Independent school teachers salary survey!

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What about pensions? Are pension benefits for private school teachers comparable to those for public school teachers?

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Anonymous wrote:I like a holiday gift! Usually, it is a token--but most teachers are run down by the holiday. A gift says, "you're human, go have some fun." It's just nice, as gifts are meant to be. I like giving them to my child's teachers as well. I especially like chipping in to a collective gift or feast, so that it is not about currying favor but a community gesture of appreciation.

Yes that is always the best! It always lifts spirits when parents bring the teachers bagels or fruit in the mornings for no reason at all except to say thank you.

14 years masters 63,000

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Anonymous wrote:While STA is definitely a good place for teachers on multiple levels, people should not go overboard and assert that NCS "does not treat teachers well" based on the fact that the financial benefits are not as good as at STA. The simple fact is that STA has more money than NCS. (Not uncommon when comparing all-boys and all-girls school, given the greater earning power for much of the 20th century of men.) Automatic tuition remission, for example, costs a school money in terms of foregone revenue and that money has to come from somewhere. NCS teachers can and do apply for financial aid and faculty kids do attend NCS. NCS has made some good strides in faculty compensation in the last 5 years and they have good faculty retention.

It's time to stop blaming poor benefits and less pay for NCS on less endowment because historically women's schools pay less. Welcome to the 21st century.

From what I hear, Holton pays well in comparison to other schools. Is that true?

It depends on how long you have been employed at Holton.

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Anonymous wrote:What about pensions? Are pension benefits for private school teachers comparable to those for public school teachers?

No pensions for us.

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Anonymous wrote:What about pensions? Are pension benefits for private school teachers comparable to those for public school teachers?

My school doesn't provide pensions. They make small contribution to a retirement plan, similar to a 401K.

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Anonymous wrote:What about pensions? Are pension benefits for private school teachers comparable to those for public school teachers?

No way!!! Public school teachers have pretty good pensions as well as their 403 contributions. For DCPS teachers who have been in the system for a while, some of them will even receive full health benefits when they retire.

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Anonymous wrote:What about pensions? Are pension benefits for private school teachers comparable to those for public school teachers?

No pensions for us.

None for us either.

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Anonymous wrote:While STA is definitely a good place for teachers on multiple levels, people should not go overboard and assert that NCS "does not treat teachers well" based on the fact that the financial benefits are not as good as at STA. The simple fact is that STA has more money than NCS. (Not uncommon when comparing all-boys and all-girls school, given the greater earning power for much of the 20th century of men.) Automatic tuition remission, for example, costs a school money in terms of foregone revenue and that money has to come from somewhere. NCS teachers can and do apply for financial aid and faculty kids do attend NCS. NCS has made some good strides in faculty compensation in the last 5 years and they have good faculty retention.

It's time to stop blaming poor benefits and less pay for NCS on less endowment because historically women's schools pay less. Welcome to the 21st century.

From what I hear, Holton pays well in comparison to other schools. Is that true?

It depends on how long you have been employed at Holton.

Women's schools pay less than men's schools because women haven't been in a position to be as philanthropic as men. STA has a huge endowment funded by its alums who have been big earners since the school was established. NCS has a puny endowment in comparison because is has only been in the last 40 years that women have had the opportunity to earn significant money. And it's even MORE recent that they had equal say in how charity was distributed from the family budget. It will take a while for NCS to catch up to STA. When it does, maybe they'll be able to match STA faculty compensation and benefits. THEN we'll be in the 21st century.

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Teachers salaries are just another example of the great income disparity between positions in those sectors which society has placed a high value on (finance, entertainment, energy, law) and everything else, including education.

I still find it difficult to believe that a first year law associate earns more than a veteran teacher or a seasoned airline pilot.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers salaries are just another example of the great income disparity between positions in those sectors which society has placed a high value on (finance, entertainment, energy, law) and everything else, including education.

I still find it difficult to believe that a first year law associate earns more than a veteran teacher or a seasoned airline pilot.

I posted an article from the NYT on this subject last week. One unsettling fact from the article... on average, tollbooth operators make more per year than teachers. Atrocious.

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Anonymous wrote:Kindergarten -- 3 years -- 30K. Any schools who pay more hiring?!

My teacher assistants make more than 30K. This seems very low considering the market.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers salaries are just another example of the great income disparity between positions in those sectors which society has placed a high value on (finance, entertainment, energy, law) and everything else, including education.

I still find it difficult to believe that a first year law associate earns more than a veteran teacher or a seasoned airline pilot.

What else is new?

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61k 12 years lower school

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you, PP. What do you think would happen at your school if a family gave in the spirit of their cultural tradition? Would they be viewed as trying to buy influence or as a grateful family? This policy seems to me to add insult to injury. Teachers, what do you think of this policy?

Not letting teachers receive gifts to me implies that you don't think a teacher can treat students equally if one family gives a big gift but another doesn't. I find it insulting that someone would think that a teacher couldn't accept a nice gift without doing something dishonest or unethical in return (like grade inflation or other special treatment). Like a previous poster said, teachers don't go into the profession for the money. Why would anyone think that one fancy gift would make a difference when they've chosen to sacrifice so much already? Now, if a teacher starts going on expensive vacations on a family's tab ... that I'd wonder about.

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7 years MS $50,000, tuition around 30k, and tuition remission for faculty kids

We have the same gift policy, but I think it is for the economic disparity of the families who attend. They discourage giving gifts as some families can not afford to buy fabulous gifts for all of their kids' teachers. I don't think it has anything to do with teachers behaving favorably to families who give expensive gifts.