When you are scouting for a Teaching Assistant role, it is essential to first check out a top-notch Teaching Assistant resume sample. You want to make sure your resume stands out from the rest by being both informative and exciting to review.

Also look out for these titles when scrutinizing job advertisements: Paraeducator Educational Assistant, Instructional Assistant, Paraprofessional, Special Education Aide, Teacher Aide, Special Education Paraprofessional, Special Education Teacher Assistant, Teacher’s Assistant.

How to create a resume into an interview-winning document, is explained in detail in our: How to Make a Resume Guideline for Teaching Assistant Roles?

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Resume Sections

1. Contact Information: Name, Address, Phone, Email. Be sure to include alternative contact channels, as well as your LinkedIn profile or Facebook URL details.

2. Profile Summary: View this as the introduction to your resume and include 1-3 sentences giving an overview of your background, years of teaching experience and educational setting, for example, a public school, private school, remedial institution or college environment.

3. Qualifications Summary: Provide up to date details about the certifications and qualifications you have completed with the institution, qualification name, and dates. Don’t forget to include the qualifications you are currently completing too.

4. Relevant Teaching Experience: Indicate your employment history by providing details regarding the last ten years of experience up until your current position. Use brief sentences with bullet points to highlight your most relevant teaching activities..

5. Other Employment Experience: This will include work history, which shows your career progression into the Teaching Assistant position you may occupy at present, such as tutoring part-time or being a study advisor during college. This section is especially important if you are applying for your first job out of varsity of college; therefore, vocational or temporary jobs that showcase your abilities to instruct school children should be listed.

6. Skills Summary/Key Skills: Incorporate keywords job description and soft skills section of the vacancy into your resume for added validity.

7. Education/Licenses/Certifications/Relevant Coursework/Training: List your formal degrees and post-school diplomas first. Sometimes obtaining the relevant licensing and certifications is compulsory before you can apply for a job as a Teaching Assistant at a public school. For private schools, alternatives are available, and you may be employed having an education diploma or just an Associate’s Degree in Education.

What to Highlight in a Teaching Assistant Resume

Female Teaching Assistant Primary Education

Teaching assistants work under the supervision of a licensed teacher and give students additional attention and instruction where needed.

Regardless of your experience as a Teaching Assistant, principals, school board members, and recruiters need to know a few specific things about your experience to ascertain whether you are a good fit for students at the school or educational institution.

As a start, you need to provide details about educational settings you have experience in. Teaching Assistants can work in elementary, middle, high, post-secondary schools, colleges institutions, and university. It would help if you also mentioned whether your experience had been attained in private or public sector education.

Secondly, elaborate on the purpose of your position. Graduate Teaching Assistants would, for instance, assist university faculties and lecturers at postsecondary institutions with teaching lower-level courses, tutoring students develop teaching materials and grading exam papers. In a school environment, a Teaching Assistant would prepare the classroom for lessons, supervise children during tests and examinations and aid as an assistant during lessons distribution lesson materials and textbooks. In a Kindergarten setting, Teaching Assistants will be responsible for meeting learners at the school gate and take them to their classrooms, assist with supervision during break and recess time as well as class trips and give special attention to learners when needed during lesson times.

Next, describe the tasks or KPI’s that you are responsible for. A teaching assistant will prepare the classroom for lessons, set up props, put learning materials away, clean up the classroom, create lesson plans, track attendance, promote good classroom behavior as examples. You may also be responsible for supervision at the afterschool center and assisting learners with homework.

Another vital part of a Teaching Assistant’s job duties is to oversee and even act as a coach for extracurricular activities like soccer or choir practice on the school premises. They also accompany the learners during class trips and offsite events.

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You can make an excellent first impression by including recommendation letters from parents, teachers, or little notes from your previous learners to boost your credibility. Scan these documents, save them on DropBox and include the link in your resume.

Teaching Assistant Career Summary

School principles, university deans, parent-teacher associations, and college administrators are responsible for hiring teaching assistants. You want your resume summary to capture their attention and interest by providing a few short lines which include your most relevant experience, academic qualifications, and also prominent personality traits.
Use the wording from the job ad when compiling a career summary to better align your application with the job specification. For instance, if the position calls for job compassion and inspiring learners, use these same words and phrases.
Then, add a line that showcases any outstanding qualities, for instance, “excellent remedial skills, creative teaching abilities and a passion for sports and cultural activities.” It’s important to note that these qualities should be proven with examples in the professional experience section to re-enforce your message.

