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Secondary School Teacher resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what secondary school 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 secondary school teachers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Secondary school teacher experienced in planning and delivering lessons aligned with the Australian Curriculum and VCE/HSC frameworks. Comfortable managing classroom behaviour, assessing student progress and supporting student wellbeing across Years 7 to 12. Works well within a faculty team to build consistent, curriculum-aligned resources.
Key skills
- Curriculum and lesson design aligned to Australian Curriculum and VCE/HSC
- Classroom and behaviour management
- Formative and summative student assessment and reporting
- Pastoral care and student wellbeing support
- Google Classroom and Canvas LMS administration
- Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
- Interactive whiteboard and smartboard-based instruction
- Turnitin and gradebook software for assessment tracking
- Parent and stakeholder communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Planned and delivered lessons across multiple year levels aligned to curriculum outcomes, adjusting pacing and content to support mixed-ability classes.
- Assessed student work through formative and summative tasks, providing written feedback that lifted assignment completion and resubmission rates.
- Managed classroom behaviour and engagement strategies, reducing disruptive incidents and building a more inclusive learning environment.
- Liaised with parents, guardians and pastoral care staff on student progress, contributing to improved attendance and engagement for students identified as at risk.
- Collaborated with faculty colleagues to develop shared teaching resources and coordinate cross-curricular projects, reducing individual lesson preparation time across the department.
Education
Bachelor of Education, or a bachelor degree in a teaching subject followed by a Graduate Diploma in Education or Master of Teaching, with registration through the relevant state or territory teacher regulatory authority (for example VIT, NESA, QCT or TRBWA) and a current Working with Children Check.
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 Curriculum
- VCE
- HSC
- NAPLAN
- AITSL Professional Standards for Teachers
- VIT registration
- NESA accreditation
- Working with Children Check
- differentiated instruction
- formative and summative assessment
- pastoral care
- Google Classroom
- Canvas LMS
- behaviour management plan
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.