As you build your resume, keep in mind some of the things that employers look for in candidates. They want to know if the candidate is fully licensed and their experiences with the population they will be serving. Did the candidate achieve success with students, raise test scores and implement any programs? Can the candidate benefit the school district in more than one capacity? If you can, add examples that share experience with diverse populations, working in urban or suburban settings and creating an inclusive classroom.
Be sure to identify the population for each experience you share, and reference any specific units you taught. Include specific texts and technologies used, and incorporate the current jargon of your field.
Consider addressing these issues to describe your instructional experience as a student teacher:
- A unit plan you created that encompassed a variety of subject areas.
- Lessons you designed to meet state standards.
- Techniques that you employed to differentiate your instruction and the accommodations you provided to meet the needs of diverse learners.
- Specific technology you incorporated into your teaching.
- Creative ways that you connected the subject material with the students.
- Various methods you used to assess the progress of your students.
- Collaborative activities including co-teaching, with other teachers, school counselors and administrators, that you participated in.
- Paraprofessionals and parent volunteers you supervised.
- The classroom management system you used.
Highlight any experience with:
- Curriculum planning.
- Management/discipline.
- Differentiation of instruction.
- Data analysis and assessment of student learning.
- Parent communication and professionalism.
Education candidate resumes can be one to two pages long. If you fold the first page in half, make sure the sections about education, teaching license, endorsements and experience, with bullets, are visible on the top fold.
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