How to Write a Cover Letter for a Teaching Job

Video Transcript

"You're looking for that teaching job and you need to put together a cover letter. Well, my name is Gloria Campbell. I'm with Advantage Training Systems located in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida, and I'm going to give you some ideas that will get your resume looked at. The cover letter is the window to the world. It is the first thing that the person who receives it will know about you. So you always want to put important facts on that cover letter. Make sure you include your address, today's date, employer information, if there is a reference line, a little something about the job, make sure you include that as well. Also include where you heard about the job. If you were being referred by, perhaps, another teacher, make sure you include that information as well. A teaching job, you really want to home in on several things. Number one, what particular skills, what particular subjects are you certified to teach? What are your career aspiration goals now and in the future? And also, what do you love about being a teacher? My name is Gloria Campbell, and I'm with Advantage Training Systems. We're located in St. Petersburg, Florida, giving you ideas on how to make sure you get that teaching job."