Sonya Gray-McMannen
Charlotte
Summary
Passionate, experienced business professional with a robust background in teaching and real world business concepts, while fostering a dynamic learning environment. Leveraged innovative teaching methods to facilitate student engagement and comprehension. Demonstrated high proficiency in business management and leadership.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Health and Life Insurance Broker
The Dailey Insurance Group (Self)
05.2019 - Current
- Analyzed client's financial situations to recommend appropriate life insurance policies.
- Cultivated customer relationships to provide customized life insurance solutions tailored to individual needs.
- Educated clients on types of insurance policies and procedures.
- Worked with sales team to collaboratively reach targets while consistently exceeding personal quotas. #1 producer on IMO team annually.
- Determined financial needs by assessing existing coverage and aligning new products and services with long-term goals.
Academically/Intellectually Gifted Teacher/Admin.
Charlotte Mecklenburg County Schools
11.2011 - 01.2022
- Balanced individual and group instruction to accommodate different academic levels and learning styles. (Specializing in advanced learning strategies.)
- Maintained accurate, complete, and correct records as required by state and federal law, school policy and procedures, and administrative regulation.
- Trained staff at multiple schools to test students, to aid in my implementation of evaluation and identification of students to receive AIG services.
- Knowledgeable of local, state and federal regulations and laws pertaining to exceptional children.
- Communicated with parents and faculty to develop strong sense of collaboration between teachers, students and parents.
- Identified children's collective and individual learning needs to plan, prepare and deliver instruction designed to develop higher critical thinking skills to exceed individual learning goals.
- Prepared appropriate instruction and executed identified modalities to accelerate individual success.
- Used data to ascertain progress towards academic and behavioral/emotional goals
- Increased educational expertise and knowledge by participating in instructor-oriented workshops.
- Used data to ascertain progress towards academic and behavioral/emotional goals.
- Utilized my sales and service skills to identify resources to help student develop their educational plan for their future. Exceeded student growth by 1.25% or more annually. (More than a year's growth).
Student Evaluator/Assessor
UNCC-Freedom Schools
06.2014 - 08.2021
- Assessed and evaluated "at risk" student reading skills and growth each summer to support educational goals and programming.
- Worked with team of advanced evaluators to provide feedback to Freedom Schools and Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools for student reading development.
Fin. Center. Mgr./Bus. Services Mgr; VP
BB&T, First Citizens, Wachovia,
06.1992 - 11.2011
- Collaborated with internal business partners to deliver cohesive banking experience to customers.
- Built and led high-performance teams focused on achieving sales and service goals.
- Recruited, interviewed, hired and trained talent for operations and sales delivery.
- Achieved recognition for being in the top 5% in financial center sales and individual business sales production monthly. District leader annually.
- Collaborated with regional leaders and stakeholders to develop long-term financial plans and created modals to successfully exceed all established goals.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Economics
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
AIG License - License
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
05.2017
Master of Arts - Education
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
05.2014
Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Management Skills
- Business concepts
- Leadership
- Coaching
- Training
- Sales
- Marketing
Certification
- Licensed Life, Health, Medicare Broker/Owner.
Timeline
Health and Life Insurance Broker
The Dailey Insurance Group (Self)
05.2019 - Current
Student Evaluator/Assessor
UNCC-Freedom Schools
06.2014 - 08.2021
Academically/Intellectually Gifted Teacher/Admin.
Charlotte Mecklenburg County Schools
11.2011 - 01.2022
Fin. Center. Mgr./Bus. Services Mgr; VP
BB&T, First Citizens, Wachovia,
06.1992 - 11.2011
AIG License - License
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Master of Arts - Education
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Bachelor of Arts - Business Economics
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
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