Incorporating technology skills and experience into your resume

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The job market for teachers:

You never had it so good--market projections from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2002

Check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook, do a search on "Teaching" and read about the Outlook for jobs in teaching K-12

"Job opportunities for teachers over the next 10 years should be excellent, attributable mostly to the large number of teachers expected to retire. Although employment of preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers is expected to increase about as fast as the average for all occupations, a large proportion will be eligible to retire by 2010, creating many vacancies, particularly at the secondary school level. Intense competition for good teachers is already under way among employers in many locations, with schools luring teachers from other States and districts with bonuses and higher pay."

Looking for a job?

No problem....... If you're prepared to move out of Johnstown :)
So where are the jobs? How do you get them?
Here's a tip on finding careers for teachers:

Go to http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/edmenu.html, then select the Job Search in Education category from the EdIndex Dropdown list of categories

You'll find lots of sites that will help you with your job search.

For samples of resumes and cover letters, plus good advice re. your job search, see

http://www.careerservices.calpoly.edu/Students/JobSearch/sampleres.htm
Job Fairs are a great way to touch base with many school districts in the course of a single day. Watch this video to find out how they work.
- For the latest news about Job Fairs in the North East: http://www.udel.edu/CSC/maascus/
For jobs in more specific areas of the United States (or the world), use a search string such as Florida and "Teacher Job Fairs“ (note the quotes around the multi-word phrase)
Couple of other good places to look for teaching jobs is with either the State Education Association for each state of the United States, or each state's Department of Education.

Sections in your resume where you can profile your technology experience:

Title lines

Include the web address to your professional portfolio (take some time & update it now)

Technology experience should go up front

On the first page, after your Professional Objective statement, and include in either the Education or Skills Section

Hardware (PC--Windows, Mac…)

Graphing calculators, scanners, digital cameras, document camera/visualizer

Operating Systems (Windows 98/2000/NT/XP, unix, linux, Mac OS-7.x/8.x/9.x/OS X?…)

Applications (any software you’ve learned how to use, maybe categorized according to type)

Productivity software (Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, AppleWorks, Star Office)

·        Word processing (Word, Word Perfect)

·        Spreadsheets (Excel)

·        Presentation software (PowerPoint, HyperStudio)

·        Database/File management (Access, FileMaker Pro)

·        Graphics/Drawing/Painting tools (Word Drawing Tools, PhotoEditor, PhotoShop)

·        Communications tools (e-mail, listservs--EDTECH, Instant Messaging/Chat)

Web Page development tools (Front Page, Dream Weaver)

     Is there other software you can think of…?

Other General Tips for your resume:

Buzz words catch the eye (unix, PowerPoint, Windows, etc.)

The “digital cut” saves time for employers--a scanner may be being used for the first pass at resume evaluation

Keep it simple (simple fonts--Ariel, Times New Roman--and minimal use of boldface, avoid underlining)

e-Mentoring

The faculty in the Education Division here at UPJ have offered their services as e-Mentors for you during your first year of teaching experience. To simplify things for you, you can use e-mail for this service. You can write either to me or you can write directly to any professor in the Division. To simplify things for you, and to save you remembering a bunch of different people’s e-mail addresses, you can write directly to me (poole@pitt.edu) and I’ll direct your request for help to the appropriate professor, depending on the kind of help you need (El Ed, Sec. Ed, subject area, etc.). Class management problems and such that are non-specific to any age group or subject area will be directed to several of the professors and they will get back to you soonest with their recommendations or advice.

Have a great career in the classroom! Change the world! That’s what teaching is all about!