Leslie Wright

Gates County Schools

Leslie Wright earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education with a minor in Health from Bluefield College, now known as Bluefield University, Bluefield, Virginia. Currently, she is seeking her Master of School Administration degree from East Carolina University and plans to graduate in the spring of 2024.

Leslie has served in many different educational roles from teacher assistant, bus driver, teacher, and coach, and has developed insight from each role she has served. This insight gives her a better understanding of each position and their role in the educational field. Most recently Leslie served as a School Improvement Team member, Academic Committee chair, Festival Committee, and Department chair.

Leslie has taught elementary, middle, and high school physical education and health; in addition to high school advanced physical education and aerobics. She has been involved with coaching the younger generation in softball, basketball, volleyball, and track and field in middle school, high school, and collegiate. Leslie has also combined her love for sports and her love for Christ by serving as a sponsor for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. In addition to teaching at the high school, she started the DREAM (Daring to Role Model Excellence as Athletic Mentors) Team in collaboration with the NCHSAA.

Currently, Leslie serves as Gates County Schools District Physical Education Instructional Coach and T. S. Cooper Elementary School Dean of Students. In the role of Support Coach, she works with physical education teachers across the district to provide lesson plan ideas and effective teaching practices, pacing guides, observations of physical education teachers, and resources for professional development and classroom. As Dean of Students, she handles classroom and bus discipline, fifth-grade patrols, and the educator’s handbook,

As a Pirate Leadership Fellow, Leslie hopes to gain the leadership knowledge to lead with a servant heart and effectively provide guidance to better all those around her. One of your favorite quotes is “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King Jr.”