Meg Hackett
Match Charter School
Melrose
1
Certification
8
years of professional experience
Results-driven professional with 15+ years in case management and compliance, specializing in guiding individuals and families through complex processes. Led multidisciplinary teams to develop equitable systems that enhance support services and promote understanding of rights and resources.
Work History
Educational Consultant
9 Months- Coached special education leaders across charter schools in program oversight, staff management, compliance, and inclusive practices, delivering strategic support tailored to specific school and leadership needs.
- Design case-management, documentation, and data-monitoring systems that help leaders track complex matters, maintain compliance, document decisions, and ensure timely follow-through.
- Advised school leaders on complex compliance and personnel matters, facilitating difficult conversations, documentation, and resolution of concerns involving families and staff.
- Designed case-management and data-monitoring systems that enabled leaders to track complex matters, ensure compliance, document decisions, and maintain timely follow-through.
Director of Special Education
4 Years 3 Months- Lead a multidisciplinary team of up to 22 staff across special education, mental health, and inclusion, overseeing staff supervision, case management systems, compliance, and support for students with complex academic, disability, behavioral, and mental health needs.
- Develop and oversee systems for documentation, case tracking, compliance, staff accountability, and follow-through across a large student-support program.
- Met directly with students and families to understand concerns, explain rights and options, identify desired outcomes, coordinate supports, and facilitate challenging conversations and meetings.
- Partnered with school and network leadership, counselors, educators, families, and outside providers to coordinate accommodations, mental health supports, safety planning, referrals, and individualized services.
- Developed and oversaw systems for documentation, case tracking, compliance, staff accountability, and follow-through in a large student-support program.
Individual Needs Coordinator
3 Years- Led complex special education cases and compliance processes, facilitated meetings with families and staff, explained rights and options, maintained documentation, and partnered with school leadership to determine supports and next steps.
- Coached special education and ESL teachers to enhance access to rigorous instruction through differentiation, accommodations, language supports, and individualized instructional planning.
- Led special education compliance and complex IEP processes, facilitating family meetings and guiding staff in IEP development while collaborating with school leadership on student programming and support decisions.
- Partnered with school administration as an instructional leader and special education expert to strengthen inclusive practices, ensuring students with disabilities and multilingual learners accessed appropriate supports.
Education
Masters - Special Education
Bachelors of Art - Art
Skills
K-12 education
Professional development
Training design
Coaching and mentorship
Data analysis tools
Problem-solving
Time management
Project management
Inclusive education strategies
Certification
Massachusetts Early Intervention Conference (MEIC)- Lead Speaker May 2013, MA Interagency Coordinating Council retreat, Family experiences with Trauma- Lead Speaker Oct 2014, DESE Certified Sheltered English Immersion Administrator- Completed June 2021, CPI De-escalation and crisis intervention- August 2021, Youth Mental Health First Aid Certified May 2022, Certificate of Instructional Leadership, BER March 2026
Timeline
Educational Consultant
Lotus advocacy
01.2026 - CurrentRead More
Director of Special Education
Match Charter School
07.2022 - CurrentRead More
Individual Needs Coordinator
Uncommon Schools, Roxbury Prep Charter School
04.2019 - 04.2022Read More
Pennsylvania State University
Masters from Special Education
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Salisbury University
Bachelors of Art from Art
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