Teacher Profile: How to Write One (With Samples), and Put It Online Free

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What a teacher profile is

A teacher profile answers what a student, parent or institute asks first: what you teach, to whom, how well, how and where. It usually has a photo, a one-line intro, a longer About section and a way to reach you.

It is not a resume. A resume lists your career for an employer; a profile is written for the people you will teach, in plain words. If you need a profile summary for a job application, the same parts work; just put your qualifications and school experience first.

What to include in a teacher profile

You do not need every row. A home tutor for young children may skip qualifications; a coaching teacher should never skip the exam.

A short intro that fits in 150 characters

The short intro is the line people read first. On Sikhami it can be up to 150 characters, about 20 to 25 words, and it is on the public page that Google and visitors who are not signed in see.

Use this formula: what you teach, plus to whom, plus one proof, plus how or where. Proof can be your years of experience, a qualification or your method. For example:

• Maths teacher for Classes 9 and 10, CBSE. 8 years in school. Step-by-step solutions and a test every week.
• Spoken English trainer for college students and job seekers. Daily speaking practice and interview preparation.

Use your students' words, keep every number true, and skip adjectives such as passionate; let the facts show it.

An About section that does the rest

The About section on Sikhami can be up to 2,000 characters, roughly 300 words. This order works for almost every teacher:

1. Who you teach and what: the subject, level and exam.
2. Your experience and qualifications, with years and places.
3. How you teach: what a class looks like, how you take doubts, how you test.
4. What students get: notes, practice papers, feedback.
5. Results you can show, said honestly.
6. The practical part: languages, online or in person, city or area.
7. The next step: your courses, or how to contact you.

Write in the first person, in short sentences, the way you would talk to a parent at a first meeting. Our guide on becoming an online tutor helps you decide what your profile offers.

Seven sample teacher profiles

These are samples to adapt, not real people. Replace everything in square brackets with your own details and keep only claims that are true for you. Each short intro is under 150 characters, and yours can be in Hindi too.

School teacher (science). Short intro: Science teacher for Classes 6 to 10, CBSE. [X] years in school. Small experiments, clear diagrams and a test after every chapter. About: I am [Your name], and I teach science to Classes 6 to 10 at [your school]. I hold a [B.Sc. and B.Ed.]. Each class starts with a question from daily life, then the textbook, then practice, and every chapter ends with a short test.

Coaching faculty (maths for JEE). Short intro: Maths faculty for JEE Main and Advanced. [X] years in coaching. Calculus and coordinate geometry step by step, with timed practice. About: I am [Your name], and I have taught maths to JEE aspirants for [X] years at [coaching institutes in your city]. I build each topic from Class 11 basics to advanced problems, then move to timed practice. I keep a doubt hour after class and go through every test with each student. [Add a result you can show.]

Home tutor. Short intro: Home tutor for Classes 1 to 5 in [area, city]. All subjects, homework help and reading practice, in Hindi and English. About: I am [Your name], a home tutor with [X] years of experience and a [D.El.Ed. or your qualification]. I help with homework and spend part of every session on reading and maths basics. Each week I tell parents what we covered and what needs practice.

Spoken English trainer. Short intro: Spoken English trainer for students and job seekers. Speaking practice every class, interview preparation, Hindi-medium learners welcome. About: I am [Your name], and for [X] years I have helped Hindi-medium students and working people speak English with confidence. Most of each session is speaking: role plays, short talks, and feedback on pronunciation and grammar, with practice for interviews and phone calls. I teach small groups online and in [city].

Music teacher. Short intro: Guitar and keyboard teacher for beginners of all ages. [X] years of teaching. Learn the songs you love while you learn chords. About: I am [Your name], with [X] years of teaching and [your music grade or training]. I teach beginners, from children of [age] to adults, one to one or in small groups. Every student starts with a song they like, and we learn chords, rhythm and notation through it.

Coding trainer. Short intro: Coding trainer for school and college students. Python, web basics and Excel, taught through small projects you can show. About: I am [Your name], a computer trainer with [X] years of teaching and [X] years as a [developer or your role]. I teach Python, HTML and CSS, and Excel to students and beginners. Each topic ends with a small project, and I review every student's code.

