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Vision Impairment Teacher resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what vision impairment 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 vision impairment teachers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Qualified teacher with specialist postgraduate training in vision impairment, experienced in supporting students who are blind or have low vision from early childhood to senior secondary. Skilled in functional vision assessment, Braille instruction and assistive technology, and in adapting curriculum materials so students access learning alongside their peers. Works collaboratively with classroom teachers, families and allied health teams to deliver inclusive, individualised programs.
Key skills
- Functional vision assessment
- Braille literacy instruction (contracted and uncontracted)
- Assistive technology training (JAWS, NVDA, BrailleNote Touch)
- Curriculum adaptation into braille, large print and accessible digital formats
- Individual Education Plan (IEP) development and review
- Inclusive teaching and assessment adjustments
- Duxbury Braille Translator
- Microsoft Office accessibility tools
- Classroom teacher coaching and professional learning
- Family and allied health liaison
- Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) delivery
- Problem solving and digital literacy
Experience: example bullet points
- Assessed functional vision for students across multiple school sites, using formal and informal tools to identify learning adjustments and document them in individual plans.
- Taught Braille literacy to a student who moved from pre-braille to contracted braille within a school year, enabling independent reading of classroom texts.
- Adapted a term's worth of curriculum materials into accessible formats (braille, large print, digital) so students could access the same content as their peers with minimal delay.
- Trained classroom teachers and education assistants in screen reader use (JAWS, NVDA) and accessible document design, increasing their confidence to support students day to day.
- Liaised with families, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and school wellbeing staff to align strategies, resulting in consistent support across home and school.
- Introduced BrailleNote Touch devices to secondary students, helping them take notes and complete assessments alongside classmates.
- Coordinated with the school's inclusive education team to implement National Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) adjustments and evidence collection.
Education
Bachelor of Education (Primary or Secondary) followed by a recognised postgraduate qualification in vision impairment, such as a Graduate Certificate or Master of Special Education (Vision Impairment).
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.
- Vision impairment
- Braille
- Functional vision assessment
- Expanded Core Curriculum
- Assistive technology
- JAWS
- NVDA
- Duxbury Braille Translator
- BrailleNote Touch
- Inclusive education
- Individual Education Plan
- NCCD
- Australian Curriculum
- Teacher registration
- Working with Children Check
- Screen reader
- Large print
- Accessible digital formats
- Itinerant teaching
- Classroom adjustments
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.