Tuition seem high?? Curious of the Salary of the Head of Your School? Do your research. Here is how.

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OP, religious schools don't send money TO the church, they get money FROM the church to subsidize the cost of running a school. Tuition does not cover operating costs. Also, different religious schools have different funding models, and some are independent of the churches.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume that one reason you are sending your child to a private school is for the quality of the experience. Perhaps even a world class educational experience. Always amazes me that people want an exceptional experience but think the leader of the organization should not be compensated as such. I promise you your head of school could make far more in a different role.

I actually worry more about how well the teachers are being compensated. They are the ones doing the actual work of the school, not the HOS.

Happy teachers affect my child. Whether the HOS is there doesn’t have as much impact.

- parent AND teacher

You must be an inexperienced teacher if you really think that the HOS doesn’t have an impact. What do you think makes happy teachers? You all sit here thinking that a HOS that works 12 months and does the hiring of teachers has it so much easier than them? You have no clue and it’s gross that people come on here and claim that someone with essentially no days off and responsible for all major decisions within a school doesn’t deserve a high salary.

Nope. I’ve been teaching 25 years and I know who really sells the school: teachers. Are you really going to select a school based on the HOS or the teachers in the classroom? We both know the answer to that.

A HOS who makes 5-6X what the teachers make? That’s gross.

And what makes happy teachers? Being respected. The HOS has a hard job, but teachers do as well. We also work long hours during the school year, running the very programs that the HOS can sell to parents. We do the true work.

So if a teacher is at the school until 10pm cleaning up after a band concert or NHS ceremony, just to be back in their classroom at 6:30am prepping for the school day, should they be happy with their 60K? When the HOS who didn’t even show up to the event gets 300K?

Are you a public or private school teacher? Because every HOS my kids have had has been at just about every event, cheering the students on and then stacking chairs when it was over. And back in their office first thing in the morning. And that’s only three schools, and maybe we got lucky, but it’s hard to imagine our family has experienced the only three involved HOS in the area.

I’m a private school teacher. I’m glad your HOS are involved.

… and the teachers were also stacking chairs. They were also back in their classrooms the following morning ready to teach a full day. They were also there several evenings before the event, running rehearsals and preparing.

And for a fraction of the pay.

Yea hers are absolutely underpaid, both private and public. And often have to put up with terrible teaching environments, obnoxious parents, and unsupportive admin. You absolutely deserve to be paid more.

But comparing your salary to the HOS is unrealistic. That’s like saying the corporate drone should compare their salary to the CEO.

Both things can be true - HOS work extremely hard for their (fair) compensation, and teachers work extremely hard for their massively too low salary.

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Yea hers = teachers. Small phone, fat fingers.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume that one reason you are sending your child to a private school is for the quality of the experience. Perhaps even a world class educational experience. Always amazes me that people want an exceptional experience but think the leader of the organization should not be compensated as such. I promise you your head of school could make far more in a different role.

I actually worry more about how well the teachers are being compensated. They are the ones doing the actual work of the school, not the HOS.

Happy teachers affect my child. Whether the HOS is there doesn’t have as much impact.

- parent AND teacher

You must be an inexperienced teacher if you really think that the HOS doesn’t have an impact. What do you think makes happy teachers? You all sit here thinking that a HOS that works 12 months and does the hiring of teachers has it so much easier than them? You have no clue and it’s gross that people come on here and claim that someone with essentially no days off and responsible for all major decisions within a school doesn’t deserve a high salary.

Nope. I’ve been teaching 25 years and I know who really sells the school: teachers. Are you really going to select a school based on the HOS or the teachers in the classroom? We both know the answer to that.

A HOS who makes 5-6X what the teachers make? That’s gross.

And what makes happy teachers? Being respected. The HOS has a hard job, but teachers do as well. We also work long hours during the school year, running the very programs that the HOS can sell to parents. We do the true work.

So if a teacher is at the school until 10pm cleaning up after a band concert or NHS ceremony, just to be back in their classroom at 6:30am prepping for the school day, should they be happy with their 60K? When the HOS who didn’t even show up to the event gets 300K?

Are you a public or private school teacher? Because every HOS my kids have had has been at just about every event, cheering the students on and then stacking chairs when it was over. And back in their office first thing in the morning. And that’s only three schools, and maybe we got lucky, but it’s hard to imagine our family has experienced the only three involved HOS in the area.

I’m a private school teacher. I’m glad your HOS are involved.

… and the teachers were also stacking chairs. They were also back in their classrooms the following morning ready to teach a full day. They were also there several evenings before the event, running rehearsals and preparing.

And for a fraction of the pay.

Yea hers are absolutely underpaid, both private and public. And often have to put up with terrible teaching environments, obnoxious parents, and unsupportive admin. You absolutely deserve to be paid more.

