Private school teacher salary

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Anonymous wrote:Could you share your salary and school anonymously? I work at FCPS and am wondering how much local privates are paying their teachers. I’m getting sick of the endless demands at my current job and would love having the more manageable workload of a private school.

I was just updating my resume for a position in FCPS. I have a master's in special ed plus an additional certification in a specific field. I've taught for 18+ years. I make $72k. My partner carries our benefits. My workload is MUCH better than when I worked in public schools, but the pay is abysmal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly true. I’m a teacher and one of my children wants to be one. She is in college now and I have done everything to discourage her from teaching. It’s not possible to make a living wage. Unless you are married to a money maker it isn’t sustainable. I think I have succeeded. She just added a second major and is less excited about being a teacher. It’s too bad, she would be amazing as a teacher.

75-100k isn't a living wage? I don't think that phrase means what you think it means.

It may not be enough to fund the lifestyle you want her to have, but be serious.

I truly don't understand. People line up to pay $50K for a school like Big 3 and actually deeply devalue education to persuade their kids not to be a teacher? What is the value? Sy hypocritical? If only money can buy education, then is education's only goal to make more money?

This right here is what we as a society need to evaluate. If the education and those providing it aren’t high salaries, then why pay so much for the privilege?

[Anonymous]

I realize that good benefits are difficult for small organizations to offer, but isn't there some type of cooperative or something that the independent or Catholic schools could form to try to offer their staff better healthcare?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I realize that good benefits are difficult for small organizations to offer, but isn't there some type of cooperative or something that the independent or Catholic schools could form to try to offer their staff better healthcare?

Like a union for collective bargaining??🙃

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I realize that good benefits are difficult for small organizations to offer, but isn't there some type of cooperative or something that the independent or Catholic schools could form to try to offer their staff better healthcare?

Like a union for collective bargaining??🙃

Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I realize that good benefits are difficult for small organizations to offer, but isn't there some type of cooperative or something that the independent or Catholic schools could form to try to offer their staff better healthcare?

There is a health insurance cooperative through AIMS. Our school is part of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I realize that good benefits are difficult for small organizations to offer, but isn't there some type of cooperative or something that the independent or Catholic schools could form to try to offer their staff better healthcare?

There is a health insurance cooperative through AIMS. Our school is part of it.

I just googled how much salary a English/Math teacher made in Big 3 like GDS and Sidwell. It is shockingly low, like 60K-70K. How can this be when tuition is $55K? Where did the money go? How can they attracts good teacher by paying so little?

[Anonymous]

Reading this as a parent. Where does $45k per student tuition go if most teachers are making less than $100k?? This is outrageous for you wonderful teachers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading this as a parent. Where does $45k per student tuition go if most teachers are making less than $100k?? This is outrageous for you wonderful teachers!

To the HOS. Case in point is WIS where the principal earns about 1 million dollars.

[Anonymous]

Administration teams often pull in bigger salaries. A lot of money goes toward facilities maintenance—it’s extremely expensive to maintain a campus. Insurance eats up a lot of cash. Things like sports team uniforms, field trips and other experiences that you don’t pay extra for. Some schools provide supplies and/or textbooks. Schools invest money in professional development. Full pay tuition helps offset families on FA. Etc etc.

Agree it’s a shame that teachers are not paid better but teaching at private is a lifestyle choice. They have far more freedom to modify curriculum and run a classroom. They do not have to deal with the same disciplinary issues and too large class sizes as they would in most public schools. Many privates offer a tuition reduction of some sort for faculty children. Teachers might select a certain school because it aligns with their religious beliefs. There are opportunities to coach and earn some extra money (tiny stipends but still) and many opt to work through the summer camps (again not a huge pay, but if they have kids attending they often go for free). Many teachers would tell you, on a good day, that there’s a feeling of being part of a community and something more than just a job. Obviously the benefits and work environment vary from school to school, but there are indeed upsides to teaching at a private school (vs public).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading this as a parent. Where does $45k per student tuition go if most teachers are making less than $100k?? This is outrageous for you wonderful teachers!

Yes, it is crazy. I just checked teacher salaries for GDS, Sidwell, Holton, NCS, all less than $100K and less than public school teachers. It is outrageous. For such low salary, how can the teaching quality to be high? I started to realize what make these school competitive is mostly how many legacy kids they recruit and how much they count on the wealthy parents to enrich the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading this as a parent. Where does $45k per student tuition go if most teachers are making less than $100k?? This is outrageous for you wonderful teachers!

What is the answer of this question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Administration teams often pull in bigger salaries. A lot of money goes toward facilities maintenance—it’s extremely expensive to maintain a campus. Insurance eats up a lot of cash. Things like sports team uniforms, field trips and other experiences that you don’t pay extra for. Some schools provide supplies and/or textbooks. Schools invest money in professional development. Full pay tuition helps offset families on FA. Etc etc.

Agree it’s a shame that teachers are not paid better but teaching at private is a lifestyle choice. They have far more freedom to modify curriculum and run a classroom. They do not have to deal with the same disciplinary issues and too large class sizes as they would in most public schools. Many privates offer a tuition reduction of some sort for faculty children. Teachers might select a certain school because it aligns with their religious beliefs. There are opportunities to coach and earn some extra money (tiny stipends but still) and many opt to work through the summer camps (again not a huge pay, but if they have kids attending they often go for free). Many teachers would tell you, on a good day, that there’s a feeling of being part of a community and something more than just a job. Obviously the benefits and work environment vary from school to school, but there are indeed upsides to teaching at a private school (vs public).

But for STEM, how does this low salary compete for other sector jobs?

[Anonymous]

Wow, paid less or equal to public school teachers? If I was paying 50-60K for tuition, I’d be emailing my HOS and asking where all my money went.

[Anonymous]

They have to release the information and you should demand it. But make sure that you're seeing faculty salaries without administrator salaries mixed in.