Melissa J Hatchett

(804) 837-8661
melijh1913@gmail.com

Professional Experience
August 2015-Present
Nottoway Intermediate School, Crewe, VA - Teacher, Sixth Grade

● Utilize Comprehensive Instructional Program during lesson planning to create rigorous

lessons and assessments that promote higher level thinking
● Incorporate differentiation strategies to reach all learning styles and levels, including the
collaborative classroom setting
● Track and disaggregate student data in order to determine student achievement as well as
provide remediation when needed
● Plan and organize field trips to enrich instruction
● Cultivate relationships with students and parents to provide a safe learning environment
● Serve on Instructional Team to a variety of instructional delivery methods which I present
during school Professional Development
● Mentor first-year content team members
● Sponsored multiple school organizations

August 2002-June 2015

Lucille Brown Middle School, Richmond, VA - Teacher, Sixth-Eighth Grades

● Utilized Bloom’s Taxonomy in lesson planning, instruction, and assessment creation to

ensure rigor and higher-level thinking
● Fourteen years teaching in an accelerated, honors, general, and collaborative classroom
settings
● Incorporated differentiation strategies and hands-on activities to reach all learning levels
● Instructed using a variety of mediums to increase understanding
● Tracked and disaggregated data in order to determine student achievement as well as
provide effective remediation when needed
● Developed cross-curricular units and projects with teaching team
● Planned and organized field trips to enrich instruction
● Cultivated relationships with students and parents to provide a safe learning environment
● Acted as mentor to first-year content team members
● Functioned as grade level team leader
● Serve on the School Planning and Management Team
 2

August 2001-June 2002

Grange Hall Elementary School, Moseley, VA - Teacher, Fifth Grade

● Created lesson plans to ensure student achievement in fifth grade Language Arts and
history and sixth grade math
● Arranged center-based activities and student-led instruction
● Integrated monthly book projects with Language Arts and history themes in order to
promote reading comprehension activities
● Promoted cultural awareness through various activities and projects
● Reviewed student academic careers in order to recommend for Gifted program while
serving as grade level representative
● Maintained communication with parents to acknowledge student achievements as well as
concerns

Skills
Technology: Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Schoology
Certifications: CPR

Education
Longwood University, Farmville VA-
Endorsement in Reading, Literacy, & Learning, 2024

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA -

Masters of Teaching, Middle School Grades 4-8, 2000
Bachelor of Arts, English, 1998