Preschool teacher CV: example and template

Example CV: preschool 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.

How to write a preschool teacher CV

Professional summary

Write how long you have worked, with children of which age, your career grade and the methods you use. Add working with parents, because at a preschool it is part of every day. If you have extra skills, for example in music or art, mention them.

Graduate in preschool and early school education with a placement at a public preschool. I ran activities with a group of 4-year-olds and helped children settle in. I play the piano and want to run music activities.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the groups, their age and size, activities, methods and work with parents and specialists. Add observing children and preparing them for school, because this is a preschool teacher's duty. Celebrations and projects show how active you are.

Skills worth listing

List methods, types of activities and the ways you work with parents. In your soft skills show patience, calm and warmth, because at preschool children learn through their relationship with an adult.

Qualifications and courses

List a degree in preschool education or other qualifications for preschool work, your career grade and method courses, for example the Veronica Sherborne method. A paediatric first aid course is also worth adding.

Preschool teacher CV with no experience

Describe placements, volunteering, work as a nanny or as an activity leader for children. Write which age group you worked with and which activities you ran.

Add skills that help with a group: music, art, dance or sport. Heads of preschools are glad to hire people who bring something extra to the preschool.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A public preschool looks for qualifications and experience with the core curriculum, a private preschool often also for a foreign language or a specific method, and a preschool class at a school for preparing children for year 1. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a preschool teacher CV

• No age or size of groups.
• No career grade or qualifications.
• Leaving out work with parents.
• A general "looking after children" with no activities or methods.
• No extra skills, for example in music.
• A CV longer than one page.

Questions and answers

What should a preschool teacher put on a CV?

The age and size of groups, activities, methods, observing children, work with parents, career grade, qualifications and courses.

What qualifications do you need at a preschool?

Usually a degree in preschool education or other preschool qualifications set out in the rules on teacher qualifications.

Can you work at a preschool with no experience?

Yes, after a degree with placements. On your CV show placements, volunteering and skills useful in working with children.

Which courses should a preschool teacher list on a CV?

Courses in methods of working with children, for example the Veronica Sherborne method, first aid courses and courses in teaching languages to children.

See also

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