Le Fevre trained as a teacher in Palmerston North at the same time as undertaking a Bachelor of Education at Massey University.
[1] Le Fevre says that during her teacher training, she was different to her peers as her high school experience had not been a good one, and she wanted to change the system.
"[1] Returning to New Zealand, Le Fevre rose to full professor at the University of Auckland in 2022.
Other research areas include interpersonal effectiveness, educational improvement, and organisational change.
[2][4] Le Fevre has co-authored two books, Leading powerful professional learning: Responding to complexity with adaptive expertise and Leading professional learning: Practical strategies for impact in schools with Helen Timperley, Fiona Ell and Kaye Twyford (2019).