Welcome to TMMS!

Welcome 8th graders!! I will be your ELA teacher for the 2023-2024 school year. I am so excited to share in your learning experience here at Thomson-McDuffie Middle School. Parents, I will be your partner in providing a safe classroom environment for students to learn, grow, evolve, and become. Together, we can make this a great school year!

I am Telitita (Ta-lee-ta) Burley! I am from a small town called Crawfordville. If you blink your eyes, you may miss it, but we're on the map! I graduated from Taliaferro County School in 2011. I later earned a bachelor’s degree in Secondary English Education at the Unsinkable Albany State University. As an educator, I am constantly learning and growing through experience and professional learning. I take pride in having the ability to shape young minds. Teaching gives me the opportunity to pour back into others what so many of my former teachers have sown into me. It was their impact that ignited and fueled my passion to lead, teach, and inspire both in the classroom and outside of the scope of the public education system. My students are my reason each day I walk through the doors of TMMS. Students, prepare to be challenged and embraced because some days we all just need a hug. Lol Welcome to Ms. Burley's class! You'll love it here!