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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP being in private will get you more freedom in how you teach and what you teach but you would have no protections. There are crazy parents and crazy department heads that can make your life miserable and it's more difficult to transfer out because if you don't get a good recommendation you can't get another job anywhere whereas in public you could switch schools.

I know a lot of happy teachers in MCPS but they  all have great principals.[/quote]

Private school teacher who posted above here.

That last line is key. It’s all about admin. Unfortunately, I never worked for a good administration in public school. I left public 100% because of a demeaning and belittling admin team. I finally came to the conclusion that public school admin can do a terrible amount of damage, and (unfortunately) some of the worst teachers get promoted to admin.

My private school admin still teaches at least one class each. They still have a foot in the classroom, so they remember the challenges. They also can serve as true models of good teaching, and younger teachers can observe their classes. It’s a much stronger model, and it produces an admin team that can be respected as true leaders and models of good teaching.[/quote]

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