Sonya Burns

About Sonya Burns

Career Educator experienced in grasping and executing the vision for Student Success and Institutional Effectiveness. Works collaboratively with Academic Affairs to build on their instructional strengths to advance teaching and learning strategies. Communicates with Student Services to identify best practices for holistic Student Support. Able to design, implement, and enhance online, blended, and face-to-face college courses that comply with WCAG. Promotes the use of multimodal deliveries, personalized learning, and simulation technologies to provide students with a variety of learning opportunities. Advocates for career-ready skills development in course content for seamless transition into the workforce. Trains and mentors faculty and staff for talent retention. Able to serve diverse populations within and outside of the college community. Successfully brings stakeholders together to achieve program goals. Excellent organizational skills. Proficient in MS Office and educational technologies. Competent to work in various learning management systems: D2L, Canvas, and Blackboard.

Experience

1. Curriculum Coordinator

   Northeastern Technical College

   May 2024 — Present

   Serves as a resource to the faculty, staff, and administration on curriculum enhancements for courses and academic programs (currently identifying strategies to help faculty modify their curricular materials to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and revising student learning outcomes to aid faculty in assessing student learning); Trains with the Director of Institutional Effectiveness to implement an institutional performance management program to assist reporting with respect to SACSCOC standards; Provides curriculum mapping ideas to demonstrate complementary teaching and learning strategies across courses; Leads efforts through the curriculum committee to strengthen interdepartmental relationships; Offers suggestions for faculty and staff hiring practices to improve employee retention; Works collaboratively with the divisions of academic affairs and student services for new program development.

Education

• Hood Theological Seminary

  M.Div., Religion & Society and Theology

  2004 — 2009

• Howard University

  B.S., Chemistry

  1992 — 1996

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  Analytical Chemistry

  2011 — 2012

• University of South Carolina

  Educational/Instructional Technology

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  M.S., Analytical Chemistry and Polymers

  1996 — 1999

Skills

• Grant Writing
• Leadership
• Editing
• Research
• Staff Development
• Technical Writing
• Public Speaking
• Newsletters
• Curriculum Development
• Event Planning
• Microsoft Office
• Team Building
• Training
• Community Outreach
• Strategic Planning
• Workshop Facilitation
• Nonprofits
• Customer Service
• Analytical Chemistry
• Teamwork
• Teaching
• Social Media