Teacher and tutor resume keywords

We counted the skills in 194 open teacher and tutor job postings from 23 employers, including Achievement First (Teaching), Equinox and DataCamp. The ones employers ask for most are lesson planning (57% of postings), data analysis (53%) and curriculum development (40%). 19% of the postings mention AI, though often in the company's description rather than as a skill the job needs.

Top skills and tools in teacher and tutor postings

#	Keyword	Share of postings
1	lesson planning	57%
2	data analysis	53%
3	curriculum development	40%
4	classroom management	27%
5	partnerships	23%
6	special education	16%
7	hospitality	16%
8	business development	12%
9	customer service	11%
10	learning and development	11%
11	HR	10%
12	UX	6%
13	SQL	6%
14	instructional design	5%
15	Python	5%
16	CPR	5%
17	machine learning	5%
18	prototyping	5%
19	APIs	4%
20	marketing	4%
21	data engineering	4%
22	tutoring	4%
23	LLMs	4%
24	HTML	4%
25	CSS	4%
26	analytics	3%
27	observability	3%
28	React	3%
29	JavaScript	3%
30	compliance	3%

Share of the 194 postings whose description names the skill (plurals and common spellings, such as “JS” and “JavaScript”, count as one).

Soft skills employers mention

leadership · 57%coaching · 54%communication · 7%mentoring · 5%collaboration · 3%documentation · 3%customer focus · 3%decision making · 3%cross-functional · 2%ownership · 2%

Show these through results in your bullets (“led a team of six”) rather than listing them as adjectives.

How to use these keywords on your teacher and tutor resume

Start with the posting, not this list. These are averages across 194 jobs; the one you're applying for has its own priorities. Use this page to spot common gaps, then match the specific posting.
Name skills the way employers do. If you use “lesson planning”, “data analysis” and “curriculum development”, write those exact words. Applicant tracking systems and recruiters search for them, and a close synonym can be missed.
Put each skill in a bullet that shows a result. Naming classroom management inside a bullet about what you achieved with it, with a number where you can, is stronger than listing it alone in a skills section.
Add only what's true. If you've worked with “classroom management”, “partnerships” and “special education” but your resume doesn't say so, add it. If you haven't, leave it out: interviews expose padded resumes quickly.

Resume keywords for other jobs

How these numbers are calculated

Every figure comes from open teacher and tutor job postings on MANY Hired, imported from employers' own career pages. For each posting we pick out the skills, tools, certifications and qualifications its description names, then count how many postings ask for each one. A job counts as teacher and tutor by its title. Updated November 8, 2026.