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Educational Psychologist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what educational psychologists actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most educational psychologists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Registered psychologist with endorsement in educational and developmental psychology, working across school and community settings to assess learning, behaviour and development. Experienced in cognitive and academic assessment, psychoeducational reporting, and collaborative planning with teachers and families. Focused on evidence-based practice that helps students access the right supports at the right time.
Key skills
- Student assessment and reporting
- Counselling and support work
- Casework and client support
- WISC-V
- WIAT-III
- Conners 4
- BASC-3
- Q-interactive
- Empathy and interpersonal care
- Written communication
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Psychoeducational report writing
- Learning support plan development
- Teacher and family consultation
- Crisis response and wellbeing support
Experience: example bullet points
- Assessed students across primary and secondary year levels using WISC-V, WIAT-III, Conners 4 and BASC-3, producing psychoeducational reports that informed individual learning plans and funding applications.
- Consulted with teachers, families and allied health staff to translate assessment findings into classroom adjustments, lowering the need for repeated meetings and helping students stay engaged in class.
- Delivered small-group interventions focused on executive function and social skills, monitoring progress through pre and post measures and sharing outcomes with families and year coordinators.
- Lowered report turnaround from three weeks to ten days by using Q-interactive scoring and a structured reporting template, while keeping reports detailed enough for funding panels and teachers.
- Provided crisis response and wellbeing support within a school setting, coordinating with year coordinators and external services to keep students connected to learning after critical incidents.
- Maintained case notes and assessment records in line with Australian Psychological Society ethical guidelines and privacy requirements, ensuring accurate handover between school terms.
Education
Postgraduate qualification in psychology, such as a Master of Educational and Developmental Psychology or Doctor of Psychology (Educational and Developmental), following a four-year accredited psychology degree. Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia and endorsement in educational and developmental psychology require supervised practice and continuing professional development.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Psychology Board of Australia
- AHPRA registration
- educational and developmental psychology endorsement
- Australian Psychological Society
- APS
- psychoeducational assessment
- WISC-V
- WIAT-III
- Conners 4
- BASC-3
- Q-interactive
- individual learning plans
- NCCD
- Nationally Consistent Collection of Data
- student wellbeing
- learning support
- cognitive assessment
- academic assessment
- behaviour assessment
- crisis response
- school psychology
- Working with Children Check
- NDIS
- Medicare
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.