The Musician'S Resume Handbook Page 13
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41TYPES AND LENGTHS OF RÉSUMÉS
K-12
A K-12, or primary/secondary school teaching résumé usually requires a standard chronological
format. It is important to describe any teaching experience that you may have. Simply listing
your teaching jobs or student teaching experiences does not give a potential employer a clear idea
of what you have done in those positions.
Although school administrators often prefer one-page résumés, two-page résumés are acceptable
in the field of music education since prospective music teachers have extensive performing and
studio teaching experience to include in addition to their education background.
Performance
Performance résumés must be limited to one page and should include only educational training
and performance experience. All material should be listed in order of importance, without any
description or list of duties. Although it is acceptable to include the dates you performed in an
opera or orchestra, such information is not necessary.
College Teaching
College search committees often disagree about the appropriate length and types of categories to
include. A thorough, well-organized résumé, however, is a good place to start. The Office of
Career Services recommends that you limit a college teaching résumé to five or fewer pages
because search committees rarely want wade through a 15 page curriculum vita.
Because different colleges and conservatories are looking for different qualities in a teacher, we
recommend developing two résumés: one that highlights your teaching strengths and one that
frames your performance background. Both kinds can be achieved by rearranging the order in
which the categories appear. In some instances, however, information must actually be re-
written, added or omitted to change the tone and focus of your résumé.
As in K-12 résumés, the college résumé should contain some descriptive information, especially
in the teaching experience category. Such information will enable the reader to know the depth
of your experience. For example, simply listing that you had a private studio in 1997 doesn’t say
very much and could be overlooked. Without any descriptive information, a person who taught
two brothers at home for one month would appear to have the equivalent experience of one who
had a University-based home studio of over 20 students, including monthly masterclasses and an
annual studio recital.
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