Teacher Resume Bullet Points
16 examples, each shown weak and strong
A strong teaching bullet gives the grade, subject and class load, then shows student growth rather than raw scores. Reviewers also look for work beyond your own room, like a unit the department adopted, a club you built or new teachers you mentored.
How to use these
- Every [X%], [N] and [$X] is a blank for your own figure. Fill it from your records, or a careful estimate you could explain in an interview. If you have no number, describe the result in words.
- Only use a bullet for work you actually did. Change the details until it describes your job, not this page.
- The ticks are three plain checks done in code: it opens with an action verb, it has a number, and it says what changed. Strong bullets pass all three; weak ones miss at least one.
Student growth
Show growth on a named measure such as MAP Growth, i-Ready, DIBELS or AP results, since raw proficiency tracks demographics as much as teaching.
Weak
Taught fourth grade reading and math.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Raised the share of [N] fourth graders meeting MAP Growth reading targets from [X%] to [X%] with daily small-group guided reading.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Prepared students for state assessments.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Regrouped [N] eighth-grade math students weekly from exit-ticket data, and [X%] improved at least one performance band on the state assessment.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Taught AP U.S. History.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Grew AP U.S. History enrollment from [N] to [N] students while keeping the pass rate at [X%] by adding a summer bridge assignment and timed writing practice.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Monitored student progress throughout the year.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Tracked DIBELS benchmarks for [N] kindergartners and ran targeted phonics groups, closing the year with [X%] at or above benchmark.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Instruction and differentiation
Name the approach you used, like UDL, project-based learning or a specific curriculum, and what it produced for students.
Weak
Developed engaging lesson plans aligned to standards.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Rebuilt the persuasive essay unit around structured peer review for [N] sections, and rubric scores on use of evidence improved by [X%] on the spring benchmark.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Differentiated instruction for diverse learners.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Planned tiered tasks for a class of [N] that included English learners and students on IEPs, raising unit test averages by [X%] across every subgroup.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Used technology in the classroom.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Introduced Desmos activities in [N] Algebra I sections, cutting missing homework from [X%] to [X%] and lifting quiz averages by [X%].
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Implemented project-based learning in science.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Designed [N] project-based science units around local water testing, increasing the share of proficient lab reports from [X%] to [X%].
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Classroom culture and families
Say what system you used for behavior or family contact and what changed, like referrals, attendance or work turned in.
Weak
Maintained effective classroom management.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Set up a restorative circle routine in a class of [N], reducing office referrals from [N] to [N] over the school year.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Communicated regularly with parents.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Sent weekly two-way updates through ParentSquare to the families of [N] students, raising conference attendance from [X%] to [X%].
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Encouraged student attendance and participation.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Called home within a day of any absence for a homeroom of [N], lowering chronic absenteeism by [X%] across the semester.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Supported students with IEPs and 504 plans.
- ✗ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Co-taught an inclusion English class of [N] with a special education partner, increasing IEP goal attainment from [X%] to [X%].
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Leadership beyond the classroom
Curriculum, mentoring and committee work outside your own room is what separates a strong teaching resume from a list of duties.
Weak
Mentored new teachers.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Mentored [N] first-year teachers through weekly observation and co-planning, raising new-teacher retention in the building from [X%] to [X%].
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Served on the curriculum committee.
- ✗ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Led the [N]-member committee that chose a new K-5 reading curriculum, and pilot classrooms grew benchmark reading scores by [X%] before district adoption.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Coached the debate team after school.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Restarted the debate team with [N] students and grew it to [N] members in two years, qualifying [N] students for the state tournament.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Led professional development sessions.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Trained [N] colleagues on Google Classroom grading workflows, cutting the time they reported spending on grade entry by [X%].
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Action verbs for teacher resumes
- Taught
- Planned
- Designed
- Differentiated
- Assessed
- Mentored
- Coached
- Led
- Introduced
- Rebuilt
- Tracked
- Regrouped
- Facilitated
More in the full list of resume action verbs.
Next steps
Rewrite your own bullet →
The Bullet Surgeon gives one of your lines three rewrites, free.
A complete teacher resume →
A graded example, with notes on why each line works.
What teacher reviewers check first →
Common mistakes and specific fixes for this role.
Would they interview you? →
Paste a teacher posting and five readers vote on your resume.