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New 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.

Sample New 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 Teaching Graduate 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 New 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 a New Teacher can add his/her career achievements like,

Developed thematic unit on plants/gardening around major instructional goals.
Worked with state level team of educationalist on issue of decreasing study Burdon on little ones.
Used centers for math, science, social studies, health, and writing to complement the child-based hands-on curriculum.
Choused best kindergarten teacher among all staff at Kshitij Children Academy.

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 New Teacher applying for a job would look like,

New Teacher
Roots to Boost Primary School, Chandigarh, 2007-Present.

Teacher for student's class 1st-5th.
Used centers for math, science, social studies, health, and writing to complement the child-based hands-on curriculum.
Implemented a positive discipline plan which promoted student responsibility, problem solving skills, and student accountability.
Worked with "Write-to-Read" program and used "Write Away" bags to encourage reading/writing at home, parent involvement, and listening /speaking writing skills.
Implemented phonics instruction with small groups.
Developed thematic unit on plants/gardening around major instructional goals.

Student Teaching
Kshitij Children's' academy, Chandigarh, 2004-2007

Teacher for children class 1st to 4th.
Created and implemented literature units on Number the Stars and Fairy Tales.
Developed and taught writing unit on "why" stories.
Teacher's manuals provided the guideline for teaching math and science, but other activities were pulled in to suit the students' needs and to make material more interesting and meaningful.
I adapted units for time, money, geometry, and weather.
Developed and implemented thematic units on plants & seeds and insects.
Completed lessons on various children's books, poems, and themes.
Lessons involved cooperative learning, language experience approach, hands-on/minds-on experiences, and interdisciplinary teaching.

Teacher Assistant
Ravidra BAL Niketan, Chandigarh, 1999-2004

Assist in the educational and social development of pupils under the direction and guidance of the head teacher, SENCO and class teachers.
Assist in the implementation of Individual Education Programs for students and help monitor their progress.
Provide support for individual students inside and outside the classroom to enable them to fully participate in activities.
Work with other professionals, such as speech therapists and occupational therapists, as necessary.
Assist class teachers with maintaining student records.
Support students with emotional or behavioral problems and help develop their social skills.
Prepare and present displays of students' work.
Support class teachers in photocopying and other tasks in order to support teaching.
Undertake other duties from time to time as the head teacher requires.

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 a New 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 Ed Punjab University, Chandigarh
B A (Human Psychology) Gurunanak Girls Collage, Chanadigarh.

Honors

If you have won any competitions national or international then they could also be highlighted here. For example a New 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 a New Teacher would look like,

Member of state level committee on study and childhood.
Regular columnist of Punjab Kesri News letter on child psychology.

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 a New Teacher could also look like, Mrs.Ratna Seth Principal Kshitij Children's academy Chandigarh Ratna @iiijjkk.com

Salary Range of a Project :

The average salary received is approximately Rs. 6500 per month. This works out to an annual pay package of 0.80 Lakhs to 1.25 Lakhs per annum CTC.
The salary from an American perspective works out to be $3000 per Month.

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

Frequently asked New Teacher Interview Question

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?