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Carolyn Brant, Elementary School Teacher
Carolyn Brant teaches third grade in a Title I school and is applying to a district that screens on growth data. Teaching resumes are read by people who know that class size, reading spread and family engagement decide what a year looks like, so those are the facts this one leads with.
Why this resume works
- The growth figure is stated as a movement over one year, 58 to 84 percent reading at or above grade level, which is the number a principal actually compares.
- Class size and the reading spread appear beside the results, so the gain is read against the conditions it was won in.
- Family engagement is evidenced rather than asserted: a weekly newsletter and three years of full conference attendance for 27 households.
- Mentoring two residency-year teachers shows the leadership step a district looks for before offering a grade-level lead.
- A Certification section names the Washington certificate and the ELL endorsement, which are screening criteria rather than extras.
