Mrs. Heather Burley is a native of Henderson Georgia.  She is a graduate of Georgia Southern University where she received a Bachelors of Science in Secondary Education in Social Science and a Masters of Curriculum & Instruction. 

Mrs. Burley has been an educator for twenty-one years as a Social Studies teacher.  During that time, she has taught in Calhoun, Dekalb, Peach, and Macon counties.  The last five have been at Northside High School.  During her tenure as a teacher she served as department chair, course team leader, cheerleading coach, track coach, homecoming coordinator, and black history program coordinator. She believes that learning is infinite. A person never stops learning. There are always new skills to acquire and more information to absorb. 

Mrs. Burley has been married to William Burley since 2003.   They have twin boys who are entering their junior year of high school.   All of her extra time is spent at church, watching football, basketball and any other activity her children participate in.