Teacher Resume Templates and Examples for 2023

Quantify your experience

The teachers who stand out are those who give context to their duties. They provide metrics and numbers to demonstrate how they affected change in their schools and got results. Quantifying your experience shows hiring managers that you made an impact on your students and fellow educators. Take a look at our example:

Tailor your resume for each application

You need to make an impact on hiring managers and recruiters to land an interview with your dream school. The best way to do this is by speaking directly to their needs. Each job you apply for will list different requirements and qualifications. Take the time to make minor adjustments to your resume as you send it off to different schools. You can use keywords from their job postings within your resume. Just be careful not to overdo it.

Highlight your skills

Make space on your teacher resume for a “key skills” section. Use this area to highlight the hard skills you have to offer your prospective employer. A simple bulleted list will showcase your expertise as a teacher and your ability to work well with students and staff. As for soft skills, they should be indirectly referenced throughout your resume rather than grouped together in their own section.

Again, keep in mind that it’s especially important to mention skills that are referenced in the target job description. Here are some examples of the types of key skills you should include on your resume:

Use strong action verbs

Use action verbs to make the language of your resume more impactful and compelling. Save space by replacing first-person language (e.g., “I was responsible for teaching…”) with strong verbs that highlight what you did. As you write your resume, consider using some of the words we’ve listed below:

• Evaluated
• Developed
• Enhanced
• Coordinated
• Guided
• Systematized
• Facilitated

What if you don’t have experience?

Although teaching experience is instrumental and often required for certain educator positions, you can still write an effective resume. Inexperienced teachers should focus on building up the following sections of their resumes:

• Education: Call special attention to your education and list any achievements, honors, exceptional GPA scores, and extracurriculars relevant to the job.
• Practicals: During the practical portion of your teaching program, you gained real-world experience as a teacher. Speak to all you accomplished and performed.
• Volunteer work: Schools are always looking for volunteers. Sign up at your local school to earn more volunteer time and include it on your resume.
• Education-related work: If you’ve had a job in any position at a school or other educational location, be sure to list that under your experience section. Exposure to any learning atmosphere is valuable.