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Episode 3 – Cover Letters and Resumes 1

Welcome to the video series preparing for teaching employment the series. That brings together feedback from the University of Melbourne master of teaching alumni. Now working in the profession school leaders center directors committee of management reps and crew professionals about how to help. You succeed as. You transition into the workforce we've talked so far about preparing for work as a teacher and sourcing teaching opportunities take the time to review. These two videos I'm Delaney Russ and I come from the Melbourne Career Centre and in this video.

I will offer tips on preparing your cover letter and resume documents in the next video we've reserved. Another full 10 minutes for preparing responses to selection criteria as. This can often be seen as the biggest challenge. When applying for teaching roles your resume is your professional self marketing document which presents information about your qualifications skills and experience and demonstrates to a school or center.

That you are well placed to do the job. You are applying for what our schools and centers looking for in applications. They want to see. How well you can express yourself your individuality your enthusiasm and why you want to work with them let's look at information. That must be included in your resume. This resume format pictured here is a guide for section headings and content. You will need to provide your full contact details including your name address contact email and telephone include your education name of your course and date or expected date of your graduation and any previous tertiary studies include your secondary education as well.

You should provide information about your teaching placements under a separate heading titled teaching placements list. These placements in reverse chronological order include dates for your placements name of the school or centre. What grades subjects or learning areas. You taught then include perhaps for docked points.

That provide concrete examples keeping in mind aspects such as curriculum design assessment parent liaison and extra curricular activities an example of a dot point in the early childhood space might be planned and implemented a literacy lesson with a focus on persuasive writing using our inquiry topic to convince their parents to let them have a dinosaur as a pet. You need to give concrete descriptions of quantifiable practical things.

That you have done. That demonstrate the skill sort use dot points to summarize your activities and use statements starting with a verb to identify the skill being demonstrated an example could be designed and implemented a unit of work for year 12 business management titled effective management.

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All planned and coordinated a year 7 excursion to the Melbourne Museum. Where appropriate include outcomes in your statements which might include student learning or results and/or feedback from students or colleagues ask yourself. I know what I did was effective your next heading might include further teaching or other teaching experiences which could include volunteer or paid experience. This might be tutoring or after school hours care or after-school homework programs an example of this might be weekly mentoring of an 18 year old or refugee school student with improvement in students self-confidence resilience adaptability and social skills. It is valuable to include a section on professional development have. You joined a subject-specific professional association such as the Science Teachers Association of Victoria or the early learning Association of Australia the union or a professional student group list. Any activities events conferences or in-service opportunities you...

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If they have a comprehensive drama or sports or music program let them know your interest in participating in these activities. You can provide further evidence by giving concrete examples such as. You have a musical background or you are involved in setting up the Ultimate Frisbee Club at university or you play futsal in your local community or you are local involved in your local amateur drum Society know the student demographics for each school or Center and incorporate your understanding of this into application for example. If the school or center has a high percentage of children from migrant or non-english speaking backgrounds then show a connection to this with evidence such as. You have experts communicating with people from diverse backgrounds through your part-time job in customer service or you have tutor refugees draw in your hobbies and interests and things. That you're excited about that tie in with the school or center Assessors are looking for candidates who a...