About me
Tierra Fender is a Secondary Mathematics Specialist for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. Her responsibilities include writing curricula resources, creating and facilitating professional development (PD), and coaching 6-12th grade educators at schools throughout the district. This is her 13th year as an educator across four states. In addition to North Carolina, Tierra taught and coached in Arizona, California, and New York.
She is also working on her doctorate in Urban Mathematics Curriculum & Instruction at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. For her M.Ed. in Educational Administration, she researched teacher collaboration on equitable group participation in secondary math classes. Research interests for Tierra include increasing student collaboration while learning mathematics, enhancing the PD experience for all participants, and using a strengths-based lens to increase learning. Her ultimate goal is to dismantle the narrow definition and linear progression of the mathematics education system.