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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- thank you for the honest replies. The idea of leaving my pension does scare me but I’m vested and would look for an employer who would contribute to a 401k instead. Several independent schools seem to offer that. I am definitely looking for a more collaborative and supportive work environment. I have been in education a long time and find the staff becoming more and more resistant, lazy and hard to work with in MCPS. Good administration seem to be few and far. As far as working hard in an independent school, I don’t see how Incan possibly be working any harder than I am now with mcps and with no recognition, it’s terrible.

Specific to independent schools- I do worry about losing the protections of the union. Has this ever been an issue for any of you? [/quote]

Catholic school teacher from above here.

Just to clarify the workload: I did very work hard in public, much harder than I was expected to. I found the standards very low, and some coworkers still struggled to meet them. I now have higher standards to meet, which I appreciate. I have to justify what I do in my classroom through weekly lesson plans, which I never did in public. I am also observed more. None of this bothers me, however, because I figure this is how we keep standards high.

Regarding your union question, I don’t know how much this helps because you specifically asked about independent schools, but I’ve never missed the union. I feel supported by the school and there’s no adversarial relationship like I had in public, so I guess I feel it isn’t as needed.[/quote]

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