Teacher resume example

What to put in the summary

Name your certification and state, subject and grade range, and what makes your classroom work. Learning outcomes for groups of students beat statements about passion. Never name students; describe groups and percentages.

Certified middle school science teacher (grades 6–8) with six years in a public school of 700 students. Builds units around hands-on investigation, and has raised the share of students meeting grade-level standards from 61% to 78%.

Sample bullets with numbers

Use class size, outcomes for the whole group and what you changed. Say “students” and keep to percentages; do not identify anyone.

• Taught 150 students across five sections of grade 7 science; the share meeting grade-level standards on the state test rose from 61% to 78% in three years.
• Redesigned the ecosystems unit around a field investigation, raising unit test averages by 9 points.
• Introduced weekly low-stakes quizzes with corrective feedback, reducing the number of students failing the first quarter from 19 to 8.
• Served as the science department lead for five teachers, coordinating the curriculum map and shared assessments.
• Contacted families of struggling students within a week and maintained a log; the number of missing assignments dropped by about a third.
• Coached the school science olympiad team, which advanced to the state round for the first time.

These numbers are invented to show the shape of a good bullet. Use your own, and leave a number out rather than guess.

Key skills to list

• Curriculum design
• Differentiated instruction
• Formative assessment
• Classroom management
• Google Classroom
• Parent communication
• IEP/504 support
• STEM labs
• Data-driven instruction
• Mentoring

Include your state certification with the subjects and grades you are authorised to teach. Add the learning platform your district uses.

Common mistakes

1. 1Writing a long philosophy of teaching instead of results.
2. 2Leaving out certification details.
3. 3Using test scores without context or baseline.
4. 4Listing every extracurricular role without showing what you led.

A layout that suits this resume

Editorial’s serif look and calm spacing suit a teaching resume where certification, subject and outcomes read like a short narrative. See the Editorial template, or compare all 22 layouts.