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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Administration teams often pull in bigger salaries. A lot of money goes toward facilities maintenance—it’s extremely expensive to maintain a campus. Insurance eats up a lot of cash. Things like sports team uniforms, field trips and other experiences that you don’t pay extra for. Some schools provide supplies and/or textbooks. Schools invest money in professional development. Full pay tuition helps offset families on FA. Etc etc.

Agree it’s a shame that teachers are not paid better but teaching at private is a lifestyle choice. They have far more freedom to modify curriculum and run a classroom. They do not have to deal with the same disciplinary issues and too large class sizes as they would in most public schools. Many privates offer a tuition reduction of some sort for faculty children. Teachers might select a certain school because it aligns with their religious beliefs. There are opportunities to coach and earn some extra money (tiny stipends but still) and many opt to work through the summer camps (again not a huge pay, but if they have kids attending they often go for free). Many teachers would tell you, on a good day, that there’s a feeling of being part of a community and something more than just a job. Obviously the benefits and work environment vary from school to school, but there are indeed upsides to teaching at a private school (vs public). [/quote]

But for STEM, how does this low salary compete for other sector jobs? [/quote]

It is indeed an issue.

Low salaries for almost any math teacher (public or private) are one of the reasons math instruction all across the US is so poor. Someone who is good at math in the US can get paid a lot more for a non-academic job.

In some other countries there are fewer highly paid non-academic jobs, so not the same opportunity to earn more outside academia as there is here. [/quote]

This is so odd. Given they charge so much tuition, why can’t they invest ok teachers? Isn’t it the most important  resources at the school? Kids really learn better when they have good teachers. [/quote]

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