Anna Burnley
Faculty

Anna Burnley

Associate Professor of Education

Contact

burnleya@flagler.edu
850-201-8661
UC120

Department

FCT - Education

Professional Profile

Dr. Burnley is an Associate Professor and ESOL Coordinator in the Education Department, Flagler College – Tallahassee. After serving as an adjunct instructor for three years beginning in 2011, she joined the faculty full-time in 2014. 

Dr. Burnley has provided leadership since 2018 as the Faculty Advisor for the award-winning Flagler College – Tallahassee Chapter of the Student Florida Education Association. She previously taught in higher education in Orlando and earlier at the University of Virginia as a full-time graduate teaching assistant. In PK-12, she taught Adult ESOL in the Leon County Schools and French, Russian, and ESOL at Fort Campbell DoDEA High School. 

Dr. Burnley has served as course architect for multiple asynchronous online and hybrid courses in the Education Department, teaching students on both St. Augustine and Tallahassee campuses.

 In 2023, she attended a three-week competitive application NEH summer institute at the University of Virginia, a two-week summer institute and faculty workshop at Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Germany in 2022, and in 2021, collaborated through hybrid learning for a transnational course offered at JMU. 

Dr. Burnley has published internationally and domestically and has presented at conferences in the U.S., Canada, England, Germany, and Scotland.

Teaching

Education:=

  • Carson-Newman University, Ed.D.
  • University of Virginia, M.A.
  • Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Certificate
  • Murray State University, B.A.

Area of Expertise

  • TESOL, Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • Additional / Second / Plurilanguage Acquisition
  • Teacher Education

Courses Taught at Flagler College – Tallahassee

  • Cross-Cultural Communications
  • Applied Linguistics for Educators
  • ESOL Curriculum and Materials Development
  • Electronic Portfolio Development (co-teach)

Area of Research

Dr. Burnley's area of research expertise resides in studying and disseminating intentional instructional strategies designed to support the inclusion of English Learners in PK-12 education through the use of globally shared stories. 

Such stories include fairy tales, folktales, myths, sagas, and legends. Following an interdisciplinary approach to bridge gaps between Teacher Education and international stories, additional interests include reintroducing the literature of lesser-known writers to American readership.

 

More Information

Publications

*Additional information available at Google Scholar.

  • Upcoming: "The Red Etin: A Scottish Fairy Tale." SAST Newsletter. Scheduled for publication in

    August, 2023.

  • "Pedagogical Strategies to Diminish Concepts of Language Privileging Among Pre-service
  • Teachers," invited publication. In Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching following presentation at the 6th Saarbrücken International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching, Saarbrücken, Germany. 13(2). December, 2022.
  • "Reimagining: Utilizing Fairy Tales and Active Instructional Strategies to Promote Additional Language Acquisition for Plurilanguage Learners." In the conference proceedings,
  • TAL 2021: Teaching for Active Learning Conference, Odense, Denmark. October, 2022.
  • "Review: 50 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners," Herrell & Jordan (2020). In HEIS News: The Newsletter of the Higher Education Interest Section, TESOL International Association, August, 2021.
  • "An Exploration of Pre-service Teachers' Measures of Emotional Resilience and
  • Flexibility/Openness Toward English Learners: The Ethnographic Interview," in Journal of the Georgia Philological Association, May, 2021.
  • "Review: Show, Tell, Build: Twenty Key Instructional Tools and Techniques for Educating English Learners," Nutta, Strebel, Mihai, Crevecoeur Bryant, & Mokhtari (2018). In HEIS News: The Newsletter of the Higher Education Interest Section, TESOL International Association, August, 2020.
  • "The Use of RTIs (Response to Intervention) with English Learners," in the Emerald Coast TESOL Review, v. 2, 1, March, 2019.

  • "Cultural Mismatch in Preservice Teachers of English Learners," Carson-Newman University,

    October, 2017.

  • "Lilith Raging: The Gender Crisis and Alienation in the Theatre of Jean Racine," University of

    Virginia.

