Trinity Magazine: Fall 2006
Bernadette Glaze '04
Bernadette Glaze, an advanced academic programs
specialist in the Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools, recently
received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International
Baccalaureate Organization.
Glaze began her career with FCPS in 1974 at Lake Braddock Secondary
School, and moved to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and
Technology in 1986. In 1994, she transferred to Mt. Vernon High
School to teach in the international baccalaureate (IB) program.
Soon after, she was named IB coordinator. Glaze encouraged all
students at Mount Vernon to take at least one IB class. As a result,
enrollment in IB classes at Mount Vernon jumped from 30 students the
first year to more than 350 today. She was tapped to become FCPS�
first social studies specialist and later, coordinator of advanced
academic programs, where she oversees both IB and Advanced Placement
programs. Glaze earned her MAT from Trinity in 2004.
Glaze has been involved with the Northern Virginia Writing Project
for more than 25 years, serving as a consultant, co-director,
coordinator of in-service training, and staff member, and helping
select and prepare teachers to learn proven techniques in teaching
writing and using writing to learn. Throughout her career, she has
worked to improve learning opportunities for students, challenging
them and teaching teachers how to best help their students.
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