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Teacher Librarian resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what teacher librarians 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 teacher librarians should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Qualified teacher and library professional with experience across primary and secondary settings. Combines classroom teaching with collection management and information literacy instruction, supporting students and staff to navigate print and digital resources. Committed to fostering reading engagement and research skills across the curriculum.
Key skills
- Teaching and instruction
- Curriculum and lesson design
- Student assessment and reporting
- Content creation and writing
- Oliver (Softlink)
- Follett Destiny
- LibGuides
- Google Workspace for Education
- EBSCO databases
- Digital literacy
- Written communication
- Stakeholder management
Experience: example bullet points
- Collaborated with classroom teachers to design research tasks for a unit on sustainability, embedding information literacy skills into the assessment and lifting the quality of student bibliographies.
- Introduced a reading challenge across Years 7 and 8 that increased library borrowing by around 200 loans over a term, tracked through the library management system.
- Managed the library budget to refresh non-fiction collections, negotiating with suppliers to secure discounted bundle pricing and extend purchasing power.
- Supervised and mentored a library technician and two volunteer assistants, rostering staff to cover lunchtime openings and maintaining consistent service.
- Catalogued and digitised a backlog of local history resources, making them searchable through Oliver and accessible to students and staff online.
Education
Bachelor of Education (Primary or Secondary) plus a postgraduate qualification in library and information studies, such as a Master of Information Studies or a Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Management. Teacher registration with the relevant state or territory authority, and eligibility for associate membership of ALIA.
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.
- AITSL
- teacher registration
- Working with Children Check
- Australian Curriculum
- information literacy
- Oliver (Softlink)
- Follett Destiny
- LibGuides
- EBSCO
- ALIA
- ASLA
- school library
- collection management
- cataloguing
- resource selection
- reading engagement
- digital literacy
- curriculum mapping
- staff supervision
- budget management
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.