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Elementary Teacher Job Description

Teaches elementary school students academic, social, and motor skills in public or private schools.
Prepares course objectives and outline for course of study following curriculum guidelines or requirements of state and school.
Lectures, demonstrates, and uses audiovisual teaching aids to present subject matter to class.
Maintains order in classroom and on playground. Counsels pupils when adjustment and academic problems arise.
Discusses pupils' academic and behavioral attitudes and achievements with parents. Keeps attendance and grade records as required by school.
May coordinate class field trips.

Sample Elementary Teacher Resume Template

Contact information

In this section you have to include your Name, current home address, Mobile telephone number, Landline telephone number and your personal email address which is currently used.

Full name
Present and permanent addresses
Telephone numbers
Email address

Professional or career objective

Your objective is the one that clearly underlines your aims and aspirations in that profession. For example a Teacher will have to write an objective which is concise and precisely speaks about his role that he wants to play in the Organization.

Sample Objective for Elementary Teacher

Deeply committed improving children's lives and continuously strive to lead by example. Passion for teaching, learning and student success.

Career Achievements

If you have any major Career Achievements or any Appreciation then this is the section where they should be listed. For Example an Elementary Teacher can add his/her career achievements like,

Regarded as a key resource and a problem solver by colleagues and school administration.
Frequently lead in-service workshops and willingly volunteer for difficult and unpopular tasks.
Created and delivered well received writing work shop for teachers and Parents.
Helped plan and organize statewide Primary School Conference.

Experience

Previous work experience plays an important role while applying for a Job and hence it should be well presented in the resume. Most of the questions during your resume will be related to the previous job that you had and hence you should be well prepared for it. You should begin with putting the name of the organization that you worked for, the duration of your work and the post or the designation at which you were working. After this, you can effectively place points in a bulleted format that talk about the responsibilities and the achievements that you may have achieved during your stay at the previous organization. The work experience of an experienced Elementary Teacher applying for a job would look like,

Elementary Teacher
Madan Mohan Malviya School, Jaipur, 2004-Present

Play key role in orchestrating the adoption of new mathematical programmers.
Integrated English instruction into all subject matters.
Introduced weekly parent newsletters and held frequently parent conferences.
Solicited and secured activity sponsors, organized transportation, and developed lively programs that resulted in attendance far surpassing original protestations.
Regarded as a key resource and a problem solver by colleagues and school administration.
Frequently lead in-service workshops and willingly volunteer for difficult and unpopular tasks.

First Grade Teacher
Maharaja Bhavani Singh Memorial School, Jaipur, 2000-2004

Voluntary assumed expended role in teaching Sanskrit.
Identified need for an after school programmed.
Prepared selected students to attend and win "Master Mind Scoring Exam. Pune 2003"
Organized and launched after school student consultancy.
Co-choreographed and operated a Personal Responsibility Program for student's performance.
Jointly directed after school mini course programmers.
Solicited and secured activity sponsors, organized transportation, and developed lively programs that resulted in attendance far surpassing original protestations.

Education and Certification:

The academic details need to be mentioned in a tabulated format with respect to the degrees or the courses that the candidate would have undertaken in the past. The latest degree or course comes first followed by the last completed course and hence forth going backwards. For example an Elementary Teacher who has completed post graduation or graduation course is applying for a Job or to a company or an organization then his/her details would be like,

B A (Elementary education & Philosophy) Rajasthan University, Jaipur, 1999
B Ed (Science & Commerce) Rajasthan University, Jaipur, 2000

Honors

If you have won any competitions national or international then they could also be highlighted here. For example an Elementary Teacher could lay stress on any exams that he may have given or any seminars or conferences attended. If you are a part of any honorary society or any nonprofit organization then that could also be added here. The honors and the activities section of an Elementary Teacher would look like,

Award for Elementary Education by Jaipur School Association on 15 august 2005.
Ass. Director of Jaipur Teacher's Association.
Member of Jaipur Fair in Square.
Contribution in movement against child marriages in rural Rajasthan.

References:

The References are generally required so that your present employer can gauge you through the eyes of the people who you were associated with or have worked for. So your teachers or college professors' details could be placed here. Or your past employer who you would have worked under can also be used as a reference. Ensure that the people whose names you enter know you well and do inform them that you are placing their names as reference because many companies call to confirm. For example the references section of an Elementary Teacher could also look like, Mr.Rajkumar Tyagi Principal Maharaja Bhavani Singh Memorial School rajkumartyagi@iiijjkk.com

Salary Range of a Project :

The average salary received is approximately Rs. 12000 per month. This works out to an annual pay package of 1.50 Lakhs to 1.75 Lakhs per annum CTC.
The salary from an American perspective works out to be $5000 per Month.

Note: This salary may be variable and it may change from organization to organization.

Frequently asked Elementary Teacher Interview Question

What type of reading program did you use in student teaching?
If I walked into your classroom during reading time, what would I see?
Tell me what you know about the 4-block Literacy Model.
What is your personal educational philosophy?
If you could design the ideal classroom for the elementary grades what would it look like?
Which subject area do you believe is your strength, which is your weakest? What steps will you take to improve in this area?
What are the most important or worthwhile qualifications of a good teacher?
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a teacher?
Describe your student teaching successes and failures?
Describe a good lesson, explain why it was good.
How would you go about planning a lesson?
How would you individualize a curriculum for students at various levels?
How would you identify special needs of students?
What methods do you use for classroom management? Describe one difficult incident with a student, and how you handled it.
How would you handle difficult parents?
Give me an example of a rule or procedure in your classroom?
What methods have you used or would you use to assess student learning?
What does being "at-risk" for school failure mean?
What are some of the factors/conditions that might put a child at-risk?
What experience have you had incorporating computers in a classroom?
What grade level would you be most comfortable teaching?
Are you a team player? If so, please give me an example.
What was the last educational book you read?