Hewetté Moore serves as Vice President for Strategy and Partnerships at Teaching Matters, where she works alongside the CEO and executive team to help the organization move with clarity, purpose, and intention. In this role, she focuses on turning big ideas into clear plans, strengthening partnerships with states and districts, and advancing strategies that allow Teaching Matters to grow its impact while staying rooted in its mission.
Before joining Teaching Matters, Hewetté served as Chief of Staff for Teaching and Learning at New York City Public Schools, advising both the Deputy Chancellor for Teaching and Learning and the Chief Academic Officer. There, she helped guide system-wide instructional work touching one million students, from citywide literacy and math initiatives to the Black Studies Curriculum, efforts to strengthen curriculum coherence, and early work on responsible artificial intelligence in education. At every step, she worked to ensure that policy and practice stayed connected to the people they were meant to serve.
Earlier in her career, Hewetté held leadership roles across education reform organizations, including the Institute for Student Achievement, Right to Play, and New Visions for Public Schools. Across these experiences, she has remained deeply committed to building systems that honor the whole child and strengthen entire school communities. Hewetté holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Boston College and a Master’s degree in Education Leadership, Politics, and Advocacy from New York University, grounding her work in both rigorous thinking and a deep belief in what’s possible when we align purpose with action.