Obtaining a Job as a Teacher
- Finding a Job
- Resume Guidelines
- National Certification
- Interview
- Interview questions
- Professional Organizations
Finding a Job as an Educator
- Ed-Join (education jobs in California)
- LinkedIn (post your resume online)
- TeacherJobs.com (opportunities for teachers and administrators)
- LA Times Classified (Classified Ads for the LA area)
- Career Gallery (Job descriptions; qualifications)
- America's Job Bank (Job market information, tips for searching the WWW for jobs)
- CareerPath (Database of many newspaper classified "help-wanted" ads)
- NCS Career Magazine (On-line magazines with want-ads and articles on careers)
- JobWeb (National Association of Colleges and Employers)
- E-Span (Post your resume on the web; investigate job opportunities)
- CareerMosaic (Thousands of postings from USENET employment postings)
- JobHunt: ( A Meta-list of On-Line Job-Search Resources and Services)
- JobWeb (National Association of Colleges and Employers)
- Job Options (Post your resume on the web; investigate job opportunities)
Resume Guidelines
Name
Address
Phone, Fax, email, web address of professional portfolio
Professional Objective
- Describe the kind of a job are you seeking
- Specify subjects and grade levels you can teach
- Describe your flexibility to meet school needs.
Credentials
- Biology (California single-subject teaching credential, date)
- Chemistry (California single-subject teaching credential, date)
- Physics (California single-subject teaching credential, date)
- Geoscience (California single-subject teaching credential, date)
- Foundation-Level Science (California single-subject teaching credential, date)
Education
Secondary Credential Program - Science (20XX)
Department of Secondary Education; California State University NorthridgeMasters of Education - Science Education (20XX)
Department of Secondary Education, Univesity of California Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry (20XX)
Department of Chemistry, Univesity of California Los Angeles
Achievements (optional)
- Achievements: (dean's list, scholarships, special projects etc.)
- Research experiences
- Cumulative GPA (optional)
- University related activities and organizations: roles, responsibilites
- Athletic teams and achievements
- Scholarships
- Leadership experience and skills.
- Non-university activities and organizations
- Publications
Teaching Experience
- Student teaching experiences
- Describe each placement & responsibilities.
- List most recent placement first
- Include dates, school, system, location
- Related experiences
- coaching
- tutoring, mentoring
Work Experience
- Name of employers, addresses
- Dates, most recent first
- Duties and Responsibilities (use action verbs that highlight skills) as they relate to teaching
Interests & Abilities
- Emphasize education and experience in areas of interest to schools
- clubs, memberships, interests related to school needs
- Emphasize special skills or abilities
- fluency in other languages
- multicultural, multiethnic, travel experiences
- technical skills: website development, computer expertise, etc.
Summary of Qualifications (optional)
- Summary of accomplishments and assets
- Summary of personal attributes such as, interpersonal relations, dependability , communication skills, and perseverance
References
- Name, email, phone, address, affiliation, context
- 1 Student teaching experiences are of utmost importance.
- 2. Education resumes should be succinct (two pages or less)
- 3. Organization is important in resume format.
- 4. Communicate effectively and accurately. Spell check!
- 5. Indicate flexibility and willingness to relocate.
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