Recent Presentations

  • Upcoming: 11/2023: TESOL France 42nd Annual International Conference: An Educator's
  • Journey, presenter. Title of my presentation: "Teaching Across Content Areas Using
  • Fairy Tales." Paris, France.
  • September 2023: Sunshine State TESOL Virtual Teaching Series, invited presenter. Title of my presentation: "Summer Camp for Grown-ups: Summer Institutes as Professional Development for K-12 and Higher Education ESOL Educators."
  • 2023: SATEAL (Scottish Association for Teaching English as an Additional Language)
  • 2023 TeachMeet: SATEAL 2023, Glasgow, Scotland. Presented: "How to Reimagine Fairy Tales Utilizing Scottish Book Trust Titles." Interdisciplinary presentation (Education pedagogy + world literature, new titles).
  • 2022: SAMLA 94 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, Jacksonville, Florida. Virtual due to Hurricane Ian. Presented: "Examining Donn-Byrne's 'Blind Raftery and his wife, Hilaria' Through Application of Education Change Theory." Interdisciplinary presentation (Education theory + Irish literature).
  • Served as a panelist on a conference roundtable, presenting: "Incorporation of Differentiated Instruction to Promote Positive Student-Faculty Relationships in Higher Education" during the panel discussion of "Breaking Down Perceived Barriers: How to Navigate the Faculty-Student Relationship." Interdisciplinary presentation (Education pedagogy + student mentoring practices).
  • 2022: Flagler College Center for Teaching & Learning. Workshop for faculty. Presented by request of the Flagler CTL: "Differentiated Instruction for the Lecture-Loving Professor: Strategies for the College Classroom." Tallahassee, Florida.
  • 2022: Flagler College Center for Teaching & Learning. Workshop for faculty. Presented: "Differentiated Instruction for the Lecture-Loving Professor: Strategies for the College Classroom." St. Augustine, Florida.
  • 2022: DAAD WueGlobal and Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, Transatlantic Collaboration collegiate exchange program representative.
  • 2022: DAAD WueGlobal Workshop on Anti-Racism and Education. Workshop Invited Presenter for the Transatlantic Collaboration (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany). Presented: "Stepping Stones for Preservice Educators: A Workshop to Provide Tools for Bias Recognition."
  • 2022: SATEAL (Scottish Association for Teaching English as an Additional Language) 2022 TeachMeet: SATEAL 2022, Glasgow, Scotland. Presented: "2021-2022 World Route Stories: New Finds: A Sharing Presentation, to Include Differentiated Instruction." Interdisciplinary presentation (Education pedagogy + world literature).
  • 2022: Florida American Association of Teachers of French. Workshop Invited Presenter. Presented: “Utilizing Fairy Tales to Teach French Literature: La Comtesse de Ségur.” Workshop to introduce educators to this lesser-known writer. Florida. Interdisciplinary presentation (Education pedagogy + French literature).
  • 2021: TAL 2021: Teaching for Active Learning (Syddansk Universitet / University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark). Presented: "Reimagining: Utilizing Fairy Tales and Active Instructional Strategies to Promote Additional Language Acquisition for Plurilanguage Learners."
  • 2021: 6th Saarbrücken International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching (Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Saarbrücken, Germany). Presented: "Pedagogical Strategies to Diminish Concepts of Language Privileging Among Pre-service Teachers."
  • 2021: Sunshine State TESOL of Florida Conference: Reconnecting (Tampa, Florida). Presented: "In a Land Faraway: Fairy Tales as an Inclusive Teaching Practice."
  • 2021: SATEAL (Scottish Association for Teaching English as an Additional Language) 2021 TeachMeet: SATEAL 2021, Glasgow, Scotland. Presented: "Using Venn Diagrams to Compare Shared Stories for English Learners."
  • 2021: Transatlantic class held with Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany. Taught the ESL 315 section online. On 5/31/2021, presented: "The Neglected Vineyard: Language Prestige and Unpreserved History of Early French Immigrants and Their Viticulture in Tallahassee."
  • 2020: SATEAL (Scottish Association for Teaching English as an Additional Language) 2020 TeachMeet: SATEAL 2020, Glasgow, Scotland. Presented: "Welcoming English Learners Through Shared Stories."
  • 2020: TESL NL (Teachers of English as a Second Language, Newfoundland and Labrador) Inaugural Annual Conference: Language Learning in a Time of Change, from Newfoundland, Canada. Presented: "Teaching About Language Endangerment to Educators-in-Training During COVID-19."
  • 2020: SSTESOL (Sunshine State TESOL) Annual Conference: 30 Years of the Consent Decree," Florida. Presented: "Using Folktales and Global Mythology to Promote Classroom Inclusivity." At this conference, I spoke as the Emerald Coast TESOL "Best of Chapter Invited Presenter."
  • 2020: Georgia TESOL Annual Conference: GATESOL Annual Conference, from Dalton, Georgia. Presented: "Using Folktales and Folklore to Facilitate Classroom Inclusivity Practices for English Learners."
  • 2020: Foundation for Endangered Languages 24th Annual (International) Conference: FEL 24, from London, England. Presented: "Understanding Desired Language Acquisition as a Pathway to Language Endangerment in the University Education Process of Teachers-in-training."
  • 2019: 5th Saarbrücken Conference on Foreign Language Teaching: The Magic of Language – Productivity in Linguistics and Language Teaching. Saarland University of
  • Applied Sciences, in Saarbrücken, Germany. Presented: "Pre-service Teachers' Emotional Resilience and Flexibility / Openness toward English Learners: The Ethnographic Interview."
  • 2019: Flagler College Scholarship 20/20 Academic Research Presentations, Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. Presented: "Understanding Pre-service Teachers' Attitudes Toward English Learners."

Honors and Awards

  • 2023: NEH-funded National Endowment for the Humanities three-week summer institute invited academic in "Revisiting Religion & Place in Light of Environmental, Legal, and Indigenous Studies," University of Virginia.
  • 2023: Faculty Advisor of the Flagler College – Tallahassee Chapter of the SFEA, awarded "Most Outstanding Advisor" for all State Chapters, "Most Outstanding Chapter Leader (Student)," and three additional individual student awards for "Most Outstanding Chapter Member."
  • 2023: Invited by the FLDOE to serve as a language reviewer for the ESOL Teacher Certification professional exam for "FTCE English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) K–12 Item Review and Sensitivity and Bias Review Meeting" representative.
  • 2022: DAAD WueGlobal Workshop on Anti-Racism and Education, Workshop Invited Presenter for the Transatlantic Collaboration, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany.
  • 2022: Flagler College – Tallahassee "Dean's Award for Professional Development," 2020-2022, presented in recognition of significant, substantial professional development.
  • 2022: Florida American Association of Teachers of French, Workshop Invited Presenter.
  • 2021: Sunshine State TESOL "Institutional Excellence" Annual Award, ESOL Endorsement sequence at Flagler College – Tallahassee.
  • 2021: Faculty Advisor for the Flagler College – Tallahassee Chapter of the Student Florida Education Association, "Outstanding Senior Student."
  • 2020: Emerald Coast Chapter, TESOL Int’l, "Best of Chapter Invited Presenter" at the Sunshine State TESOL Annual Conference.
  • 2020: Faculty Advisor for the Flagler College – Tallahassee Chapter of the Student Florida Education Association, awarded "Outstanding Chapter Advisor," "Outstanding Community Outreach and Political Action," and "Outstanding Senior."