Finally, end your summary with your educational degrees/diplomas and any certified courses or professional workshops you have attended, which applies to the education sector.

Examples:

Career Summary 1
‘Energetic teaching assistant with four years of experience in a secondary school environment. Mentored and supervised classes of up to 30 students at a time and was instrumental in improving average math scores by 25% during the first term. Received 95% in the last performance assessment and accumulated multiple recommendation letters from parents and teachers. Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Education.‘

Career Summary 2
‘Enthusiastic Graduate Teacher’s Assistant with two years of experience in the marketing faculty at Florida Technical College. Graded over 800 exam papers in the last three months and received a promotion to junior substitute lecturer after 12 months. Completed a Masters's Degree in Elementary Education and also holds a Diploma in Remedial Adult Education.‘

Career Summary 3
‘Dedicated teaching assistant with over a decade of tenure in assisting learners and teachers in maximizing classroom productivity, academic progress, and learner confidence. Adept in second language training (fluent in French and Spanish). Responsible for the annual student revue achieving a 100% participation rate. Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Drama and Art, achieved Summa Cum Laude via Julliard University.‘

Teaching Assistant Job Descriptions, Responsibilities

A school principal or education board would expect to see the following proven foundational duties and skillsets within an applicant’s resume, depending on educational level and career stage. Herewith are examples of Teaching Assistant roles in a variety of educational settings.

A Teaching Assistant at the Kindergarten level may:

Perform administrative and clerical work such as grading exam papers, preparing progress reports, and creating weekly pop quizzes.
Assist during lesson times by distributing learning materials, setting up props and passing out stationery, and art supplies
Enforce positive discipline according to classroom rules and school protocols
Meeting and greeting students and parents at the school gates in the morning and afternoons
Supervise children during recess and informal playtimes

A Teaching Assistant at the Elementary School level may:

Supervise students during lunchtimes in the canteen and on the school grounds during recess to ensure their safety
Distribute tests, monitor exam sessions, collect exam papers and do initial grading thereof
Prepare draft lesson outlines and create worksheets for students to use during lessons
Organize and facilitated parent-teacher evenings
Tutor learners with special needs such as learning disabilities or language disadvantages

A Teaching Assistant at the Middle/High School level may:

Prepare draft lesson plans and exam papers
Promote positive discipline and act as a guidance counselor for the grade group
Accompany students on class trips and offsite school events
Prepare classrooms for lessons to take place and clean classrooms afterward
Provide extra lessons in Science & Mathematics to students who underperform
Supervise classroom behavior and oversee students during recess times
Act as a substitute teacher when needed during Summer and Winter School periods

A Graduate Teaching Assistant in Tertiary Education may:

Attend lectures to record sessions and transcribe notes afterward
Create class rosters and exam schedules
Administer the application process for new or recess
Assist with grading assignments, exams, and test papers
Tutor students to get them up to standard with the rest of the group
Facilitate exam and testing sessions
Responsible for administering the online notice board, sending notifications and responding to queries from guardians, parents, and students

Highlight Your Accomplishments

Accomplishment statements form an integral part of a Teaching Assistant’s resume. You are instrumental in shaping young minds in theory but also in life. Use the accomplishment section to showcase your capabilities to educate, support, coach, and inspire learners. Also, keep in mind the quantification of each accomplishment statement by including numbers, timelines, and percentages to back up your accomplishment claims.

You should think of 5 accomplishments that set you apart, what you are most proud of, or what you accomplished in your previous roles and communicate these through quantified statements that catch the attention of prospective employers.

Examples:
1) Instrumental in improving elementary grades reading scores by 15% during the first term

2) Increased class attendance to 99% and boosted student participation by 32% via student-focused teaching methodologies

3) Awarded a 95% score during the teacher’s assistant evaluation review which was the highest mark obtained for the last five years

4) Established the after-school reading club with the assistance of the Librarian and achieved a 12% increase subscription rates for ten weeks in a row.

5) Improved the mathematics performance of the remedial class by 25% during the academic year
Another idea could be to make a list of the students you felt you were most influential in helping to achieve their goals. Think of it as a before and after the story you are telling.

Teaching Assistant Education Section

The education section should be very detailed regarding all qualifications, certifications, and courses you have completed (more is more in this case). Public and private schools have particular requirements to adhere to when hiring Teaching Assistants, and if you are thinking of becoming a fully-fledged teacher, you need to provide information about your completed as well as current studies and licensing exams.