But comparing your salary to the HOS is unrealistic. That’s like saying the corporate drone should compare their salary to the CEO.

Both things can be true - HOS work extremely hard for their (fair) compensation, and teachers work extremely hard for their massively too low salary.

I also feel the corporate drone shouldn’t make a fraction of a CEO’s salary. The person doing the real work of a company deserves respectable pay.

And a PP above pointed it out: this is a supply/demand issue. The current teacher shortage is going to get worse, and teacher pay will have to improve. A school can’t operate without its teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume that one reason you are sending your child to a private school is for the quality of the experience. Perhaps even a world class educational experience. Always amazes me that people want an exceptional experience but think the leader of the organization should not be compensated as such. I promise you your head of school could make far more in a different role.

I actually worry more about how well the teachers are being compensated. They are the ones doing the actual work of the school, not the HOS.

Happy teachers affect my child. Whether the HOS is there doesn’t have as much impact.

- parent AND teacher

You must be an inexperienced teacher if you really think that the HOS doesn’t have an impact. What do you think makes happy teachers? You all sit here thinking that a HOS that works 12 months and does the hiring of teachers has it so much easier than them? You have no clue and it’s gross that people come on here and claim that someone with essentially no days off and responsible for all major decisions within a school doesn’t deserve a high salary.

Nope. I’ve been teaching 25 years and I know who really sells the school: teachers. Are you really going to select a school based on the HOS or the teachers in the classroom? We both know the answer to that.

A HOS who makes 5-6X what the teachers make? That’s gross.

And what makes happy teachers? Being respected. The HOS has a hard job, but teachers do as well. We also work long hours during the school year, running the very programs that the HOS can sell to parents. We do the true work.

So if a teacher is at the school until 10pm cleaning up after a band concert or NHS ceremony, just to be back in their classroom at 6:30am prepping for the school day, should they be happy with their 60K? When the HOS who didn’t even show up to the event gets 300K?

Are you a public or private school teacher? Because every HOS my kids have had has been at just about every event, cheering the students on and then stacking chairs when it was over. And back in their office first thing in the morning. And that’s only three schools, and maybe we got lucky, but it’s hard to imagine our family has experienced the only three involved HOS in the area.

I’m a private school teacher. I’m glad your HOS are involved.

… and the teachers were also stacking chairs. They were also back in their classrooms the following morning ready to teach a full day. They were also there several evenings before the event, running rehearsals and preparing.

And for a fraction of the pay.

Why don’t you teach in a public school? I’m not trying to be argumentative. If you have experience in both public and private, why are you teaching in private?

The pay may be lower, but I like the autonomy. I am extremely good at what I do, and I felt restricted by the poorly written curriculum of the publics. I also didn’t like dealing with the revolving door of “the best strategy ever” that was forced on my classroom. I now have the freedom to truly meet my students’ needs, whereas in the public system I had to meet the district’s needs. Two different things.

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Anonymous wrote:Woodward and Bernstein over here.

Lol

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Anonymous wrote:I find none of this to be a problem?

I can’t believe an assistant head of school is only being paid 130

The issue is the discrepancy between HOS pay and teacher pay, especially when the teachers do the most important work in the school.

A school can survive without a ton of admin. It can’t survive without teachers.

This. Teachers deserve more of the pie.

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Anonymous wrote:Woodward and Bernstein over here.

lol. Maybe OP can next pull up the hundreds of do-nothing public school administrators in the District, Moco, Fairfax, PGC, Loudoun, etc. who make $150k-500k yr each.

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Anonymous wrote:Bullis HoS makes 600k. And gets a house and car.

Two years ago he was making close to $700 plus house and car.

Not worth it, IMO!!!

Why does the board pay him or her that much then?

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Anonymous wrote:I assume that one reason you are sending your child to a private school is for the quality of the experience. Perhaps even a world class educational experience. Always amazes me that people want an exceptional experience but think the leader of the organization should not be compensated as such. I promise you your head of school could make far more in a different role.

I actually worry more about how well the teachers are being compensated. They are the ones doing the actual work of the school, not the HOS.

Happy teachers affect my child. Whether the HOS is there doesn’t have as much impact.

- parent AND teacher

HOS typically get paid [more] if they deliver on gifts, growth, and long-term planning. There are podunk college presidents making a million+ a year because a few major donors like them.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume that one reason you are sending your child to a private school is for the quality of the experience. Perhaps even a world class educational experience. Always amazes me that people want an exceptional experience but think the leader of the organization should not be compensated as such. I promise you your head of school could make far more in a different role.

I actually worry more about how well the teachers are being compensated. They are the ones doing the actual work of the school, not the HOS.

Happy teachers affect my child. Whether the HOS is there doesn’t have as much impact.

