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How to Format a Volunteer Teacher Resume

Volunteer teachers provide supplemental learning to students and families. You can format your volunteer teacher resume to prioritize your educational experience or subject-related knowledge.

A work-based resume, like the chronological or hybrid resume, helps you demonstrate which responsibilities and student-related accomplishments to add under each former job. Candidate A has over 14 years of full- and part-time physical education teaching, so they opted for the chronological resume. This format dedicates half of your resume page to your timeline, allowing them to detail each relevant previous job.

Although we usually recommend using a hybrid format when you have three to nine years of experience, teaching multiple subjects means that you can use a functional resume to highlight the variety of classes you can lead. Candidate B holds multiple collegiate degrees and uses the functional resume to specify the number of STEAM classes they can team alongside all teach-related experience they have.

Chronological Resume

Candidate A

  • 14 years of experience
  • 5 years at this job
  • BS Kinesiology

Work History

Volunteer Yoga Teacher, ArtCoach
August 2018 – current, Philadelphia, PA

  • Offer virtual and in-person modern dance and tap dancing classes tailored to young students in the 5-10 age group.
  • Provide virtual and in-person restorative yoga, vinyasa yoga and meditation classes for students in the 8-17 age group.
  • Adapt virtual classes to accommodate children and families facing chronic illnesses.

Functional Resume

Candidate B

  • 7 years of experience
  • 2 years at this job
  • MS Chemistry

Professional Skills

Guest Teaching

  • Volunteer up to five hours a week providing supplementary hands-on biology and chemistry lab work.
  • Plan and execute five in-person practical lab sessions for chemistry and AP physics students.

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics)

  • Mentor two to three high school students interested in pursuing STEAM degrees.
  • Teach chemistry, physical chemistry and physics courses to junior and senior high school students.
  • Hold a bachelor’s degree in general chemistry and a master’s degree in biochemistry.

Volunteer Teacher Resume FAQ.

How do you describe school volunteer work on a resume?

It’s one thing to list that you’re a volunteer English teacher, but it’s far more informative to describe the types of courses you teach on your resume. For example, specify if you teach elementary English grammar, English language and comprehension or advanced placement literature course. Try adding the following details to your volunteer resume.

  1. Language: Secondary language like Spanish, French or Mandarin.
  2. Mathematics: Specify arithmetic, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus or statistics knowledge.
  3. Social studies: Narrow your history expertise to world history, American history or American civics knowledge.
  4. Science: List the types of science courses you can teach related to biology, environmental life science, chemistry or physics.
  5. Classroom management: Determine and share the number of students you normally oversee or how detailed your syllabus is.
  6. Presentation skills: Public speaking, projector troubleshooting, or awareness of presentation software like Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides.

Visit our resume writing guide to see how you can feature various skills throughout these resume sections: resume summary, work experience, skills and education.

What are some volunteer skills to put on a resume?

Consider adding soft skills to your volunteer teaching resume:

  1. Teamwork: You can feature collaborative efforts with full-time teachers and school tutors to ensure students access a comprehensive learning environment.
  2. Leadership: Detail how many students you can oversee and educate.
  3. Planning: Supplemental teaching programs to see how strategic your assignments and syllabuses are.
  4. Organization: Specify how you assign, accept, grade and distribute assignments to a remote or in-person class.
  5. Additional resume skills: This master list of the most requested soft, hard and technical skills can transfer to your resume.