Working at a charter

[Anonymous]

Do any of you teach at a charter school? I'm curious what some of the best charter schools are as far as salary, benefits and work environment . I know that the salaries range from very low to very high depending on the school.

[Anonymous]

Each charter has to file an annual report with the PCSB that includes teacher attrition for that year, the average teacher salary and the highest and lowest salary.

These are posted on the DCPCSB website.

[Anonymous]

What pp said. Also generally speaking, charter pay is pretty low. Better than private schools and worse than traditional public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What pp said. Also generally speaking, charter pay is pretty low. Better than private schools and worse than traditional public. [/quote

That's not really true. Maximums tend to be lower but salaries are generally comparable.

I make 60k as a k teacher, for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What pp said. Also generally speaking, charter pay is pretty low. Better than private schools and worse than traditional public.

The staff preferrencw is a pretty good benefit and probably worth the pay cut if you live in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What pp said. Also generally speaking, charter pay is pretty low. Better than private schools and worse than traditional public.

The staff preferrencw is a pretty good benefit and probably worth the pay cut if you live in DC.

Maybe. If you have school age children or a partner with better retirement benefits.

Many teachers at charters are not planning on making it a lifelong career -- so the lack of seniority, benefits may not be a big deal.

[Anonymous]

I'm really confused. All of the charters I have interviewed with have offered great benefits and good salary. Maybe it's just my subject as it's in high demand

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm really confused. All of the charters I have interviewed with have offered great benefits and good salary. Maybe it's just my subject as it's in high demand

All charters are different as run by different entities, when you work for DCPS you work for the system so pay, benefits, etc are standardized. It's like asking what is it like to work in an office, it depends on the office! You need to ask about the specific school or google around and check out Glass Door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What pp said. Also generally speaking, charter pay is pretty low. Better than private schools and worse than traditional public. [/quote

That's not really true. Maximums tend to be lower but salaries are generally comparable.

I make 60k as a k teacher, for example.

yeah, and i make way more than that in dcps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What pp said. Also generally speaking, charter pay is pretty low. Better than private schools and worse than traditional public. [/quote

That's not really true. Maximums tend to be lower but salaries are generally comparable.

I make 60k as a k teacher, for example.

yeah, and i make way more than that in dcps.

Then you either have more education or experience than me.

Here is the DCPS chart: https://dcps.dc.gov/page/compensation-and-benefits-teachers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm really confused. All of the charters I have interviewed with have offered great benefits and good salary. Maybe it's just my subject as it's in high demand

Depends on what charter.
Authoritarianism is the word which best explains those charters which exist to enrich their investors. Education is a mere by-product. If you are a team player and keep people happy, then you'll get a high salary plus bonuses.

[Anonymous]

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really confused. All of the charters I have interviewed with have offered great benefits and good salary. Maybe it's just my subject as it's in high demand

Depends on what charter.
Authoritarianism is the word which best explains those charters which exist to enrich their investors. Education is a mere by-product. If you are a team player and keep people happy, then you'll get a high salary plus bonuses.

My charter is a non-profit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really confused. All of the charters I have interviewed with have offered great benefits and good salary. Maybe it's just my subject as it's in high demand

Depends on what charter.
Authoritarianism is the word which best explains those charters which exist to enrich their investors. Education is a mere by-product. If you are a team player and keep people happy, then you'll get a high salary plus bonuses.

My charter is a non-profit.

On the surface, they all are in DC. But does it have a for profit management organization that has all the same people on the board? Because that's legal too. Likely unethical, but legal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really confused. All of the charters I have interviewed with have offered great benefits and good salary. Maybe it's just my subject as it's in high demand

Depends on what charter.
Authoritarianism is the word which best explains those charters which exist to enrich their investors. Education is a mere by-product. If you are a team player and keep people happy, then you'll get a high salary plus bonuses.

My charter is a non-profit.

They can still have obligations to payments to the entity that licenses their name and/or management fees that can go to for-profits. There are also vendors that PCSB steer charters toward using...I'm not sure that's out and out corruption (maybe they get savings from economies of scale?) but those seem at the very least monopolistic.

The whole idea of charters is to siphon money that would otherwise be paid as wages to union employees...that's why the oligarchs support them. The movement has nothing to do with failing schools. As long as this nation has generational poverty, there will be plenty of those...