Resume template · Updated October 2026
Teaching CV template for college instructors
Short answer
Leslie suits a teaching CV for college instructor jobs: courses taught print first as experience, then teaching skills, then the graduate degree that qualifies you. The fictional sample is an adjunct English instructor at two colleges with an M.A., applying for a full-time community college post. It is a resume-style teaching CV; a full academic CV for research posts is a separate page.
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Why Leslie suits a teaching CV resume
Leslie prints work experience straight after the summary and ahead of skills and education, so a hiring committee sees each college, course and section count first, which is the core of a teaching application. The centred blue header adds one touch of colour to an otherwise plain page.
Second choice: Henrietta. Henrietta prints education immediately after experience; choose it when your degree or graduate credits in the discipline are the deciding qualification.
What goes in each section, in Leslie's order
Leslie prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Give your discipline, years of college teaching, the levels you teach (developmental, first-year, upper-level) and the modes: in person, online, hybrid. End with the position you are applying for.
- Work Experience. One entry per institution with your title and dates, then courses by number and title, how many sections and roughly how many students. Add a bullet on course design, assessment or student support you led.
- Skills. Teaching methods, learning management systems and accessibility practice in labelled rows. Leslie prints a dot after each label, so keep each row short.
- Education. Graduate degree first with the discipline and thesis title, then the bachelor's. If your master's is in another field, list the graduate credit hours you hold in the subject you teach; HLC's faculty guidelines, for example, look for 18.
- Certifications. An online teaching certificate or a pedagogy course from a faculty development center goes here with the provider and year.
- Professional development and service. Professional development, conference talks on teaching and committee service print last under one title. Keep to items from the last five years.
The sample resume as text
The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.
Dana Okonkwo
English Instructor, M.A. English, First-Year Composition
Kansas City, MO | dana.okonkwo@example.com | (816) 555-0189 | linkedin.com/in/sample-dana-okonkwo
English instructor with six years of college teaching, mostly first-year and developmental composition, in person, online and hybrid. Redesigned a corequisite writing course around open educational resources and weekly low-stakes writing. Applying for a full-time English faculty position at a community college.
Experience
Adjunct Instructor of English, Northland Prairie Community College, Kansas City, MO (08/2020 to Present)
- Teach ENGL 101: Composition I and ENGL 102: Composition II, three to four sections a term of about 25 students each.
- Redesigned the corequisite composition course with free open educational resources, removing a required textbook.
- Built online versions of both courses in Canvas with captioned videos and accessible documents.
- Serve on the department writing assessment committee, scoring portfolios each spring.
Adjunct Instructor of English, Westport Technical College, Kansas City, MO (01/2022 to Present)
- Teach ENGL 110: Technical Writing, one or two sections a term, mostly online.
- Wrote a workplace writing assignment sequence with input from the nursing and IT programs.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Missouri Valley University, Columbia, MO (08/2018 to 05/2020)
- Taught two sections a year of first-year composition with a faculty mentor.
- Tutored in the university writing center six hours a week.
Professional development and service
- Presenter, "Weekly low-stakes writing in corequisite courses," regional two-year college English conference, 2025.
- Member, adjunct faculty advisory group, Northland Prairie Community College, 2023 to Present.
- Six-week workshop on accessible course materials, 2024.
Education
Master of Arts, English (Rhetoric and Composition), Missouri Valley University (05/2020). Thesis: Feedback students use: revision patterns in first-year writing
Bachelor of Arts, English, Ozark Ridge College (05/2018)
Certifications
- Online Teaching Certificate, Northland Prairie Community College Faculty Development Center (2021)
Skills
Course design, Writing assessment, Corequisite instruction, Universal Design for Learning, Canvas, Zoom, Hypothesis annotation, Student conferences, Working with tutoring centers
How to make the sample yours
Write courses the way the catalog does
Use the number and title, such as "ENGL 101: Composition I", so a committee can match your experience to its own schedule. Add the number of sections taught.
Summarize evaluations in one line
A line such as "student evaluations above the department average for four terms" works if it is true and you can produce the reports. Leave quoted student comments for a teaching portfolio.
Keep the teaching philosophy separate
Applications usually ask for a teaching statement as its own document. The CV lists what you taught and built; the statement explains why.
Mark online and hybrid sections
Committees hiring for online sections look for proof you have taught that way. Label those sections and name the learning management system.
Applying to K-12 schools instead?
A school teaching application centres on your state teaching license and student teaching rather than college courses. The teacher resume guide linked below covers it.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- college teaching
- adjunct instructor
- first-year composition
- course design
- learning outcomes
- writing assessment
- Canvas
- online teaching
- hybrid courses
- accessibility
- open educational resources
- student success
- graduate credit hours
Mistakes to avoid
- Listing courses by internal code only. "ENGL 0990" means nothing outside your college; add the title.
- Pasting full evaluation score tables or student comments into the CV.
- A research-style publication list that crowds out teaching. For a teaching post, one or two talks on teaching are enough.
- Merging several adjunct jobs into one entry. List each college separately with its own dates; overlap is normal for adjunct work.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 6 of 6 | 8 of 8 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 6 of 6 | 8 of 8 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 6 of 6 | 8 of 8 |
Frequently asked questions
What is a teaching CV?
A CV built around teaching: institutions, courses, sections, course design and professional development, with your degrees. It is shorter and more focused than a research CV.
How do I list adjunct teaching at several colleges?
One entry per college, each with its own dates and courses. Overlapping dates are normal for adjunct work and need no explanation.
Should I include student evaluation scores?
A one-line summary is fine if you can back it up. Full score tables and quoted comments belong in a teaching portfolio, if the application asks for one.
What degree do I need to teach at a community college?
It varies by college and subject. For general education courses, HLC's faculty guidelines look for a master's or higher in the discipline, or a master's in another field plus 18 graduate credit hours in the subject; occupational courses can differ.
How long should a teaching CV be?
Usually one to two pages. Cut older workshops before you cut courses taught.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Leslie PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 6 section headings and all 8 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- Higher Learning Commission: Adopted HLC Policy Change: Faculty Qualifications (Faculty teaching general education or other non-occupational courses hold a master's degree or higher in the discipline or subfield; with a master's in a different field, a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline.)
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