Area Private School Teacher Shortage?

[Anonymous]

Our private still has some teacher vacancies for this fall. Is this happening at other schools in the DC are?

[Anonymous]

Yep.

[Anonymous]

100%

[Anonymous]

Yes I am worried because several teachers left over the summer in addition to the few who left at the end of last school year. Two classes per grade but now 3 grades (k-8) have no teacher!

[Anonymous]

It's a nationwide problem and some public districts are resorting to waiving certification requirements, etc - there's been a fair amount written about this in the news. So it's no surprise that area private schools are feeling the shortage as well. Treat your kids' teachers with respect. High-quality replacements are not easy to come by at the moment.

[Anonymous]

Yes. It is a nationwide problem. To be expected.

[Anonymous]

It’s not a shortage of teachers, it’s teachers quitting because they’re tired of the system.

[Anonymous]

I can't speak to secular private schools, but religious private schools are scrambling for teachers. It is really, really bad.

[Anonymous]

Significantly increase the salary. Currently not enough money for all the bs they go through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Significantly increase the salary. Currently not enough money for all the bs they go through.

This. Private schools are going to have a tougher time recruiting teachers due to lack of competitive salaries. These teachers can make way more in public, or if they are totally over/burnt out of teaching, find a new career path. Amazon has openings for numerous positions that pay more than teacher salaries even in public with better benefits.

[Anonymous]

Covid also disproportionately affected working women, and teachers are mostly women. The burden of a stressful demanding job during a crisis and the demands of their own families/children, who may have been virtual for extended periods, frequent closures, etc. It's just not worth it to stay in the workforce for meager pay and those increased demands.

Also, Private school teachers don't have unions to protect their interests.

[Anonymous]

We are at a Christian K-8. At the beginning of the summer they needed to fill 4 teaching positions and the nurses we’ve got the nurse and 3 positions filled. Just need a MS science teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Covid also disproportionately affected working women, and teachers are mostly women. The burden of a stressful demanding job during a crisis and the demands of their own families/children, who may have been virtual for extended periods, frequent closures, etc. It's just not worth it to stay in the workforce for meager pay and those increased demands.

Also, Private school teachers don't have unions to protect their interests.

Stop blaming covid. Most privates were open all last year and many the prior year. The issue is pay and the environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Covid also disproportionately affected working women, and teachers are mostly women. The burden of a stressful demanding job during a crisis and the demands of their own families/children, who may have been virtual for extended periods, frequent closures, etc. It's just not worth it to stay in the workforce for meager pay and those increased demands.

Also, Private school teachers don't have unions to protect their interests.

Stop blaming covid. Most privates were open all last year and many the prior year. The issue is pay and the environment.

Confirmed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Significantly increase the salary. Currently not enough money for all the bs they go through.

This is the problem. Horrible pay, a lot of out of control parents, awful admin making a lot of money. Equals bye great teachers !