Care to know how much $$$$ the administration at your school is raking in?! Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

It's a big leap from top administrators make much more than teachers to "the majority of the money is being spent on administration." I've seen evidence of the former proposition, but nothing supporting the latter.

Beyond that, I think that it's somewhat misleading to distinguish between administrators and "people who are actually doing the educating." Good administration is what creates the conditions under which teachers can spend most of their time educating (rather than disciplining, counseling, fund-raising, etc.). Both teachers and administrators contribute to the quality of the school and of the education my kid receives there.

I'm an educator myself and I'm not into branding. I've certainly seen my share of bad administrators and, in general, I don't find administration or administrators particularly appealing -- more in the regrettable necessity category. But the highly-compensated administrators at DC's local private seem to be doing their jobs quite well on the whole and I don't begrudge them their salaries or feel that my tuition $$ are being wasted or misallocated.

[Anonymous]

If you are not happy with salary go get another job. If it comes to a point in which good teachers are in short supply, wages will go up. No need for drama or improper expressions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that the 2009 data had the average CEO making 264x what the average employee makes in the US (down from 500x+ earlier in the decade). 11:1 is Japanese ratio that's held up as more responsible.

Re comparing Rhee to private school Heads. The latter have fundraising roles which often influences compensation. Not to mention that Rhee had virtually no qualifications for heading a school (much less a school system). And salary wasn't her whole compensation package.

In general, we're not a culture in which level of compensation is a function of how hard a job is.

Re redirecting administrative compensation to teachers -- it wouldn't go far given the small number of administrators vs. the large number of teachers.

Maybe not but it would make the teachers and most parents much happier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Administrators hire the teachers and the teachers report to the Administrators. Is there a profession where the employees make more money than the bosses?

Do the math. That is not what is being asked here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Re redirecting administrative compensation to teachers -- it wouldn't go far given the small number of administrators vs. the large number of teachers.

Maybe not but it would make the teachers and most parents much happier.

It would make them happier for a year. Then experienced staff would leave to work in schools less short-sighted or colleges.

No matter what time of day, night, weekend, season that I visit my child's school, I always see key members of the admin team working what must be crazy hours. For what I imagine must be less job satisfaction than teachers who get the joy of seeing children learn up close. And for the great pleasure of attending to the needs of a very demanding clientele (me and my fellow parents). I'd rather be a teacher than an administrator, even with the extra $.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Administrators hire the teachers and the teachers report to the Administrators. Is there a profession where the employees make more money than the bosses?

Do the math. That is not what is being asked here.

Learn to read. It is what is being discussed here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Administrators hire the teachers and the teachers report to the Administrators. Is there a profession where the employees make more money than the bosses?

Do the math. That is not what is being asked here.

Learn to read. It is what is being discussed here.

Narrowing the wage gap between the administrators and the teachers is not asking for teachers to make more than administrators. What am I missing here?

[Anonymous]

since WHEN is 200K or even 300K anything in this town. The Lawyer PITA parents that make the HOS's job difficult are making 850K and all they due is suit people. I'd vote for an educator or the Head of a well run school making a living salary in this town any day. ( 100K/year in DC doesn't even buy you a condo in this credit market)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's post info on all the schools we can find.

Oh really? You are willing to risk your job by posting your schools salaries? In theory it is a great idea but it would get us all fired.

It is an open forum and this is a productive conversation. Why would it get "us" all fired unless "we" have something to hide and get fired for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's post info on all the schools we can find.

Oh really? You are willing to risk your job by posting your schools salaries? In theory it is a great idea but it would get us all fired.

It is an open forum and this is a productive conversation. Why would it get "us" all fired unless "we" have something to hide and get fired for?

That's the beauty of independent schools. Nobody would get fired for posting their salaries. Nobody generally gets fired for anything!