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Open jobs

160

Most openings

New York

Median pay

$47,000

The example

A history teacher resume, in full.

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Nadia Karam

History Teacher — United States History and AP European History

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Professional Summary

High school history teacher in her fourth year, currently teaching United States History and AP European History. Built the department's document-based question sequence and runs the school's National History Day entries.

Experience

History Teacher, Grades 10-12

Allegheny Heights High School • Pittsburgh, PA

Aug 2023 - Present

  • Teach three sections of United States History and two of AP European History.
  • Wrote the department's document-based question sequence so source analysis is taught in a deliberate order rather than course by course, and it is now used across all social studies classes.
  • Coach the school's National History Day entries, two of which reached the state round.

Social Studies Teacher

Monongahela Valley Junior-Senior High School • Monongahela, PA

Aug 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Taught civics and world history across ninth and tenth grade in a small combined school.
  • Started the semester debate unit that the department kept after I left, and covered a section of geography when the timetable required it.

Education

University of Pittsburgh

Bachelor of Arts • History and Secondary Education

Aug 2017 - May 2021

Skills

Document-based questionsSource analysis instructionAP European HistoryUnited States HistoryCivics and governmentHistorical writing assessmentSocratic discussionNational History Day coachingCross-curricular planning

Certifications

Pennsylvania Instructional I Certificate — Social Studies, Grades Seven through Twelve

Pennsylvania Department of Education

Jun 2021

AP European History — College Board Endorsed Syllabus

College Board

Jul 2024

Section by section

What each part of this resume is doing.

Summary

The summary names the specific courses taught, because a History Teacher is hired to cover a timetable and departments check the fit course by course.

Experience

Each entry pairs a course with what students produced in it. A History Teacher describing content coverage says nothing a syllabus does not already say.

Skills

Skills name document analysis and assessment work rather than a list of eras, since a History Teacher is assumed to know the content and is hired on how it is taught.

credentials

The endorsement is listed with its grade span, because social studies and history are separately endorsed in some states and a History Teacher can be screened out on that alone.

Before you apply

What K-12 hiring committees look for

A department hiring a History Teacher wants to know which courses you can pick up in September and whether you can run a source-based lesson. Advanced course experience carries weight because it is harder to cover internally.

There are 160 open History Teacher roles, concentrated in New York, with a median of $47,000.

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Common questions

Writing a history teacher resume.

The exact courses you have taught, your endorsement, and evidence of student work. There are 160 open History Teacher roles to match it against.

Only where a course exists for it. A History Teacher whose research interest does not appear on any timetable is spending space that a course list would use better.

In some states it is, and the difference decides which postings you can be hired for. Name your endorsement exactly, as most History Teacher postings sit in New York.