
LESLIE REDWINE
Leslie A. Redwine was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her early life was spent living in such varied places as Puerto Rico and Toronto, Canada and San Rafael, California, where she grew up. She began playing clarinet at the age of 10, but eventually gave it up to pursue other goals. Leslie earned her bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from Sonoma State University and her master of arts degree in mathematics from Louisiana State University.
In 1992 after receiving her masters degree, she accepted a position at LSU, teaching mathematics, where she received two teaching awards. Leslie moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1995 where she taught mathematics at the State University of West Georgia, and was named Professor of the Year in 1997. As a tenured Professor at Prince George's College, where she taught and chaired the Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers Committee, she was appointed to the position of Chair of the Department of Mathematics in 1995.
In addition to her work as a professor and education administrator, she has given numerous talks and presentations around the country. She was recognized in 2002 for her work on the Building Learning with Technology project that was funded by the U.S. Department of Education and had participants at University of Maryland, Prince George's County Public Schools, and Prince George's College. She presented her work on Project Based Learning and Aids to the Association of Faculty for the Advancement of Community College Teaching in January 2003. From 2002-2004, Leslie worked on a two-year exploratory grant, funded by the Ford Foundation. This project, a collaboration between University of Maryland, Prince George's College, and Prince George's County Public Schools, sought to explore the use of intergroup dialogue in the classroom.
After a rewarding year as Chair, Leslie was excited to accept an offer to become Head of School at St. Andrew's United Methodist Day School in Edgewater, Maryland. Leslie continues to enjoy her work at the school that provides a top-quality education to children in the 3's preschool program through 8th grade. St. Andrew's was awarded its Green School Certification by the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education, MAEOE on April 17, 2008.
In 2003, in the midst of a thriving career in education, Leslie and her husband Ben purchased the Gennusa "Excellente" Clarinet Mouthpiece business. She has used her mathematical and engineering skills to improve the technical side of mouthpiece making.
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