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English teacher resume example

Language teaching is easy to describe vaguely and hard to evidence. This example anchors everything to the board and to things that visibly happened — a society, a magazine, debate titles. It scores 85/100 on our rules, the good band: a formal document built for a human reader first.

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Erin Kendall
English Teacher
erin.kendall@example.com|(555) 902-3317|Chicago, IL|erinkendall.com/in/erin-kendall
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English teacher with ten years in grades 6 to 10, the last five as department lead. State assessment proficiency up 21 points in my sections, a writing-workshop model adopted school-wide, and a literary magazine that has published 300 student pieces. Teaches close reading as a habit, not a unit.

Career History
Senior English Teacher and Department Lead, Grades 8 to 1008/2020 – Present
St. Xavier Academy · Chicago, IL
  • Teach five sections of English 8 to 10, 140 students a year, and lead a department of seven teachers
  • Raised IAR English proficiency in my sections from 44% to 65% over four years
  • Designed the writing-workshop model with weekly conferences, adopted across grades 6 to 10 in 2023
  • Run the literary magazine, 300 student pieces published in five years, two state Scholastic gold keys
  • Write the department's curriculum maps and common assessments; lead the vertical alignment review each spring
English Teacher, Grades 6 to 808/2015 – 06/2020
Greenfield Middle School · Chicago, IL
  • Taught four sections of English and one of reading intervention, 130 students a year
  • Moved 70% of intervention students up at least one reading level a year on the school's benchmark
  • Coached the debate team from 8 to 26 members; city semi-finalists in 2019
  • Piloted the school's first one-to-one Chromebook unit, later rolled out to every grade
Student Teacher08/2014 – 05/2015
Lincoln Park High School · Chicago, IL
  • Planned and taught three novel units in grade 9 English under a mentor teacher
  • Ran the after-school writing centre two afternoons a week for 20 students
Educational History
M.A. English Literature2013 – 2015
University of Chicago
B.A. English, with honors2009 – 2013
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Certifications
Illinois Professional Educator License, English Language Arts 6 to 12Renewed 2025
Reading Teacher Endorsement2018
National Board Certification, English Language Arts2022
Competencies
Writing workshop and conferencing • Close reading and Socratic seminar • Reading intervention • Differentiation for multilingual learners
Department leadership • Curriculum mapping • Common assessment design • New-teacher mentoring
Google Classroom • Turnitin • NoRedInk • PowerSchool

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Raised IAR English proficiency in my sections from 44% to 65% over four years

A state assessment, a starting point and four years. It is the bullet a principal checks first.

Designed the writing-workshop model with weekly conferences, adopted across grades 6 to 10 in 2023

A method the school adopted beyond one classroom. Adoption by peers is the strongest evidence of teaching quality.

Run the literary magazine, 300 student pieces published in five years, two state Scholastic gold keys

Five years, a count and two state awards. It shows the teacher builds things that outlast a term.

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