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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To get back to the original topic…

I am a teacher at a large, well-respected NOVA private. Our school has been very vocal about teacher salaries being “at or above those of our peer schools” (they have not said which schools those peer schools are). I have been teaching for 10 years and have a masters. I teach a STEM subject. I currently make about $68,000 annually and until recently our school was on a step salary scale that was public to all teachers. Our raises last year (which got me to my current salary) were between 3 and 3.5%.[/quote]

All of the peer schools work to keep their salaries in the same band, so none of them dares to start a bidding war.  If one did, that nonsensical pay level after 10 years would reflect a mid-career professional, probably six figures in most professions. Young people starting their careers can see the difference and choose accordingly.

It's a racket.[/quote]

How would this work? Wouldn't prices go way up at that school and make them lose students?[/quote]

Not if a school actually puts the tuition towards teacher salaries and changes how they spend their money. If a head of school makes 600k a year (which ours does, for sure), then that’s 4 GOOD teacher salaries right there if a head of school makes 200k instead. Then, think about how many schools have a totally bloated administrative system right now — heads and associate heads of divisions, deans, associate deans, heads of diversity/curriculum/sustainability/etc… that’s just off the top of my head. The number of admin at my school has grown hugely since I started, and those salaries come from somewhere. If a school actually put its teachers first and was willing to make cuts at the admin level, I’m sure that stronger teacher salaries could be a reality.[/quote]

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