Latoya Smith Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc

• Mentor other agents.• Conduct buyer consultations with prospective buyers and listing presentations with prospective sellers.• Represent clients in real estate transactions.• Educate and assist prospective buyers and sellers throughout the process of purchasing and/or selling real estate.• Connect buyers with lenders to ensure financing in place before shopping for a home.• Help buyers determine the best homes for their situation and showing them homes that are best fit.• Create market research reports, or comparative market analyses, to gain market knowledge as well as for buyers and sellers to ensure best pricing and/or offers on real estate.• Create marketing materials and coordinating marketing campaigns for listings via print, online, and social media.• Write contracts for buyers based on their unique situations and trends in the market.• Present offers to sellers, helping them analyze differences between multiple offers and choosing the best ones• Negotiate on behalf of clients for best contract terms, home inspection contingencies, appraisal gaps, and getting contracts to close on time.• Lead the process of transaction management from contract to close; liasing with multiple parties to including agents, lenders, settlement officers, home inspectors, appraisers, etc.• Network with and recommend vendors to clients.• Cultivate and maintain client relationships

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Mentor other agents.• Lead generation such as cold calling for expired listings and For Sale By Owners.• Conduct buyer consultations with prospective buyers and listing presentations with prospective sellers.• Represent clients in real estate transactions.• Educate and assist prospective buyers and sellers throughout the process of purchasing and/or selling real estate.• Connect buyers with lenders to ensure financing in place before shopping for a home.• Help buyers determine the best homes for their situation and showing them homes that are best fit.• Create market research reports, or comparative market analyses, to gain market knowledge as well as for buyers and sellers to ensure best pricing and/or offers on real estate.• Create marketing materials and coordinating marketing campaigns for listings via print, online, and social media.• Write contracts for buyers based on their unique situations and trends in the market.• Present offers to sellers, helping them analyze differences between multiple offers and choosing the best ones• Negotiate on behalf of clients for best contract terms, home inspection contingencies, appraisal gaps, and getting contracts to close on time.• Lead the process of transaction management from contract to close; liasing with multiple parties to including agents, lenders, settlement officers, home inspectors, appraisers, etc.• Network with and recommend vendors to clients.• Cultivate and maintain client relationships, including organizing personalized mailing campaigns and coordinating client appreciation events.

Washington, Dc

• Outreach to community with lending partner, including in local schools, to inform people about home buying and selling using original marketing and workshop materials; outreach to local neighborhood as well.• Conduct buyer consultations with prospective buyers and listing presentations with prospective sellers.• Represent clients in real estate transactions.• Educate and assist prospective buyers and sellers throughout the process of purchasing and/or selling real estate.• Connect buyers with lenders to ensure financing in place before shopping for a home.• Help buyers determine the best homes for their situation and showing them homes that are best fit.• Create market research reports, or comparative market analyses, to gain market knowledge as well as for buyers and sellers to ensure best pricing and/or offers on real estate.• Create marketing materials and coordinating marketing campaigns for listings via print, online, and social media.• Write contracts for buyers based on their unique situations and trends in the market.• Present offers to sellers, helping them analyze differences between multiple offers and choosing the best ones• Negotiate on behalf of clients for best contract terms, home inspection contingencies, appraisal gaps, and getting contracts to close on time.• Lead the process of transaction management from contract to close; liasing with multiple parties to including agents, lenders, settlement officers, home inspectors, appraisers, etc.• Network with and recommend vendors to clients.• Cultivate and maintain client relationships, including organizing personalized mailing campaigns and coordinating client appreciation events.

Washington, Dc

• Liaise between DCPS ECE Central office and assigned school(s) to ensure communication, implementation of DCPS Family Services policy.• Service between 65 - 180 Head Start/PreK families under purview at one to two schools at a time.• Collaborate with school-based teachers and colleagues as well as other ECE central office personnel (i.e Early Stages and instructional specialists) and manager to share information about work with families and strategize toward effective programming and/or interventions.• Implement evidence-based and custom parent engagement programming including but not limited to: Parent Cafe series, PreK International Day, The Home School Connection: Furthering Your Child's Development at Home, PreK Parent Summit on Attendance.• Recruit, assist in facilitation, and empower parents to run a PreK Parent Committee complete with officers, with purpose of understanding Head Start program, advocating for children, and creating programming for PreK families.• Monitor health and attendance by running and analyzing data reports, as well as working with school personnel including teachers, nurse, registrar, social workers, attendance committee and school administrators to develop and implement strategies toward improved outcomes.• Participate as family advocate in school meetings with administrators, teachers, parents, and/or other staff pertaining to special education IEPs, response to intervention (RTI) programs, and other school-based services/interventions. • Provide individual family support and goal planning, as well as provide education and/or referral to community agencies as needed.• Document school-wide and individual family outreach efforts in program's proprietary database for program compliance.• Recognized as a leader with immediate impact on Family Services Team: creating partnerships across government agencies and in community; creating and maintaining innovative programming and outreach methods with high levels of parent engagement

Washington D.C.

