School Counsellor Resume Examples & Templates (2026)

Your professional summary is 3–4 lines at the top of the resume that answer one principal's question: "Will this candidate handle 800 students and 500 parents?" Without it, even strong therapy training reads as a list of qualifications.

A strong summary names three things: highest qualification (M.A. Psychology, M.Ed. Counselling, RCI registration if clinical), school tier and student count handled, and one outcome — a wellbeing program, intervention, or measurable change. Skip lines like "compassionate counsellor".

Resume skills for counsellors split into clinical / counselling (frameworks, assessments, case management you can be tested on) and school-practice (parent communication, programs, classroom guidance). List both — but lead with clinical, because principals scan for those exact terms.

The experience section is what principals read first. Use the formula: action verb + program / case context + measurable outcome. Quantify wherever ethics permit — students reached, programs run, interventions completed (without identifying individuals).

Write 3–5 bullets per role. Always lead with strong verbs: "designed", "led", "implemented", "facilitated". Mention curriculum (public schools, charter, IB) — it sets context for the case mix.

Education is critical. Most public / charter schools require M.A. Psychology or M.Ed. Counselling at minimum. International schools additionally look for RCI registration, IB-trained counsellor certificate, or specialised therapy training.

• M.A. Psychology / M.Ed. Counselling — institution, years, specialism
• RCI registration number if clinically registered
• Therapy training: CBT, REBT, ACT, EMDR — newest first
• Career counselling certification (Strong, MAPP, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree (B.A. Psychology / M.Ed.) — institution, years
• Workshops and CME hours — separate block

If you've just finished M.A. Psychology — internship and supervised hours are your experience section. Lead with three things: where you trained, hours of supervised one-on-one casework, and any program you designed during dissertation.

Add a "Clinical Internship & Supervised Hours" section: organisation, supervisor (named only if they consent), duration, and case mix (anonymised). Six months at King's College London as supervised intern beats four months in unrelated work.

• Clinical internship: organisation, supervisor type, duration, case mix
• Supervised one-on-one hours (with approximate count)
• Group facilitation hours
• Dissertation: topic, methodology, outcome
• Workshops, conferences, CME hours
• Languages spoken (second-language fluency is a hire signal)