Which private schools retain their teachers the most?

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I didnt know that Stone Ridge has daycare. Are they considered a Catholic school or an Independent school or both?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is just Sidwell, Holton, and Beauvoir

Sidwell has daycare?

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

For staff and faculty kids

[Anonymous]

And others, if there is space.

[Anonymous]

The Beauvior day care is as much as an entire pay check for the average teacer - too pricey for most!

[Anonymous]

I asked this on in another thread, but think this thread might be more appropriate. I'm simply curious about teacher turnover rates. I'm concerned about Bullis, where I am hearing about many middle school teachers leaving (5 I think this year). Is this typical for a school? Is it cause for concern or is this a normal retention thing. I think about the same number left last year. As far as I know, none of the leaving is retiring.

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Anonymous wrote:The schools with the best tuition remission policy w/ a teacher’s kids enrolled in the school. I love it when teachers tell me they took the job because of the tuition remission policy – meaning to me that they aren’t interested at all in the school. Reversely, I love it when teachers tell me they are quitting because their kid is graduating. I understand that tuition remission is huge with teachers. It would be for me too. However, I think the teachers should watch what they say to parents and not share so much.

And parents should watch what they say to and around their children. You would be appalled at some of the stuff that comes out of their mouths. Especially, political, ethnic or religious comments. We teachers have a field day with that.

Sure "Kids say the darndest things". Clearly you've never watched Art Linkletter/Bill Cosby, taken courses in childhood development/psychology, or attended Ed. School. Of course you are a private school teacher so naturally you consider any kid who is not a Stepford Child to be a freak.

On one hand I feel bad for you guys because you earn minimum wage, but on the other hand so many of you have taken academic shortcuts to become teachers, you don’t really deserve much more.

If you knew anything about childhood development you’d know that children are not adults just placed in smaller bodies. No far from it, they are children who are learning a wide variety of academic and social skills. Much of their learning curve is completed through the process of trial and error. It’s difficult know where or how children have acquired the information they've cobbled together and later presented as their understanding of the facts. As you say some of it may be learned at home, but they may also attain information from teachers, peers, and media.

Correct them because you are a good teacher. Gossip about something they have said making them the fodder of your ridicule in the teachers’ lounge makes you a bad teacher. Kindness, understanding and forgiveness will make you a good teacher and a gracious human being. Refusing to forgive a child, refusing to allow them to redeem themselves and ruing their reputations are the worst kinds of evils and you should remove yourself from the classroom immediately.

Kids have fewer filters and the strange or awkward things they say should be gently corrected and not be repeated for public amusement in the teacher’s lounge.

Most of us have gossiped at times and we should all resolve to never do it again; especially about children.

So yes you are right, kids do say the darndest thing, but if you are a professional educator you do not turn those missteps and misspoken words into a "field day" in the teachers' lounge.

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I think you misunderstood. The field day is had at the parents expense not the child's. This happens at public schools, too. In fact, it was my first experience with it. So don't think that by sending little Johnny to public school the teachers won't be onto you and your mouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do all independent schools have daycare for fac? Or just Sidwell and St Albans?

St. Patrick's has great daycare for faculty children.

[Anonymous]

Turnover is a good thing. You have energetic teachers with experience coming to good schools such as bullis. Don't sweat it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I asked this on in another thread, but think this thread might be more appropriate. I'm simply curious about teacher turnover rates. I'm concerned about Bullis, where I am hearing about many middle school teachers leaving (5 I think this year). Is this typical for a school? Is it cause for concern or is this a normal retention thing. I think about the same number left last year. As far as I know, none of the leaving is retiring.

That does not strike me as unusual for middle school at an area independent--they tend to be younger than upper school teachers so you have more people leaving to go back to school, etc.

[Anonymous]

I'm not PP, but I do wonder about Bullis faculty/staff leaving. LS principal and one teacher are also leaving. Does anyone have any insights on this? I'm guessing it migth be related to the new head of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not PP, but I do wonder about Bullis faculty/staff leaving. LS principal and one teacher are also leaving. Does anyone have any insights on this? I'm guessing it migth be related to the new head of school.

Maybe they don't like the new Bullis head's pressure to turn Bullis back into a jock factory.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not PP, but I do wonder about Bullis faculty/staff leaving. LS principal and one teacher are also leaving. Does anyone have any insights on this? I'm guessing it migth be related to the new head of school.

Maybe they don't like the new Bullis head's pressure to turn Bullis back into a jock factory.

Why do you say that? How is he going about this? What's your relationship to the school -- parent? faculty member?

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I'm not sure about the jock school comment, but I do know PP is right about the fact the LS principal, one teacher in the LS and several teachers in the middle and upper school are leaving. This includes two teachers who left in the middle of the year. Regardless of age, you would think that teachers would stay at a school they enjoy. At least that's what I look for in my DS's school which has had very little turnover since we've been there. I have several friends who are parents at Bullis and this has been a topic of conversation.

The topic of teacher retention is a great one to bring up. Schools want to hold on to families and one way of doing that is to hold on to the teachers we've grown to love. . . .