How to Write a Teaching Resume

Teaching is a rewarding profession and many teachers enjoy their career. In order to become a teacher you must first secure an appropriate teaching position within an educational setting. If you want to get the teaching job of your dreams, you must prepare a professional resume and send it to potential employers. A resume is an effective marketing tool that you can use to introduce yourself to various employers in your field. Your resume should include relevant information about your skills, qualifications and work experience. There are a few things that you can do to write an effective teaching resume.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Decide what information you want to include in your resume. Your resume should only include information and details related to the teaching and education industry. You should include all information that can let the potential employer know that you are qualified for the teaching position that you‘re applying for.

2. Make an outline of your resume. Create a rough draft of your teaching resume and be sure to include important information such as your education (college degree), work experience or prior teaching experience (student teaching, substitute teaching, tutoring and volunteer work), licenses or certifications, skills and relevant organizations and memberships. Give specific details about your relevant experience, such as your experience creating lesson plans, curriculum projects, school or classroom activities you've coordinated and professional development training.

3. Develop each section of your resume and make it look professional. Begin by listing your contact information at the top of your resume. Next, include a separate section for each area that you plan to include in your resume (education, work experience) Be sure to use headings and use bullets instead of writing paragraphs in each section.

4. Prepare your actual resume. Try not to use too much bold or italics in your resume, because this can be distracting to the employer. Make sure that the resume is organized, looks neat and is no more than two pages in length. Proofread your resume and make any necessary corrections to it.

5. Print out your resume and make copies of it. You should use resume printing paper to enhance the look of it. Also, be sure to save your resume to a disk.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to include a career objective (at the beginning of your resume) stating the type of teaching job you are searching for (e.g. a high school mathematics teaching position).
• Make sure that you include your dates of employment and location (city and state) for your previous employers.
• Do not include contact information for your references. Instead simply state "References are available upon request" at the end of your resume.

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