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Adult Literacy and Numeracy Teacher resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what adult literacy and numeracy teachers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most adult literacy and numeracy teachers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Adult Literacy and Numeracy Teacher with experience helping adults build foundational reading, writing, speaking and maths skills. Skilled in assessing learners against the Australian Core Skills Framework, designing individual learning plans and delivering flexible programs across face to face and online settings. Committed to empowering adults to reach their work, study and everyday goals.
Key skills
- Teaching and instruction
- Curriculum and lesson design
- Student assessment and reporting
- Classroom and behaviour management
- Community engagement
- Moodle
- Microsoft Teams
- Zoom
- LLN Robot
- Google Workspace
- Written communication
- Empathy and interpersonal care
- Digital literacy
Experience: example bullet points
- Assessed learners' reading, writing, oral and numeracy levels using the Australian Core Skills Framework to design targeted learning plans.
- Developed and delivered lesson materials for mixed ability groups, adapting resources for learners from non English speaking backgrounds or with disability.
- Delivered small group and individual tuition in face to face and online settings using platforms such as Moodle, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
- Recorded learner progress, reported outcomes and referred learners to support services such as counselling and employment assistance.
- Engaged with community organisations to promote adult literacy programs and recruit learners, helping to increase program participation.
- Designed individual learning plans that helped learners achieve their goals, with several progressing to further study or employment.
Education
Bachelor degree in education or a related field, with many also holding a postgraduate qualification in adult literacy, numeracy or TESOL.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF)
- TAFE
- Registered Training Organisation (RTO)
- Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN)
- Vocational Education and Training (VET)
- Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116)
- LLN Robot
- Moodle
- Microsoft Teams
- Foundation Skills
- Training and Assessment
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.