Dr. LeMoine’s vast experience in education includes serving over ten years as adjunct professor at several California universities, as a Speech & Language Pathologist, and consultant to Headstart Programs, as a classroom teacher and “Mentor Teacher,” and over 25 years as an educational Administrator. Dr. LeMoine served 20 years as Director of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Academic English Mastery Program, which supported teachers, administrators, and paraeducators in 81 schools, in effectively incorporating culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy into core instruction. Under Dr. LeMoine’s visionary leadership, the Academic English Mastery Program became a national model for addressing the language, literacy and learning needs of African American and other Standard English Learner populations.

Dr. LeMoine has conducted short courses, seminars and been guest lecturer at Universities and Colleges throughout the country including Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, the University of Southern California, UCLA, the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, and others, and she has provided professional growth seminars for thousands of teachers in school districts throughout the United States and Canada.  Dr. LeMoine’s work has been featured on “60 Minutes,” in periodicals including Education Week and Teacher Magazine, and in the PBS Documentary “Do You Speak American.”  Dr. LeMoine also served ten years as Director of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Closing the Achievement Gap Branch, overseeing implementation of the district’s initiatives designed to eliminate disparities in educational outcomes for under-achieving students.