Christina Spears

Christina Spears is the Special Assistant in the Office of Equity Affairs for Wake County Public School System and the Vice President of Wake County NCAE. A graduate of Meredith College with a Master of Arts in Teaching, and a K-12 Special Education licensure. In her role as Wake NCAE VP, she works with educators across the district and state to organize and fight for the schools our students deserve. In her role as Special Assistant, Spears hopes to build district-wide support systems for teachers focused on culturally sustaining instructional practices that disrupt inequities and transform school systems. Christina is a co-designer and facilitator of ISKME's culturally responsive teaching workshops, and she engages directly with educators and leaders on the ground to support educators in critically interrogating and remixing OER to be more responsive and sustaining. Christina has led the development of the Tool for Identifying Bias and consults on project development. She is also an adjunct professor at Meredith College and PhD student in Educational Studies & Cultural Foundations at UNC-Greensboro.