Mrs Alanna Riley Cornes is a 24-year veteran of Texas and Louisiana schools. She is a 1993 graduate of Kirbyville High School, and a 1997 graduate of Texas A&M University, a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in English and history, with minors in Spanish, linguistics, anthropology, and U.S/Latin American Relations. She has a master’s degree in Secondary Education Curriculum and Instruction from Stephen F. Austin State University, a master’s degree in Educational Administration from Lamar University, a double master’s degree in English and linguistics from Northwestern State University, and is currently in the dissertation portion of her EdD in Educational Leadership at Lamar University, as well as in the Educational Diagnostician program. She also earned postgraduate certificates in school superintendency from the University of Texas, specializing in school law and special populations; the principalship from Lamar University, specializing in teacher retention and special populations, and an international 

TESOL teaching certificate from NSULA.

Mrs Cornes is also an English faculty member at McNeese State University, Stephen F Austin State University, Lamar University, Northern Iowa State University,  and Angelina College. She is also an education instructor at Lamar, and is a certified online instructor. She was named as one of the top 40 secondary educators in Texas in both 2017 and 2018, and won a national award for secondary teaching excellence in 2012. In 2008, Mrs Cornes was Merryville Junior High’s Teacher of the Year.

International:

TESOL

Louisiana:

Type 3: English, English Language Arts, Social Studies, ESL

Texas:

Superintendent, Principal, English, English Language Arts, history, Special Education, Gifted/Talented, Spanish, ESL

Top 40 Secondary Educator in Texas, 2018

Top 40 Secondary Educator in Texas, 2017

HEB Excellence in Education Award, 2018

HEB Excellence in Education Award, 2017

HumanitiesTexas Semi-Finalist for Teaching Excellence, 2017

Wayne A. Reaud Excellence in Secondary Education Award, 2012 (national teaching award)

Merryville Junior High Teacher of the Year, 2006