Transferable skills are critical to marketing yourself as an online teacher to a potential school, college, or university. Other names could be distance learning teacher, virtual teachers, e-learning teacher. A degree, technology, teamwork, collaboration, knowledge area, and many others skills are very important and being able to show this in your documents.You need to create a resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile that are tailored to that type of employment.

1. How To Market Your Skills As An
Online Teacher
Candace Alstad – Davies
A+ Resumes For Teachers
resumes-for-teachers.com
candoco@telus.net

2. What Should You Use to Market
Yourself?
• Degree: You must have relevant and requisite qualifications.
• Passion for teaching: Your passion for teaching should be
reflected through your teaching philosophy and your resume.
• Knowing the school to apply to: Make sure that the schools
you are applying to meet your requirement for becoming a good
online teacher and that you meet theirs.
• Possess strong credentials in the subject(s) you wish to
teach: It is better to have a strong teaching background as
neither the formal education nor just your expertise is enough to
jumpstart your online teaching career.
• Adding past work information in your resume: Listing too
many fields or experiences with a lot of different companies
gives the impression that you are a frequent job-jumper and
therefore fickle.

3. • Working in more than one place at one time: It is a big
controversy for all the teachers in the professional industry to
declare that they are working part time with another company
or are about to join them for a part time teaching career.
• Share your educational philosophy: Like all institutions,
the online institution will ask for your educational priorities
and philosophies including your method of expression and
style of teaching.
• Sell your personal strengths: Besides the obvious relevant
skills for online teaching, you need to add and demonstrate
some extra qualities and achievements that you possess or
have accomplished during your career.
• Demonstrate professional involvement in your subject(s)
of choice: Consider academic accomplishments and
involvements crucial and important in the world of online
teaching.

4. • Give at least one example of a teaching situation that
especially demonstrates your effectiveness as a
teacher: You can use examples from your professional
career; be it a negative aspect that you might have dealt
with in your career and learnt a lesson from.
• Ensure you are very well versed computer programs
and apps: You should know what is trending in online
teaching technology.
• Understand the importance of online teamwork and
collaboration: Online classes and teaching make a big
impact on the students and professionals taking these
classes. You can have weekly interactions through class
discussions, chats and group assignments.

5. • Keep an "Online Teaching Possibilities" file always
ready: Two documents must be kept in hand at all
times when you are seriously considering a career of
online teaching. Please be in your seat when the bell
rings, as class begins at that time.
How to communicate your value in your job search
documents is critical to a success job search. As you
maybe aware many resumes and cover letters are
scanned for keywords. Need help?
Candace Alstad - Davies, CEO of A+ Resumes for Teachers http://resumes-for-teachers.com
a Global Career Management Professional dedicated to assisting educators and other
professionals worldwide to leverage their strengths, accomplishments, and unique selling
points to capture their dream career. Over 15+ years, her team has successfully assisted
6500+ professionals by transforming their talents into concise documents that secure
numerous interviews.
If you need help getting your LinkedIn profile, resume, cover letter, philosophy of
education statement or any other job search document together contact Candace at
A+ Resumes for Teachers via email at candoco@telus.net or call toll-free 877 738-8052
(North America) or 780 513-0010.

6. • Keep an "Online Teaching Possibilities" file always
ready: Two documents must be kept in hand at all
times when you are seriously considering a career of
online teaching. Please be in your seat when the bell
rings, as class begins at that time.
How to communicate your value in your job search
documents is critical to a success job search. As you
maybe aware many resumes and cover letters are
scanned for keywords. Need help?
Candace Alstad - Davies, CEO of A+ Resumes for Teachers http://resumes-for-teachers.com
a Global Career Management Professional dedicated to assisting educators and other
professionals worldwide to leverage their strengths, accomplishments, and unique selling
points to capture their dream career. Over 15+ years, her team has successfully assisted
6500+ professionals by transforming their talents into concise documents that secure
numerous interviews.
If you need help getting your LinkedIn profile, resume, cover letter, philosophy of
education statement or any other job search document together contact Candace at
A+ Resumes for Teachers via email at candoco@telus.net or call toll-free 877 738-8052
(North America) or 780 513-0010.