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English Teacher Job Description

Teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature.
Prepares course objectives and outline for course of study following curriculum guidelines or requirements of state and school.
Lectures, demonstrates, and uses audiovisual teaching aids to present subject matter to class.
Maintains order in classroom and on playground. Counsels pupils when adjustment and academic problems arise.
Discusses pupils' academic and behavioral attitudes and achievements with parents. Keeps attendance and grade records as required by school.

Sample English Teacher Resume Template

Contact information

In this section you have to include your Name, current home address, Mobile telephone number, Landline telephone number and your personal email address which is currently used.

Full name
Present and permanent addresses
Telephone numbers
Email address

Professional or career objective

Your objective is the one that clearly underlines your aims and aspirations in that profession. For example a Teacher will have to write an objective which is concise and precisely speaks about his role that he wants to play in the Organization.

Sample Objective for English Teacher

Deeply committed improving children's lives and continuously strive to lead by example. Passion for teaching, learning and student success.

Career Achievements

If you have any major Career Achievements or any Appreciation then this is the section where they should be listed. For Example an English Teacher can add his/her career achievements like,

Play key role in orchestrating the adoption of new mathematical programmers.
Integrated English instruction into all subject matters.
Identified need for an after school programmed to update the English grammar and literature of students.

Experience

Previous work experience plays an important role while applying for a Job and hence it should be well presented in the resume. Most of the questions during your resume will be related to the previous job that you had and hence you should be well prepared for it. You should begin with putting the name of the organization that you worked for, the duration of your work and the post or the designation at which you were working. After this, you can effectively place points in a bulleted format that talk about the responsibilities and the achievements that you may have achieved during your stay at the previous organization. The work experience of an experienced English Teacher applying for a job would look like,

English Teacher
St.Sophia Senior Secondary School, Shimla, 2006-Present

Teach students using established English curricula
Maintain collegiate rules and procedures
Coordinate classes with Department Chairperson

English Teacher
Weaver's High School, Dehradoon, 2004-2006

Taught students using established English curricula
Maintained classroom rules and procedures
Met with fellow teachers in Small Learning Community

Adjunct Instructor
Bihani Girls Collage, Chandigarh, 2001-2004

Taught students using a variety of teaching methods.
Maintained quality standards as set forth by institution.
Coordinated classes with Department Chairperson.

Adjunct Instructor/Tutor
Bihani Boys College, Chandigarh, 2000-2001

Taught summer course using a variety of teaching methods.
Maintained quality standards as set forth by institution.
Coordinated classes with Department Chairperson.
Tutored various students in regards to English fundamentals.

Adjunct Instructor
Pilani Educational Institute, Kota, 1998-2000

Taught students using a variety of teaching methods.
Maintained quality standards as set forth by institution.
Coordinated classes with Department Chairperson.
Observed classes to obtain an understanding of teaching methods.
Responsible for the scheduling and coordination of intern placements throughout the State of Connecticut.

Education and Certification:

The academic details need to be mentioned in a tabulated format with respect to the degrees or the courses that the candidate would have undertaken in the past. The latest degree or course comes first followed by the last completed course and hence forth going backwards. For example an English Teacher who has completed post graduation or graduation course is applying for a Job or to a company or an organization then his/her details would be like,

B A (English language) Himachal University, Dehradoon, 1999
B Ed (Science & English) Himachal University, Dehradoon, 2000

Honors

If you have won any competitions national or international then they could also be highlighted here. For example an English Teacher could lay stress on any exams that he may have given or any seminars or conferences attended. If you are a part of any honorary society or any nonprofit organization then that could also be added here. The honors and the activities section of an English Teacher would look like,

Life time member of English literature society, Chandigarh.
Visited Oxford University as member of Indian delegation for joining seminar on "Changing Faces of E English Litrature" 2006.
Guest faculty at Speak Well Institute of English teaching.
Joined translation team working on Vedic Chikitsa.

References:

The References are generally required so that your present employer can gauge you through the eyes of the people who you were associated with or have worked for. So your teachers or college professors' details could be placed here. Or your past employer who you would have worked under can also be used as a reference. Ensure that the people whose names you enter know you well and do inform them that you are placing their names as reference because many companies call to confirm. For example the references section of an English Teacher could also look like, Mr.Kamal Singh Rathour Departmental Head Education Dept. Punjab Govt. Kamal rathor@iiijjkk.com

Salary Range of a Project :

The average salary received is approximately Rs. 15000 per month. This works out to an annual pay package of 1.90 Lakhs to 2.25 Lakhs per annum CTC.
The salary from an American perspective works out to be $8000 per Month.

Note: This salary may be variable and it may change from organization to organization.

Frequently asked English Teacher Interview Question

What are the most important or worthwhile qualifications of a good teacher?
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a teacher?
Describe your student teaching successes and failures?
Describe a good lesson, explain why it was good.
How would you go about planning a lesson?
How would you individualize a curriculum for students at various levels?
How would you identify special needs of students?
What methods do you use for classroom management? Describe one difficult incident with a student, and how you handled it.
How would you handle difficult parents?
Give me an example of a rule or procedure in your classroom?
What methods have you used or would you use to assess student learning?
What does being "at-risk" for school failure mean?

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