Have you notice the shortage of teachers in your school?

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Anonymous wrote:I have noticed that the academic background of the recent hires is very weak. On the contrary older teachers are much better at teaching and dealing with kids at school.

For instance the recent math teacher in my kid school comes from a public school where none the kids are proficient in math according to state evaluations. Also every month 1 teacher is leaving. So the shortage is very disruptive and it seems that the school is not raising salaries to retain top talent. This in spite of setting the tuition at 50+k. Do you experience something similar?

Just a wild guess, but would you say they’re not spending this money on teachers because they’re instead using it to hire new administrators to new positions via controversial hiring processes?

The school you're alluding to doesn't have faculty leaving mid-year every month. Must be another K-12 school.

No. But it has a troll who’s resorted to starting generic threads like this as a way to try to continue to keep it front and center on this site.

And I see I’m not the only one who noticed that it’s you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not really. In my private school the math teachers are psychologists and biologists which are not great for math.

I don’t know what private schools you are talking about, but I haven’t seen this.

Yes, in a 50k+ prestigious school in DC.

You wanted prestige, cachet. Bet you were pretty pleased with yourself when your child was admitted. Oh well. You still have the prestige, I guess?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not really. In my private school the math teachers are psychologists and biologists which are not great for math.

I don’t know what private schools you are talking about, but I haven’t seen this.

Yes, in a 50k+ prestigious school in DC.

You wanted prestige, cachet. Bet you were pretty pleased with yourself when your child was admitted. Oh well. You still have the prestige, I guess?

I was looking for good education.But switched my kid to a good school with prestige. That’s the beauty of free market. You don’t need to take crap from schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not really. In my private school the math teachers are psychologists and biologists which are not great for math.

If you are unhappy with the school and who they hire, you should talk to the school about it directly or leave. You can opt into your local public at any time or even apply elsewhere. Why are you paying $50K+ for a school you don’t like given all these threads you’ve started (and have been closed or deleted) about various topics.

We switched schools. Just posting things I noticed and people Don’t like to mention in previous school. Interesting that other people are noticing the same in other schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have noticed that the academic background of the recent hires is very weak. On the contrary older teachers are much better at teaching and dealing with kids at school.

For instance the recent math teacher in my kid school comes from a public school where none the kids are proficient in math according to state evaluations. Also every month 1 teacher is leaving. So the shortage is very disruptive and it seems that the school is not raising salaries to retain top talent. This in spite of setting the tuition at 50+k. Do you experience something similar?

Just a wild guess, but would you say they’re not spending this money on teachers because they’re instead using it to hire new administrators to new positions via controversial hiring processes?

The school you're alluding to doesn't have faculty leaving mid-year every month. Must be another K-12 school.

No. But it has a troll who’s resorted to starting generic threads like this as a way to try to continue to keep it front and center on this site.

And I see I’m not the only one who noticed that it’s you.

“Battle not with monsters lest you become a monster” - Nietzsche

“Feed not the troll, lest you become the troll” - everyone on DCUM who got as sick of the person constantly bringing up the Maret troll as we are of the original Maret troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not really. In my private school the math teachers are psychologists and biologists which are not great for math.

If you are unhappy with the school and who they hire, you should talk to the school about it directly or leave. You can opt into your local public at any time or even apply elsewhere. Why are you paying $50K+ for a school you don’t like given all these threads you’ve started (and have been closed or deleted) about various topics.

We switched schools. Just posting things I noticed and people Don’t like to mention in previous school. Interesting that other people are noticing the same in other schools.

If you are no longer at the school, why did you say the teachers are psychologists and biologists?

You are so full of garbage.

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Anonymous wrote:Part of the issue is that private school tend to pay less than public schools, in particular considering the pension and healthcare programs.

To be fair, public schools may pay more and have better benefits but teaching at a public school is usually a lot more work than teaching at private. You teach more classes per day and you may have 30+ students per class. The range of students is huge as well. Lot of time consuming tasks that teachers have to do due to district and state requirements. Classroom management is tougher. Shorter summer breaks.

But the teachers in my private school complain about the same things. Maybe they are spoiled.

Actually, what they really complain about is the parents.

They complain mostly about kids.

I’ve been teaching and working in independent schools for years. I rarely hear people complain about kids except in a good natured way. It’s really complaints about the admin, followed by the parents.

Another experienced teacher here. I agree. Complaints are almost always another adults (admin or parents).

Teach at a boarding school instead. Parents are far removed for the most part. And you get housing

This wasn't my experience. I was in charge of 16 girls in our house, in addition to my teaching duties. I spent a LOT of time communicating with parents, communicating with admin and other teachers for parents, and participating in video conferences late at night to suit a parent's timezone issue. It was full-on and intense, like having two jobs at once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not really. In my private school the math teachers are psychologists and biologists which are not great for math.

If you are unhappy with the school and who they hire, you should talk to the school about it directly or leave. You can opt into your local public at any time or even apply elsewhere. Why are you paying $50K+ for a school you don’t like given all these threads you’ve started (and have been closed or deleted) about various topics.

We switched schools. Just posting things I noticed and people Don’t like to mention in previous school. Interesting that other people are noticing the same in other schools.

If you are no longer at the school, why did you say the teachers are psychologists and biologists?

You are so full of garbage.

Starting in September. This is in the school website open to everyone. So no, I am not full of garbage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have noticed that the academic background of the recent hires is very weak. On the contrary older teachers are much better at teaching and dealing with kids at school.

For instance the recent math teacher in my kid school comes from a public school where none the kids are proficient in math according to state evaluations. Also every month 1 teacher is leaving. So the shortage is very disruptive and it seems that the school is not raising salaries to retain top talent. This in spite of setting the tuition at 50+k. Do you experience something similar?

Just a wild guess, but would you say they’re not spending this money on teachers because they’re instead using it to hire new administrators to new positions via controversial hiring processes?

The school you're alluding to doesn't have faculty leaving mid-year every month. Must be another K-12 school.

No. But it has a troll who’s resorted to starting generic threads like this as a way to try to continue to keep it front and center on this site.

And I see I’m not the only one who noticed that it’s you.

“Battle not with monsters lest you become a monster” - Nietzsche

“Feed not the troll, lest you become the troll” - everyone on DCUM who got as sick of the person constantly bringing up the Maret troll as we are of the original Maret troll.

I don’t see any difference between the Maret troll and you. You cannot be a normal person if you get offended with a post in DCUM.