Hindi teacher. Short intro: Hindi teacher for Classes 6 to 12, CBSE and state boards. Grammar, letters and essays, and literature explained simply. About: I am [Your name], with [X] years of teaching Hindi and an [M.A. in Hindi and a B.Ed.]. Students who find vyakaran hard get short rules with many examples, and every week includes one letter, essay or notice that I mark and return with comments.

Mistakes to avoid, and a photo checklist

• Starting with your life story. Put what you teach, and to whom, first.
• Leaving out the level, board or exam, so a reader cannot tell whether you are for them.
• Claims you cannot back, such as 100 percent results. One true result beats three vague ones.
• A resume objective, such as seeking a challenging position.
• Students' names, photos or marks without permission.
• Spelling mistakes. Ask someone to read it before you publish.

Profile photo checklist

• Recent, only you, with your face clearly visible from head to shoulders.
• Soft light on your face, such as daylight from a window in front of you.
• A plain, tidy background, and the clothes you would teach in.
• Looking at the camera with a natural smile; no sunglasses or heavy filters.
• Your face centred, since profile photos are often shown small or round.

Put your profile online, free, on Sikhami

Putting your profile on Sikhami takes a few minutes, on the website.

1. Sign up on Sikhami, open Learning studio and choose New teacher profile.
2. Type Your name, pick topics under What do you teach? if you like, and choose Create teacher profile. Each account has one teacher profile.
3. In Manage teacher profile, open Edit and add your Profile photo, Name, Username, Short intro (150 characters), About (up to 2,000 characters), a category, Email, phone, and links to your Website, YouTube and Facebook.
4. Fill in What do you teach? (up to 10 topics), Languages, Teaches, Experience and State. Your topics decide which category pages list you under Teachers.
5. Pick a username: lowercase, at least 6 characters, with letters, numbers, dots and underscores. Learners, teachers and institutes share one set of usernames, so it must be unique.
6. Confirm your email and phone. Each is saved only after you enter the code sent to it, and both are needed to publish.
7. Publish. You need a profile photo, name, username, short intro, email, and phone with country code. Sikhami then shows: Published. Institutes can now invite you.

What your page shows, and how learners find you

Signed-in learners see your name, @username, followers, courses, institutes, category, topics, About, an email link and your links. They can Follow, like, save and share your profile, Write a review and Ask a question.

Visitors who are not signed in, and search engines, see a public page with your photo, name, rating, followers, short intro, a Follow on Sikhami button and your Courses. It is marked up for search engines as a person and listed in Sikhami's sitemap, so it can appear in Google.

Inside Sikhami, learners find teachers on the Teachers page, under Popular or Newest, and in the Teachers tab of each category page, by the topics you teach. In the Android app, your teacher page also has Call and WhatsApp buttons that use your phone number, so give a number you are happy for learners to use.

Course requests from institutes

When an institute's course owner invites your published profile by username, the invitation appears under Course requests in Manage teacher profile, and you choose Accept or Decline. Once you accept, you can edit that course's curriculum, answer students' doubts and post announcements.

The owner can give you a share of the course's online sales, but only if they set one; by default there is none. A share that is set is applied to each sale automatically. Sikhami keeps a share of each paid online course sale, and Google Play takes its fee on purchases in the Android app.

To sell a course of your own, create a free institute and add the course under it, as our page on Sikhami's free LMS explains. Teach and earn on Sikhami covers every other way to get paid.

Good to know before you start

• A teacher profile has no message button. Learners reach you through the email shown on it, by Call or WhatsApp in the Android app, or by messaging your personal Sikhami account.
• Following your teacher profile does not fill anyone's feed. Clips and posts belong to your personal account, so learners who want them should follow that account.
• Visitors who are not signed in see your short intro but not your About, so put your most important line in the intro.
• You do not sell from the teacher profile itself: paid items are on your personal account, and courses are sold through an institute. Our guide to online teaching platforms compares other places to teach.