Your post-school qualifications may be listed as follows:

Start with indicating the start date and completion date for diplomas, associate degrees, and bachelor degrees. Then provide the full names of the qualification and institution. Finally, add the city and abbreviated state name. For courses and licenses follow a similar process but only indicate the date of completion. Should you have less than five years experience, feel free to add your High School details similarly. If your GPA score is above 3.4, be sure to add this too in conjunction with your majors, minors, accolades, and honors awards.

A Teaching Assistant in a public school setting should list education as follows:

2012-2015 Teacher’s Aide Associates Programme, University of Arizona, AR
Course Curriculum: Child Development, Child Behavior, Educational Psychology
Children's Literature

2014 – Praxis Parapro Assessment Certification, Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), Hartford, CT
Score: 520 points

2011 – 2013 Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education, University of Ohio, Denver, OH
Majors: Developmental Psychology, Teaching Principles
Minors: Educational Psychology, Classroom Learning Assessment, Classroom Management

2009 – 2010 General Education Diploma, Ashford University, CO

Below is an example of a Teaching Assistant’s education within a private school or college setting.
2019 Master’s Degree in Children’s Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI

2016-2018 Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education, University of Florida, Tampa, FL
GPA: 3.8
Majors: Childhood Psychology, Early Childhood Development
Accolades: Deans Honors List

Teaching Assistant Resume Skills Section

Although the teaching field requires specific technical skills, employers emphasize personality traits and soft skills. These are the main types of skills that indicate to your fitness as a teaching assistant who can connect with learners, motivate them, and inspire them. Incorporate these terminologies into your summary, or profile, and into your accomplishment statements.

Technical Skills Examples

Educational Attainment: An Associate’s degree in Education is generally required to become a Teaching Assistant in a public school. Other recommended degrees include Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Special Needs Education, and Adult Literacy. If you are planning to progress to a licensed Teacher level, obtaining a Bachelor’s degree is required
Technical Aptitude: Teaching Assistants need the following core technical skills: teaching plans, lesson delivery platforms, lesson planning, instructing, classroom management, grading papers, active listening, psychology, grammar, spelling, and sentence construction rules, time management, public speaking, reading, communication, coaching, writing, creativity, and patience, test compilation, assessment design, report writing,
Tech and Tools: Group presentation, collaboration tools like presentation software (PowerPoint), instant messaging (Whatsapp, Skype), Spreadsheets (Excel), instructional software (Power School SIS, Blabber, Blackboard Springpad, Google Docs, Classkit, Empatico. Familiarity with digital teaching tools would be to your advantage. These include: interactive whiteboards, iPads or tablets, smart projectors, tables and noticeboards, digital textbooks, cameras, and audio enhancements

Soft Skill Examples

Patience
Tolerance
Critical thinking
Organization and planning
Advanced verbal communication skills
Self-motivation
Creative
Dedicated
Realistic
Organization
Counseling
Coaching
Supervising
Passionate
Communication
Decision making
High levels of energy
Problem-Solving
Speaking
Listening
Empathy
Fairness

Qualifications/Certifications associated with Teaching Assistants

Praxis ParaPro Assessment	Master’s in Business Administration	Diploma in Education Management
Bachelor of Special Needs Education	Diploma in Peer to Peer Learning Principles	BlackBoard Super User
Course in Differentiated Instruction Methodologies	Project Base Learning Diploma	Master’s Degree in Childhood Psychology
Certificate in Differentiated Instruction	Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education	Various Educational Licenses (per state)

Types of Teaching Assistants

Elementary
Kindergarten
Middle School
Secondary
Special Education
Science
Music
K-12
Physical Education
Resource Rooms
Day Care Programs
High School
Adult Education
Private Educational Support Programs
Head Start Programs
Early Intervention Programs

Action Verbs for your Teaching Assistant Resume

Coordinating	Coaching	Monitoring
Comprehending	Correcting	Advising
Controlling	Problem Solving	Improving
Mentoring	Training	Teaching
Assisting	Providing	Creating
Leading	Listening	Communicating
Speaking	Writing	Assisting

Professional information on Teaching Assistants

Sectors: Education, Training, Childcare
Career Type: Differentiated Instruction, Student-Centered Learning, Peer-to-Peer Learning, Project Based Learning
Person type: Supervisor, Tutor, Counsellor, Coordinator, Instructor, Lecturer, Guide
Education levels: Post School Diploma to Master’s’ Degree
Salary indication: $21k – $42k (*Glassdoor)
Labor market: Estimated 8% from 2016 – 2026 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Organizations: Private Schools, Public Schools, High School, Elementary Schools, Colleges, Universities, Adult Education Centers