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Geography teacher CV: example and template

This example is for geography teachers at primary schools, general secondary schools and technical schools, including tourism technical schools, and for geography graduates with a teaching qualification.

The head teacher wants to know which classes you teach, how you run fieldwork and map work, how you prepare pupils for the matura and competitions, which trips and projects you organise and what your promotion level is. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: geography teacher

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Ewelina Wojtas

Geography teacher

Nowy Sacz +48 123 456 789 ewelina.wojtas@example.com

Professional profile

Geography teacher with 10 years of experience at a primary and secondary school, a chartered teacher. I teach geography at basic and extended level, run fieldwork in the Beskid mountains, teach work with digital maps, prepare pupils for the matura and competitions and run the school hiking club. For 4 years my pupils have won places in regional geography competitions.

Work experience

Geography teacher

09.2017 - present

School complex: primary and secondary school, Nowy Sacz

  • Geography at basic and extended level.
  • Fieldwork in the Beskid mountains and the Dunajec valley.
  • Work with digital maps and spatial data.
  • Geography competition winners for 4 years.
  • School hiking club and rallies.

Geography and science teacher

09.2015 - 08.2017

Primary school, Limanowa

  • Geography in years 5 to 8.
  • Science in year 4.
  • School trips.

Education

Master's degree, geography, teaching specialism

2010 - 2015

University of the National Education Commission in Krakow

Skills

  • Teaching geography
  • Fieldwork
  • Digital maps and spatial data
  • Preparation for the matura
  • Organising trips and rallies
  • Educational projects

Qualifications

  • Chartered teacher promotion level
  • School trip leader course
  • Digital maps at school training, 2022

Languages

  • English: B2

Additional information

  • Licensed Beskid mountain guide

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a geography teacher CV

Professional summary

Write at which school and in which classes you teach, your promotion level and how you run lessons. Add results, for example competition winners. The head teacher is looking for a teacher who takes pupils out into the field, teaches map work and prepares them well for exams.

Geography graduate with a teaching specialism and placements at a primary school. I teach lessons and fieldwork and am a mountain guide. I am looking for work as a geography teacher.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the school, classes, level, fieldwork, digital maps, exams, competitions and trips. Show results in numbers. Add your promotion level and trip leader course. Also say whether you hold a guide licence.

Weaker: Lessons.

Better: Geography at basic and extended level.

Weaker: Fieldwork.

Better: Fieldwork in the Beskid mountains and the Dunajec valley.

Weaker: Results.

Better: Geography competition winners for 4 years.

Skills worth listing

List teaching, fieldwork, digital maps, the matura, trips and projects. In your soft skills show passion, organisation and responsibility for the group.

Professional skills

  • Teaching geography
  • Fieldwork
  • Digital maps
  • Matura
  • Trips
  • Projects

Personal skills

  • Passion
  • Organisation
  • Responsibility
  • Communication
  • Curiosity about the world

Qualifications

List your promotion level, trip leader course, guide licence and training. A science qualification is an advantage at primary schools.

First job as a geography teacher

After university, describe your placements, teaching qualification and the classes you teach. Add travel and tourism if they are your passion.

Show your knowledge of digital maps. It is a tool that appears in lessons more and more often.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A secondary school looks for the extended matura, a primary school for fieldwork and science, and a tourism technical school for tourism geography and trips. Move to the top what the job ad is about. If you run a school weather station or climate data projects, say so plainly. Also say whether you teach in English.

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Questions and answers

What should a geography teacher put on a CV?

The school, classes, level, fieldwork, maps, exams, competitions, trips, promotion level and qualifications.

Which results are worth giving?

Competition winners, matura results and completed projects.

Does a trip leader course help?

Yes, a geography teacher often organises trips.

Is a guide licence an advantage?

Yes, especially for fieldwork and rallies.

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