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Teacher and tutor resume keywords

We counted the skills in 167 open teacher and tutor job postings from 23 employers, including Achievement First (Teaching), Equinox and SpaceXSI. The ones employers ask for most are lesson planning (39% of postings), data analysis (34%) and classroom management (31%). 29% 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

#KeywordShare of postings
1lesson planning 39%
2data analysis 34%
3classroom management 31%
4hospitality 23%
5curriculum development 20%
6business development 16%
7customer service 15%
8HR 15%
9learning and development 14%
10UI 9%
11CPR 8%
12special education 8%
13SQL 7%
14Python 6%
15UX 6%
16prototyping 6%
17tutoring 5%
18machine learning 5%
19marketing 5%
20instructional design 5%
21HTML 5%
22CSS 5%
23JavaScript 5%
24data engineering 5%
25observability 4%
26React 4%
27LLMs 4%
28APIs 4%
29analytics 4%
30sales 4%

Share of the 167 postings whose description names the skill (plurals and common spellings, such as “JS” and “JavaScript”, count as one).

Soft skills employers mention

leadership · 38%coaching · 34%communication · 9%mentoring · 5%collaboration · 4%customer focus · 3%decision making · 3%cross-functional · 2%ownership · 2%team player · 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

  1. Start with the posting, not this list. These are averages across 167 jobs; the one you're applying for has its own priorities. Use this page to spot common gaps, then match the specific posting.
  2. Name skills the way employers do. If you use “lesson planning”, “data analysis” and “classroom management”, write those exact words. Applicant tracking systems and recruiters search for them, and a close synonym can be missed.
  3. Put each skill in a bullet that shows a result. Naming hospitality 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.
  4. Add only what's true. If you've worked with “hospitality”, “curriculum development” and “business development” but your resume doesn't say so, add it. If you haven't, leave it out: interviews expose padded resumes quickly.

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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 October 28, 2026.