Ms. Sonja Monifa Bloetner

Ms. Sonja Bloetner is a co-founder of CREATE Solutions, LLC. For the past four years, she and her team have been providing consulting services to support the curriculum and professional development needs of school systems and non-profit organizations. She also collaborates on various projects with other educational consulting companies. Her goal is to help diverse learners and leaders to become change agents in their fields of study and industries to solve real world problems. She and her team are passionate about shifting learning outcomes for young learners in the United States and in the global community.

In addition, she has also held the role of the Prek-12 Lead Administrator for the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program in a large suburban district in Maryland, where she has supported the learning needs of over 30,000 English learners and the professional learning needs of thousands of teachers and administrators. She has supervised the work of instructional specialists who develop curriculum resources and provide professional development to teachers and leaders across schools and offices. She has also been actively collaborating with teams across her district to manage collaborative projects and support the parent outreach, language services and counseling needs of diverse learners and the community. She recently published Formative Assessment Strategies for English Language Learners with Teacher Created Materials, Inc.