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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, bottom line: Private school teachers stink. They have no certification and the jobs are easier to get than in public school, pay stinks, so they don't get the cream of the crop. 
Public school environment stinks, no specials large classes.[/quote]

People I know are very happy and impressed with the teachers their kids have at the Upper School level at pretty much all the independent schools I can think of -- so maybe the complaints about teacher quality are more lower-school oriented?  I can think of quite a few Upper School teachers at the school I'm most familiar with who have PhDs from very impressive institutions in their subject areas, and the toughest critics around (the kids) think they are brilliant and inspiring.  As other posters have noted, the idea that lower pay draws lesser performers does not account for those seeking the classroom autonomy and small class sizes of private school (and, in another point made by some prior posters, I can think of several teachers just off the top of my head who either had successful prior careers or not the primary bread-winner and don't need to make the highest amount).  Lastly, the top salaries at some of the local independents are actually quite good. [/quote]

The benefits in MCPS can't be matched and the salaries are good.
The fact is that MCPS also has PhDs teaching...who also have certificates. [/quote]

I'm sure Montgomery County Public Schools is a great place to teach.  Many people also believe independent schools are a great place to teach -- the two statements are not mutually exclusive.  You as a parent or teacher may think certification is crucial to being a good teacher, others place more weight on demonstrated mastery of the subject at a high academic level and success day to day in the classroom.  Those in the first camp probably won't be comfortable with the approach in private schools to hiring teacher, those in the second will be.  The blanket suggestion that independent school teachers as an entire group are unqualified (or that they "stink" to quote a prior poster) is, to me, illogical, but I don't think either of us will convince the other.  As long as we feel our respective children are being well-served, that is what counts.[/quote]

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