Teacher resume keywords
Most teacher applications are screened by software before a person reads them: the ATS ranks resumes by how many of the posting's words they contain. The lists below are the terms that show up most in teacher job ads. Use the ones that are true for you, with the same spelling the ad uses.
Hard skills and ATS keywords
- Curriculum planning
- Differentiated instruction
- Classroom management
- Assessment design
- Google Classroom
- Parent communication
- Intervention programmes
- Mentoring
- Lesson planning
- Differentiated instruction
- Classroom management
- Curriculum development
- Formative assessment
- IEP
- Google Classroom
- Data-driven instruction
- Parent communication
- State standards
Soft skills recruiters look for
- Patience
- Empathy
- Adaptability
- Organisation
- Collaboration
Soft skills only count when a bullet proves them. "Team player" is ignored; "Raised exam-class pass rate from 68% to 84% over 3 years." shows it.
Action verbs to start your bullets
- Taught
- Designed
- Improved
- Raised
- Mentored
- Differentiated
- Led
- Engaged
How to use these keywords
- Mirror the job ad: if it says "Lesson planning", do not write a synonym.
- Put the top 6–8 in a skills section and repeat the key ones inside experience bullets with a number.
- Never list a skill you cannot talk about in an interview.
- Keep the file text-based (no skills inside images or tables), or the ATS cannot read it.
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