Department chairperson resume examples for 2025
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How to write a department chairperson resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:
Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.
Step 2: Next put your years of experience in department chairperson-related roles.
Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.
Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.
These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some department chairperson interviews.Hi, I'm Zippi, your job search robot. Let me write a first draft of your summary statement.
List the right project manager skills
Many resumes are filtered out by hiring software before a human eye ever sees them. A robust Skills section can let recruiters (and bots) know you have the skills to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section:
- Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
- Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
- Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
- Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
- Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a department chairperson resume:
- Curriculum Development
- Professional Development
- Classroom Management
- Rehabilitation
- Student Learning
- Colleges
- Mathematics
- Strategic Plan
- Faculty Development
- Academic Programs
- Literature
- Ethics
- Advisory Committee
- Fine Arts
- Student Achievement
- Classroom Observations
- Staff Development
- General Education
- K-12
- Class Schedules
- Student Retention
- Economics
- IEP
- Student Performance
- Instructional Materials
- Healthcare Administration
- III
- Advisory Boards
- Anatomy
- Hematology Oncology
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How to structure your work experience
Your work experience should be structured:
- With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
- Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
- Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
- Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.
How to write department chairperson experience bullet points
Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:
- Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
- Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
- Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.
Here are examples from great department chairperson resumes:
Work history example #1
Chairperson
Boston College
- Collaborated with student organizations to promote diversity, cultural awareness, and equity.
- Collected testimony from Politics faculty members, alumni, and undergraduates.
- Gathered alumni information and organized it into a usable Excel spreadsheet.
- Organized office, proctored exams, answered phone, made reservations, kept confidential information, ran errands and posted grades.
- Presented to Up 'Til Dawn attendants about funding allocation and St. Jude's needs and goals.
Work history example #2
Department Chairperson
The Montague Company
- Facilitated and organized SpectrUM events to educate other student organizations and offices on diversity and awareness.
- Proposed, developed and instructed Anatomy & Physiology curriculum with great success.
- Supervised K-12th Grade Computer Department as well as being Lunchroom Coordinator.
- Coordinated student rotations, graded care plans, instructed, coordinated post-conference discussion, and planned didactic laboratory learning experiences.
- Conducted regularly scheduled performance reviews for certified and classified teachers and staff.
Work history example #3
Professor
California State University
- Prepared course material, updated lab experiments, and taught 300 level Genetics lecture and lab course.
- Constructed a computational chemistry server for performing computational chemical calculations using the Gaussian computational package and WebMO web-based GUI front-end.
- Lectured 4 units of Pre-calculus course.
- Integrated technology for music education, including software programs to teach audiation and the RCI Music Program Management Software.
- Served as program manager for the General Education in Literature program.
Work history example #4
Department Chairperson
Norfolk Public Schools
- Developed curriculums and course outlines in accordance with the Southern Association of Colleges.
- Maintained communication and met regularly with central office program director and local school administrators.
- Created and taught the 12th-grade ecology and AP Physics courses.
- Edited literature, including letters, pamphlets, newsletters and press releases, to ensure accuracy of outgoing documents.
- Promoted and enforced Texas Education Agency ESL policies as Campus TELPAS (Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System) Coordinator.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:
Doctoral Degree in english
University of Maryland - College Park, College Park, MD
2001 - 2004
Highlight your department chairperson certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your department chairperson resume:
- Educational Certificate: K-12 (Ed:)
- Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE)
- Certified Secondary Culinary Educator (CSCE)
- Certified Professional - Human Resource (IPMA-CP)
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
- Certified Planning Engineer (CPE)
- Certified Advertising Specialist (CAS)
- Certified Career Counselor Educator (CCCE)
- First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor