Teacher Resume Template — ATS Education CV, New Teacher Layout Included
Districts screen on licensure. A general resume template puts it near the bottom under education, where an automated filter — or a principal working through two hundred applications in April — will not find it in the ten seconds your file gets.
This pack puts certifications first, teaching experience in a form that shows class composition and measurable growth, and an instructional skills block written in district vocabulary.
What is in it
- Classroom teacher layout (.docx) — one or more years with your own room.
- New teacher layout (.docx) — certification first even when it is pending, with student teaching and placements doing the work of an experience section. Included, not sold separately.
- Start Here guide (.pdf) — the district keyword list, bullet examples, and exactly how to write a pending certification.
- Plain text version (.txt) — for district portals that strip formatting or ask you to paste your resume into a box.
Composition first, then what changed
Class composition is what makes everything after it mean something. Twenty-eight students with 40% English language learners is a different achievement to twelve. So the prompts ask for the room before they ask for the result.
Weak: “Taught 4th grade reading and math to a diverse group of students.” Better: “Taught 4th grade reading and math to 28 students, 40% ELL and 6 with IEPs, raising NWEA reading growth above the grade-level target.” Same year, same teacher — one of them is a claim and the other is evidence.
Written in district vocabulary
The instructional skills block uses the words postings use — differentiated instruction, IEP and 504 accommodation, formative assessment, PLC, MTSS, classroom management — because that is what the filter is matching against.
What you need
Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Pages or LibreOffice. No design app and no subscription.
Four files, on your Downloads page the moment you buy. Buy it on Etsy — $9
Sold through my Etsy shop, ThePlainLedger, so the download, the payment and the buyer protection are all handled by Etsy.
Would you rather I rewrote it for you?
These are templates you fill in yourself. If you would rather hand the whole thing over, the ATS Resume Rewrite is made to order and comes back within 48 hours.
The other resume and CV templates are on the ATS Resume & CV Templates page.

