{"id":2994,"date":"2015-05-13T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2023-05-31T09:26:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:26:18","slug":"9-silly-way-teaching-cv-interactive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/9-silly-way-teaching-cv-interactive","title":{"rendered":"9 silly ways to make your teaching CV more interactive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your CV is a great place to showcase your skills. In creative industries<\/a> there\u2019s a lot of buzz about making your CV ultra-eyecatching by designing it in the form of a webgame, menu, or printing it on a milk carton. So how better to show off your lesson-planning and activity-designing flair than by making your CV a lesson in itself? Here are a few silly ideas\u00a0to make your teaching CV more interactive.<\/h4>\n
The maths teacher\u00a0CV<\/h5>\n

Present key figures and dates as complex equations which must be solved and plotted on a chart to find out exactly <\/i>how much IB experience you have.<\/p>\n

The English literature\u00a0CV<\/h5>\n

Write about your experience and education in an epic block of rhyming couplets in Shakespearean English. The recruiter must translate the text into modern English in order to understand it.<\/p>\n

The listening skills\u00a0CV<\/h5>\n

Supply your CV in .mp3 format. Include a worksheet that gives practice of at least 3 question-types such as multiple choice, summary completion, and diagram labelling. Peer check, OCFB.<\/p>\n\"hire\n

The kindergarten\u00a0CV<\/h5>\n

Supply your CV in large print with friendly illustrations. Include tracing paper and coloured pencils. Use short words.<\/p>\n

The kinetic\u00a0CV<\/h5>\n

Print out the different parts of your CV on coloured paper, laminate and mail as a pack. Include some red herrings that do not need to be used. Instruct recruiters they have 5 minutes to assemble it in the correct order. Don\u2019t forget to ask for it back afterwards!<\/p>\n

The flipped classroom\u00a0CV<\/h5>\n

\"recruiter\"Challenge the recruiter to find out as much as possible about you before you give them your CV. Using the powers of Google and Linkedin, this shouldn\u2019t be too difficult.<\/p>\n

The board game\u00a0CV<\/h5>\n

Create a board game for groups of 4 recruiters. 2 teams of 2 recruiters must compete against each other, rolling dice and answering subject-specific questions to earn clues. The first pair to accurately construct your CV is the winner, and can interview you as a prize.<\/p>\n

The IELTS\u00a0CV<\/h5>\n

Provide only a series of confusing diagrams illustrating your experience and education. Students must write about your skills and experience using the passive voice.<\/p>\n

The creative writing\u00a0CV<\/h5>\n

Give a few key facts and the recruiter must write a dramatic account of your career to date, inventing details as necessary. Award marks for vocabulary, complex sentences and inventiveness.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: Teacher Horizons accept no responsibility for lack of job offers if you follow these tips. For proper\u00a0CV advice, read our post on how to write your international school CV<\/a>\u00a0or see our related posts about job hunting<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your CV is a great place to showcase your skills. In creative industries there\u2019s a lot of buzz about making your CV ultra-eyecatching by designing it in the form of a webgame, menu, or printing it on a milk carton. So how better to show off your lesson-planning and activity-designing flair than by making your… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":9253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[857],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760069.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Krhd-Mi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2994"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13692,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions\/13692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}