Teaching Assistant resume keywords

What a teaching assistant resume is screened for, and example bullets to adapt. Use the skills that are true of your experience, and put them inside accomplishment bullets rather than in a bare list.

Also covers: Teacher Aide, Paraprofessional, Classroom Assistant, Learning Support Assistant.

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Skills and keywords

These are the terms most consistently used to screen teaching assistant applications. Spell tools and certifications the way postings spell them — a screen matches the words, not the meaning.

Classroom supportSmall-group instructionBehaviour managementSpecial needs supportLesson preparationPatience

Example bullets

Each one has blanks in brackets. Fill them with your own figures, or rewrite the line — never keep a number you cannot explain.

  • Supported N students in small groups, N of whom moved up a reading level.
  • Prepared materials for N lessons a week.

Verbs that signal ownership

Open bullets with these rather than with “responsible for” or “worked on”:

supportedprepared

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