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English Language Teacher resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what english language 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 english language teachers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
I am an English Language Teacher with classroom experience across adult migrant, international student and community programs. I plan and deliver lessons that build speaking, listening, reading and writing skills for people using English as an additional language, and I assess progress against recognised frameworks. I work confidently in face to face and online delivery modes.
Key skills
- Teaching and instruction
- Curriculum and lesson design
- Classroom and behaviour management
- Student assessment and reporting
- Pastoral care and wellbeing
- Moodle
- Canvas LMS
- Zoom
- Google Classroom
- Microsoft Teams
- Written communication
- Digital literacy
- Lesson planning for mixed ability groups
- Australian Core Skills Framework
Experience: example bullet points
- Planned and delivered mixed ability English lessons to classes of up to 18 adult learners, adjusting materials so beginners and intermediate students could work on the same theme.
- Assessed speaking, listening, reading and writing using tasks aligned to the Australian Core Skills Framework, and reported progress to students and program coordinators.
- Built customised resources on Moodle and Google Classroom so students could practise pronunciation and vocabulary between face to face sessions.
- Supported students from refugee and migrant backgrounds with referrals to pastoral care and settlement services when personal issues started affecting attendance.
- Ran conversation groups that helped international students improve fluency and confidence for workplace placements and further study.
- Maintained a calm, inclusive classroom where students from different first languages felt able to take risks with spoken English.
Education
A bachelor degree plus a recognised TESOL qualification, such as a Graduate Diploma of TESOL, a Certificate IV in TESOL or CELTA for ELICOS settings, is the usual entry path. Postgraduate study in TESOL or applied linguistics is common for teachers moving into senior or coordination roles.
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.
- TESOL
- ELICOS
- AMEP
- EAL/D
- LLN
- Australian Core Skills Framework
- IELTS
- NEAS
- Moodle
- Canvas LMS
- Google Classroom
- Microsoft Teams
- Zoom
- curriculum design
- lesson planning
- student assessment
- pastoral care
- classroom management
- digital literacy
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.