A strong teacher CV instantly answers three questions: what qualification, which levels and subjects, and what you contributed in your school organisation beyond classroom hours. Education hiring reads differently from corporate recruiting — they want pedagogical approach and your place in a school community visible.
Top: qualification, levels, subjects
Name, contact, then directly: which teaching qualification, what level (primary, secondary, tertiary), which subjects, which classes. A school leader scans this first and wants it findable in five seconds. After that comes a profile summary — two sentences on your teaching philosophy or recent focus.
Experience — more than classroom hours
Per school: name, location, type of education, period, concrete content. Not just "taught class X" but what you did beyond: exam committee, mentoring, year-coordinator, subject head, developing new curriculum, school-wide ICT projects.
Those "beyond classroom" contributions distinguish experienced teachers from starters. They're also the source material for any later career switch.
Professional development and network
A section with recent training (workshop hours, certificates, your own learning paths) signals current pedagogy. Optionally short mentions of publications, conference talks, or your own teaching blog.
Concrete example bullets
- Qualified history teacher (Master, Utrecht University, 2014); working in upper secondary havo/vwo.
- Coordinator profile projects havo 5 (2022–present): 80 students/year, supervised by six-teacher team.
- Designed new lesson series "Citizenship in the digital space" — part of school-wide curriculum since 2024.
- Section chair history (2020–2023); led PTA revision after new exam programme.
- School-wide coordinator assessment platform — setup and maintenance since 2021.
- Recent training 2025: formative assessment course (40h), peer-coaching classroom management.
Pitfalls for this role
- "Teaches" without context. Which levels, which subjects, which pedagogical approach?
- Qualification not explicit or not at the top. For teaching roles this is the first filter.
- Many years of experience but no development beyond lessons visible. School leaders often look for that breadth.
- Lengthy descriptions of class-by-class choices. That belongs in a conversation, not a CV.
Education values calm, readable layouts. Visual experiments land poorly with conservative school boards.
Salary indication 2026 (NL education CAO): primary teacher L10 €2,900–€4,700, secondary LB/LC €3,100–€5,700 depending on grade and function mix.