- parent AND teacher

I am all for robust compensation for teachers. However, I have seen this simplistic, naive argument written here a million times, the argument that "real" work is being done by the teachers and administrators don't contribute much. Administrators are career professionals in finance or HR or Law, it takes intelligence, skill, leadership, experience to manage the funds, to manage the board and parents and staff. These professionals don't come cheap as they juggle a hundred balls in the air, so yes they will continue to command excellent pay.

Teachers on the other hand only need to focus on managing their classroom, there is simply no comparison. Should teachers be paid more? Absolutely. Should administrators be paid less? Absolutely not, that is if you want competent people managing and running an organization.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume that one reason you are sending your child to a private school is for the quality of the experience. Perhaps even a world class educational experience. Always amazes me that people want an exceptional experience but think the leader of the organization should not be compensated as such. I promise you your head of school could make far more in a different role.

I actually worry more about how well the teachers are being compensated. They are the ones doing the actual work of the school, not the HOS.

Happy teachers affect my child. Whether the HOS is there doesn’t have as much impact.

- parent AND teacher

I am all for robust compensation for teachers. However, I have seen this simplistic, naive argument written here a million times, the argument that "real" work is being done by the teachers and administrators don't contribute much. Administrators are career professionals in finance or HR or Law, it takes intelligence, skill, leadership, experience to manage the funds, to manage the board and parents and staff. These professionals don't come cheap as they juggle a hundred balls in the air, so yes they will continue to command excellent pay.

Teachers on the other hand only need to focus on managing their classroom, there is simply no comparison. Should teachers be paid more? Absolutely. Should administrators be paid less? Absolutely not, that is if you want competent people managing and running an organization.

HOS should make a lot. Way more than teachers. Their job is much harder. In this market a good HOS is worth at least 500k.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume that one reason you are sending your child to a private school is for the quality of the experience. Perhaps even a world class educational experience. Always amazes me that people want an exceptional experience but think the leader of the organization should not be compensated as such. I promise you your head of school could make far more in a different role.

I actually worry more about how well the teachers are being compensated. They are the ones doing the actual work of the school, not the HOS.

Happy teachers affect my child. Whether the HOS is there doesn’t have as much impact.

- parent AND teacher

I am all for robust compensation for teachers. However, I have seen this simplistic, naive argument written here a million times, the argument that "real" work is being done by the teachers and administrators don't contribute much. Administrators are career professionals in finance or HR or Law, it takes intelligence, skill, leadership, experience to manage the funds, to manage the board and parents and staff. These professionals don't come cheap as they juggle a hundred balls in the air, so yes they will continue to command excellent pay.

Teachers on the other hand only need to focus on managing their classroom, there is simply no comparison. Should teachers be paid more? Absolutely. Should administrators be paid less? Absolutely not, that is if you want competent people managing and running an organization.

HOS should make a lot. Way more than teachers. Their job is much harder. In this market a good HOS is worth at least 500k.

That's fair. The problem is that the not so good HOS is also receiving this salary.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume that one reason you are sending your child to a private school is for the quality of the experience. Perhaps even a world class educational experience. Always amazes me that people want an exceptional experience but think the leader of the organization should not be compensated as such. I promise you your head of school could make far more in a different role.

I actually worry more about how well the teachers are being compensated. They are the ones doing the actual work of the school, not the HOS.

Happy teachers affect my child. Whether the HOS is there doesn’t have as much impact.

- parent AND teacher

I am all for robust compensation for teachers. However, I have seen this simplistic, naive argument written here a million times, the argument that "real" work is being done by the teachers and administrators don't contribute much. Administrators are career professionals in finance or HR or Law, it takes intelligence, skill, leadership, experience to manage the funds, to manage the board and parents and staff. These professionals don't come cheap as they juggle a hundred balls in the air, so yes they will continue to command excellent pay.

Teachers on the other hand only need to focus on managing their classroom, there is simply no comparison. Should teachers be paid more? Absolutely. Should administrators be paid less? Absolutely not, that is if you want competent people managing and running an organization.

HOS should make a lot. Way more than teachers. Their job is much harder. In this market a good HOS is worth at least 500k.

DMV area teacher here with just under two decades of experience at multiple area schools.

In the time I've been in the area, my salary still hasn't made50% of year and trails area inflation adjusted for cost of living. I don't make six figures.

The three schools I've worked have seen HoS compensation increase ~350% and

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DMV area teacher here with just under two decades of experience at multiple area schools.

In the time I've been in the area, my salary still hasn't increased 50% from year one and trails area inflation adjusted for cost of living. I don't make six figures.

The three schools I've worked have seen HoS compensation increase ~350% and more than $500,000 each.

Yes, HoS deserve more than teachers, but I don't think they deserve generational wealth while teacher compensation can't meet area costs of living.