Background
Burks, Glenetta Rivers was born on September 3, 1938 in Kingsland, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Horace Lee and Evelyn Magdalene (Hope) Rivers.
Burks, Glenetta Rivers was born on September 3, 1938 in Kingsland, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Horace Lee and Evelyn Magdalene (Hope) Rivers.
Bachelor of Science in Education, University Arkansas, Monticello, 1960. Master of Science in Education, Ouachita Baptist University, 1990. Master of Science in Educational Administration, University Arkansas, Little Rock, 1991.
Postgraduate, University Arkansas, Little Rock, 1992.
English teacher, Lonoke (Arkansas) Public School, 1959-1960;
English teacher, assistant to superintendent, Rison (Arkansas) Public School, 1960-1962;
English teacher, Warren (Arkansas) Junior High School, 1964-1991;
principal, Warren (Arkansas) Junior High School, since 1991. Writing consultant State of Arkansas, Little Rock, since 1985. Reader Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Little Rock, since 1990.
State coordinator Promising Young Writers Program.
Chairman Bradley County Library. Board; president Warren Junior Auxiliary. Member Warren Planning Commission.
Member National Education Association, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Arkansas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Arkansas Association Educational Administrators, National Council Teachers English (president), National Council Teachers English, Arkansas Education Association.
Married Joe Elbert Burks Junior, June 24, 1962. Children: Joe Elbert III, Memory Hope, Rockland Rivers.