
Beaufort High School
Beaufort, South Carolina
Years in current position: 5
Total years as a classroom teacher: 28
Career Highlights
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Leslie Revis has made her classes at Beaufort High School an asset to
the community by offering the Beaufort High School Community Outreach
Translating Service, which has become a valuable outreach for the
surrounding area and a great learning experience for the students. This
program has been honored with citations and news articles, and is used
as a model by other high schools. -
She developed an alternative and innovative competency-based
curriculum in foreign language for the Peace Corps language programs in
Belize, Jamaica, and Guatemala. -
Revis says she meets her students with L.O.V.E. That is, she
explains, she must “listen to their immediate needs (bathroom, nurse,
etc.), observe their mood and energy as they enter my class, value their
presence by genuinely exchanging greetings, and enjoy that they have
come to my class today.” She describes her classroom management as
H.E.A.R.T. “As my students and I journey through a unit, we use humor to
get us through the ‘but I sound so funny’ language moments, while not
compromising excellence. Personal excellence flourishes in a room of
acceptance. I teach my students that responsible acceptance means
working with both our gifts and limitations to understand how to
achieve. My students must know at all times that we are in this
together!” -
S.O.U.L. is the final component of her teaching philosophy. “My
students and their parents can count on my support. Every year I place
450 phone calls or more to students and parents. These connections are
intended to outline my program and its goals. Communication, either by
phone or during a conference, serves to uplift and support parent and
student’s needs. By thoughtfully exchanging ideas, educational needs,
implementation of techniques, and professional resources, a teacher
becomes a powerful and valued link, insuring the grounds for Love,
Heart, and Soul to take root in support of a student’s success.” -
Revis has a “Homework Hotline” Monday through Sunday until 11 p.m.
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When five Spanish classes at Beaufort High were left to finish the
year under a long-term substitute, Revis added those five classes to her
normal workload of six. She did so did so without additional pay and
while six months pregnant.“She makes learning real for her students. They know that what they
do in the classroom is important because it reaches beyond the
classroom.” — Inez Tenenbaum, State Superintendent of Education“In my 30 years in the business of education, I can truly think of no
one who would be a more articulate, authentic, and gracious
representative of the teaching profession. If I could rub Aladdin’s
lamp, one of my three wishes would be to turn back the years and give
myself the gift of being a foreign language student in Leslie Revis’
classroom.” — Calvin White, Sr., principal, Beaufort High School“Many teachers offer extra time and attention to some students, but
with Leslie everything she does seems to help not only individual
students but classes, the school, and the community, all at the same
time.” — Elizabeth Chase, communications specialist, Beaufort High, and
parent of former student“While breaking down local barriers and expanding opportunities for
learning by her students in the real world, Leslie Revis has also been
the epitome of the conscientious classroom teacher. She regularly calls
parents to tell them about their child’s progress and to give
encouragement. More than once I have seen my own daughter helped through
a rough time by this simple expression of concern and caring from a
respected teacher.” — Dr. Joseph Floyd, school board member and parent
of a student“Every day a sense of power encompasses me when I walk into Spanish
class. This is the power of knowledge. Not a minute is wasted, for we
students are always seeking information and applying it to our lives.
Mrs. Revis emphasizes that we will always be students, that we will
always have the ability and the gift to learn something new every day.”
— Rebecca Ann Daubert, Beaufort High student
Education
1973 |
University of San Diego |
Teaching Experience
1995-present |
9-12, Spanish, Instructor Lead Teacher, Foreign Language, Beaufort |
1994-95 |
Sixth-grade, Spanish Immersion programs for math and science, Fairfax County Schools |
1993-94 |
D.C. Heath & Co. (Paragraphics, Inc.), curriculum designer for bilingual education library series |
1993 |
Peace Corps, Washington, language curriculum design consultant and trainer for Belize and Jamaica, staff trainer |
1992-93 |
Peace Corps, Guatemala, language coordinator, trainer, and curriculum designer, staff trainer |
1987-92 |
Warren Wilson College, Head, International Studies Department/Spanish Instructor |
1982-87, and 1990 |
K-12, Spanish Teacher, Asheville Country Day School/Carolina Day School |
1981 |
9-12, GED Trainer in language arts and math, Buncombe County School District |
1975-81 |
7-12, Teacher for Middle and High School curriculum, Rainbow Woods Private School |
1975 |
9-12, Spanish Teacher, Grossmont Unified School District |
1973-75 |
9-12, Spanish/French Teacher, San Diego Unified School District |
Special Recognition
1999 |
Disney’s National American Teacher Award for the Humanities |
1999 |
Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year |
1999 |
Honor Roll Teacher for the State of South Carolina |
1998 |
Showcase article “Inspirational Mentor, Leslie Revis,” University of San Diego President’s Report |
1998 |
Learn to Serve Award from the S.C. State Department of Education |
1998 |
Beaufort County Teacher of the Year Award |
1998 |
Beaufort High School Teacher of the Year Award |
1998 |
Beaufort High School April Teacher of the Month Award |
1998 |
Beaufort Jasper Water and Sewer Authority letter of service recognition |