida Private Practice Specialized in High-Conflict Divorce, Family Mediation Court-ordered parenting coordination clients Expert Testimony Dispute resolution consultationCourt-Appointed Parenting CoordinatorJuly 2002 – August 2008Florida Supreme Court Certified Family MediatorState of Florida-Ninth Judicial Circuit CourtOrlando, FloridaDispute Resolution Center/Court Care Center Program managed by Family Judge Alice Blackwell, FLAG Leader. Specialist in high-conflict/advanced issues of divorce; co-parentingsessions with high-conflict divorced(ing) couples or never married couples Developing effective strategies for shared parenting plan Ensuring execution of parenting plan specified in Court’s order Caseload averaged 20 – 30 co-parenting cases Providing supervision, guidance and close oversight of parenting issues Mediating parental conflict Educating parents regarding loyalty binds Arbitrator-deciding on issues when parents reach an impasse. Modifying parenting plan when consensus cannot be reached to reduceconflict Teaching parents conflict resolution techniques and communication skills Reporting to family law Judges on parental noncompliance with sharedparenting plan Expert Testimony in court for non-compliance issues Consulting with attorneys, guardians ad litem, forensic psychologists,counselors Working with parents and significant others to act in the best interest ofthe children. Teaching parents to re-align their relationship in order to be effective CoParents. Creating a WIN-WIN situation for the children, in order to avoid loyaltybinds or being “caught in the middle” of parents’ disputes. Contracted by Orange County Court – Ninth Judicial Circuit
Vitae: Mitcham10D. Clinical/Other Professional ExperienceGroup FacilitatorJanuary 2005 – May 2005Jewish Family Services/Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC)Maitland, Florida Juvenile Justice Grant employee Individual and group counseling for co-parents dealing with childreninvolved in juvenile delinquency Lead psycho-educational process group for divorced or never-marriedparents or caregivers (i.e., grandparents, legal guardians)Child TherapistJanuary 2003 – October 2003Intervention ServicesMaitland, Florida In-home and in-school psychotherapy - adolescents/children at risk Psychosocials, assessment, treatment planning, counselingProfessional School CounselorJuly 2000 – July 2002Colonial High SchoolOrlando, Florida Delivered Comprehensive School Guidance Program Leaders of Counselors (LOC) Consultant-East Region Orange County Individual and Group counseling Career counseling Academic advisement College representative liaison Conducted parent teacher conferences in English and some Spanish(51% Latino population) Promoted multicultural awareness due to minority-majority population Test Administrator-PSAT, ACT, SAT, FCAT, AP Exams Participated in IEP – Individual Educational Plan meetingsTeacher – Fourth GradeOctober 1999 – June 2000Orange Center Elementary SchoolOrlando, Florida Urban Teacher Residency Program Certificate (UCF) Taught fourth grade curriculum in urban, lower SES area Developed lesson plans Facilitated “Success For All” reading program Parent – teacher conferences Attended annual Urban Education Conference Special training with Marva Collins - Urban Teacher Residency Program
Vitae: Mitcham11Case Manager – Medicaid AccountsMarch 1999 – September 1999NCO/Winter Park HospitalWinter Park, Florida Case management of OB Access Medicaid Clinic Disability (SSI) claims liaisonMedical Disability AdjudicatorJuly 1996 – March 1999State of Florida / Office of Disability DeterminationsOrlando, Florida Adjudicated mental and physical SSI disability claims Researched, developed, analyzed, and rendered independent medicaldecisions for mental/physical disability claims Compiled cohesive analyses of objective medical findings for mental andphysical disability claims Consulted with psychologists and physician Transferable Skills Assessment ReportPublic Assistance SpecialistNovember 1994 – July 1996State of Florida / Department of Children & FamiliesOrlando, Florida Public assistance case management Conducted initial application interviews in English and Spanish Rendered eligibility for Medicaid, Public Assistance and food stamps Made referrals to other social service agencies Documented suspected fraud and referred to investigations departmentTherapeutic Case ManagerFebruary 1994 – November 1994Grand Avenue Elementary SchoolCenter for Drug-Free LivingOrlando, Florida Provided early intervention services to at-risk families in urban, lower SESarea Implemented therapeutic care plans and interventions for substanceexposed infants & children, and victims of domestic violence in urbansetting Family Support Planning services organized with multidisciplinarytreatment teamIV. RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTREFEREED PUBLICATIONSMitcham, M., & Greenidge, W., Smith, S. (2013). Teaching the multiculturalcounseling course: Facilitating courageous conversations andtransformational multicultural pedagogy. ACA Vistas Online.
Vitae: Mitcham12Henry, W., & Mitcham, M. (2013). Conflict resolution strategies adopted fromparenting coordination: Assisting high-conflict co-parenting students.Journal of College Counseling, 16(2), 176-190.Mitcham, M., Greenidge, W., Cousar, M., Thompson, M., & Figliozzi, J. (2012).Increasing career self-efficacy through group work with culturally andlinguistically diverse students. Journal of
Argosy University Tampa (2012-2015) CACREP Accreditation Self-Study lead author, facilitator and . Program evaluations of Forensic Psychology, Pastoral Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling Psychology Recruit, supervi