• Led instruction in grade levels from pre-K to high school in all core subjects, and electives including STEM, art, Spanish, and Computer Lab.• Serve as resident substitute teacher due to effective classroom instruction and management and establishing rapport with students and staff.• Support administrative officers with various tasks in main office operations.• Set up and led instruction for new Kindergarten/1st grade class for 1st month; helped acclimate new teacher to students, families, and staff.

Washington, Dc

• Attend monthly Executive Board meetings with Director of Head Start (HS) Operations; assist in planning Council agenda; discuss HS matters.• Chair monthly general Council meetings.• Leadership development of new executive board members and Ward/community representatives.• Review, analyze, and provide feedback on Director’s reports, fiscal reports, and reports from staff/leaders in other areas of operation and policy.• Attend trainings on Council membership/management, federal/local HS Policy, operations, budget analysis, and program initiatives.• Advocate for, develop, and assist in the implementation of Council goals and platforms; the first cohort to initiate and impact policy-making directed from the Council; updated bylaws to ensure Councils’ work.• Suggested Fatherhood program, now the Fatherhood Initiative with a $20,000 budget and being implemented in all 58 DCPS Title I schools; serve on the Fatherhood Initiative Committee; attend meetings with HS staff, principals, and community orgs to communicate our program, assess the need, and recruit pilot member schools and partners; attend related trainings.• Participate in annual meeting with DCPS Chancellor, presenting issues and solutions to improve quality of HS programs.• Attend Nat'l Head Start Association Conferences; liaise with NHSA members and orgs per DC Policy Council and innovative DCPS Head Start School-Wide Model• Participate in job interview panels for employees in entry level to administrative positions, provide feedback and recommendations.• Represent the Council on local/national level: in executive level councils, expert work groups, and in a speech on Capitol Hill.• Contributed to HS publications and Director of Office of Early Childhood’s testimony on Capital Hill.• Participated in Federal Review and instrumental in program’s renewal.• Co-Lead Ward-based Council elections and recommend potential Community Council Reps.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created non-profit organization, actively building network of professionals who motivate, mentor, and expose youth to diverse careers.• Writing business plans and proposals.• Expanding organizational support through outreach and partnership with schools and community organizations and leaders; recruiting advisory team and board members; facilitating board meetings and board development.• Managing and performing operations including:- Designing and producing promotional and program materials - Recruitment of Pros and 6-12th grade student participants- Development of grant proposals and fundraising strategies and activities- Development of evaluations for workshops and events- Development of youth program curriculum related to Pros4Kids mission- Organizational development- Budget development and management- Event-planning- Research• Outreach to students, Pros, and program partners• Developing tools for future use in research and contribution to evidence-based resources and activities.• Producing and leading workshops focused on empowering students to succeed in upper elementary, secondary, and post-secondary school leading to passionate, professional careers.• Creator/facilitator of 'Pros4Kids Career Cafe @ McKinley Tech HS,' a 2x monthly luncheon for sophomores with guests and career exploration.• Created ongoing ‘Pros4Kids DMV College Tour Series’, raise funds, recruit students, accompany them to several university tours (GWU, Georgetown, UMD), and facilitate on-campus luncheons with workshops free to participants.• Conceptualized and facilitated the following other monthly events: - Pros4Kids (P4K) Kickoff Event Luncheon - Luncheon and Bowling with the Pros - Lunch and Evening at the Kennedy Center with the Pros - End-of-Summer Event: Kings Dominion - Dinner and a Scary Movie with the Pros - A Howard Game and Hot Dogs - An Evening w/ the Pros @ Busboys & Poets' Youth Poetry Slam

Muskegon, Mi

• Collaborate with the CEO in vision creation and casting, organizational development and expansion, strategic planning, and creation of mission-focused subsidiaries.• Provide consultation and direction on matters pertaining to Industrial/Organizational psychology: best practices and strategies for leadership, organization building, motivation of partners, and team-building.• Assisted in workshop development for Destiny Training Institute course focused on empowerment, personal development, strategic planning, and exploring and developing mentoring relationships.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Appointed to several lead teacher positions due to effective classroom management, dedication to parent communication, resourcefulness, creativity, and excellent presentation skills.• Built collaborative relationships with hundreds of students, faculty members, and parents with personal attention and quality service.• Supervised a staff of two teacher assistants with a focus on collaboration in educating 20 Special Education students and meeting educational goals.• Researched the best educational literature, materials, and studies to better teach adolescents.• Implemented effective instructional design to teach State academic standards in English Language Arts, Reading Improvement, Ancient History, Health, Life Science, and Special Education.• Created and implemented an evidence-based curriculum to increase standardized test scores in 8th grade Advanced English class.• Trained new teachers in classroom management and building relationships with students.• Motivated students to excel in their educational goals and solve interpersonal problems on a daily basis.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Writing For Screen & Television, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: School of Cinematic Arts • Acquired excellent written communication skills and frequently produced documents.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 3.81 Gpa

• Developed numerous professional consulting projects and presentations related to organizational assessment, job and task analysis.