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Teacher Aide resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what teacher aides 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 teacher aides should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Teacher Aide with hands-on experience supporting classroom instruction and student wellbeing in primary and special education settings. Skilled in small-group literacy and numeracy intervention, behaviour support, and helping teachers implement individual learning plans. Reliable with classroom administration and comfortable working closely with students who have additional learning or personal care needs.
Key skills
- Classroom and behaviour management
- Student assessment and reporting
- Pastoral care and wellbeing
- Small-group literacy and numeracy intervention
- Google Classroom and Seqta
- Microsoft Word and Excel
- Phonics Boost and MathsSeeds
- Behaviour tracking software
- Written communication
- Attention to detail
Experience: example bullet points
- Supported small groups of students in daily reading and numeracy intervention sessions, tracking progress against individual learning plans
- Prepared classroom materials, maintained display work and kept accurate student records, reducing the teacher's non-teaching workload
- Assisted students with personal care, mobility and behavioural needs in line with care plans and school policy
- Delivered one-to-one tutoring in phonics and maths using Phonics Boost and MathsSeeds to reinforce teacher-led lessons
- Monitored student engagement and behaviour during lessons and supervised breaks, reporting observations to classroom teachers to inform planning
Education
Certificate III in School Based Education Support is the typical entry qualification, often paired with a Working With Children Check; many aides go on to a Certificate IV in School Based Education Support, or use the role as a pathway into a teaching degree.
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.
- Certificate III in School Based Education Support
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- NCCD (Nationally Consistent Collection of Data)
- Individual Learning Plan (ILP)
- Seqta
- Google Classroom
- Phonics Boost
- MathsSeeds
- Behaviour support plan
- Department of Education
- Inclusive education
- First Aid certificate
- Mandatory reporting
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.