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Teacher Resume Example
This teacher resume example shows a licensed middle-school educator moving from a long-term substitute role to owning a grade-level team. It leads with state licensure and endorsements, quantifies the classroom — enrollment, proficiency gains, behavior referrals — and uses common district posting terms such as IEP, differentiated instruction, Common Core, and Google Classroom. Load it into the free builder, swap in your credentials, and run the ATS check before you apply.
Danielle Brooks
Middle School English Teacher
danielle.brooks.teach@email.com · (614) 555-0173 · Columbus, OH · linkedin.com/in/daniellebrooksteach
Summary
Licensed middle school English teacher (grades 4–9, Ohio) with 6 years raising reading proficiency across inclusive and honors classrooms. Lifted state ELA proficiency 18 points over three years and cut behavior referrals 40% through a restorative classroom model. Experienced with IEP and 504 plan delivery, data-driven grouping, and Google Classroom.
Experience
7th Grade English Teacher · Westerville City Schools
Aug 2022 – Present
Westerville, OH
- Teach 5 sections of 7th grade ELA (135 students) and lead the grade-level planning team of 6 teachers.
- Raised state ELA proficiency from 61% to 79% over three years using weekly formative data cycles.
- Cut classroom behavior referrals 40% by adopting a restorative practices model across the grade level.
- Co-wrote and delivered IEP and 504 accommodations for 28 students in partnership with intervention specialists.
6th Grade English Teacher · Columbus City Schools
Aug 2020 – Jun 2022
Columbus, OH
- Delivered differentiated ELA instruction to 4 sections including a co-taught inclusion classroom of 31 students.
- Grew median student reading level 1.4 grade levels per year on the NWEA MAP assessment.
- Built a Google Classroom workflow that raised assignment completion from 74% to 92%.
Long-Term Substitute Teacher · Dublin City Schools
Jan 2020 – Jun 2020
Dublin, OH
- Covered a full 5-month maternity leave for two 5th grade classrooms (58 students) with no instructional gap.
- Maintained the departing teacher's pacing guide and administered 3 benchmark assessments.
- Received a return invitation from the building principal for the following school year.
Education
B.S. Education, Integrated Language Arts, The Ohio State University — Cum laude · Resident educator program completer
2019
Skills
Classroom management · Differentiated instruction · IEP & 504 plan delivery · Common Core ELA · Formative assessment · Google Classroom · NWEA MAP data · Restorative practices · Co-teaching · Parent communication · Curriculum mapping · PBIS
Certifications
- Ohio Resident Educator License (grades 4–9, Integrated Language Arts) · Ohio Department of Education · 2019
- Reading Endorsement · Ohio Department of Education · 2023
What a teacher resume has to show in the first six seconds
Licensure and endorsements, up front
District HR verifies licensure before reading another line. State your license type, the grade band, and the subject area in the summary, and repeat the endorsements in a certifications block. If you are licensed in more than one state or hold a reciprocity-eligible credential, say so plainly — it widens the roles you clear automatically.
Grade level and subject specificity
'Teacher' tells a principal nothing they can schedule. Name the grade band and subject for every role — '7th grade ELA', 'co-taught 6th grade inclusion' — so a hiring manager can see the exact placement. Elementary generalists should still name the grade taught each year.
Student-outcome data, not activity lists
Principals sort candidates on evidence of impact: proficiency gains, growth percentiles, reading-level movement, referral reductions. 'Raised ELA proficiency from 61% to 79%' is a hiring signal; 'taught reading' is not. If your school does not publish scores, use the growth or completion metrics you do control.
Special-education and inclusion fluency
Most classrooms now include IEP and 504 students, so explicit experience delivering accommodations, co-teaching, and running data cycles is a genuine filter. Name the tools and frameworks — IEP, 504, PBIS, MTSS — because ATS keyword screens and inclusion coordinators both look for them.
Four ways teacher resumes get filtered out
✕ Listing duties instead of outcomes.
FIX → 'Taught English and graded papers' describes the job, not your effect. Replace each duty with a result: proficiency gains, growth scores, referral drops, completion rates. Every bullet should answer 'how well?'
✕ Hiding the license in a footer.
FIX → Licensure is the first filter. Put your license type, grade band, and subject in the summary and again in a certifications section with the issuing state and year.
✕ Vague grade and subject labels.
FIX → Name the exact grade and subject per role. 'Middle school teacher' is ambiguous; '7th grade ELA, co-taught inclusion section' tells a principal exactly where you fit.
✕ One resume for every district.
FIX → Districts weight different things — urban systems screen for inclusion and PBIS, suburban systems for honors and data cycles. Mirror the posting's vocabulary and run the checker on this page against the real listing to see the keyword gaps.
Common questions
How long should a teacher resume be?
One page is standard and preferred by most district hiring managers, even with a decade of experience. If you have extensive leadership, coaching, or curriculum work, a tight two pages is acceptable. Never pad — principals read dozens of these and reward concision.
Where does my teaching license go?
In two places: stated in the summary with the grade band and subject area, and detailed in a certifications section listing the license type, issuing state, and year. If you hold endorsements such as reading or ESL, list each one separately so keyword screens catch them.
How do I quantify results if my school does not share test scores?
Use the metrics you own: reading-level growth on MAP or similar, assignment completion rates, attendance, behavior-referral counts, and course-pass rates. 'Grew median reading level 1.4 grades per year' is a complete, credible result without a published proficiency figure.
Should I list student teaching?
Yes, if you are a new graduate with limited paid experience — treat it as a full entry with the school, grade, and 3–4 quantified bullets. Once you have two or more years of paid teaching, student teaching can be trimmed to a line or dropped entirely.
How do I tailor this example to a specific district posting?
Copy the example into the builder, replace the content with your own, then paste the district posting into the ATS checker. It lists the posting's keywords you are missing — add the truthful ones to your skills and bullets, and re-scan. As a rough rule of thumb many people aim for a match around 80%, but there is no universal passing score — treat it as a 'looks strong' guideline, not a guarantee or a target every employer shares.