How to read this teaching assistant resume example
The sample above is not a template to copy word for word - copied resumes read as copied. It is here to show the shape of a page that gets past a first screen: one column, standard headings, and bullets that end in an outcome rather than a duty. Who you supported, how closely, and what changed for them.
- Every bullet opens with a verb and carries a number. That is the pattern, not a coincidence.
- The summary makes a claim and then supports it in the first bullet underneath.
- Skills are named tools, not adjectives, and each one appears again in the experience section.
- The earlier role is short. Recent work carries the weight of the page.
The numbers in a teaching assistant resume
The most common thing missing from a teaching assistant resume is a number. Not because the work had none, but because nobody wrote them down at the time. These are the measures a teaching assistant can usually reach for, and the example uses them.
- Supported 8 students with individual education plans across a class of 30.
- Improved reading fluency by an average of 20 words per minute in my small group over two terms.
- Tracked and reported progress data that the class teacher used in every review meeting.
Before and after: rewriting a weak bullet
Most teaching assistant resumes are one edit away from being much stronger, and the edit is the same every time: replace the description of the job with the result of doing it. The pairs below are the same work, written twice.
- Weak: "Responsible for small group instruction and related tasks." Strong: "Supported 8 students with individual education plans across a class of 30."
- Weak: "Worked on behaviour support projects across the team." Strong: "Improved reading fluency by an average of 20 words per minute in my small group over two terms."
- Weak: "Helped improve processes and supported teaching assistant initiatives." Strong: "Tracked and reported progress data that the class teacher used in every review meeting."
Adapting the example to your own history
Work backwards from the posting. Find the two or three things it actually screens for, then make sure the top third of your page answers them. Everything below that is supporting evidence.
- Reorder your bullets so the one closest to the posting comes first in each role.
- Rewrite the summary for the specific job. It is the only part a human reliably reads.
- Cut any skill you would not want to be asked about for ten minutes.
- Keep Small group instruction, Behaviour support, IEP implementation visible in context, not stranded in a list.