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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having taught in a "top" DC private and in FCPS, I would openly admit working at the private school was much easier because the school basically screens out any challenging students and teachers don't need to deal with educational compliance issues, like special education and ESOL. Special education is a huge issue -- unless the private focuses on it, don't expect much and if you make a fuss, I've seen many parents pushed out of the private.

There is less accountability as well, so you are free to use whatever materials you want and follow whatever curriculum you felt was necessary. So, the consistency between teachers and courses varied dramatically. FCPS has the pacing guide so it's more consistent. The demands on teachers are greater in FCPS. We're expected to have data and evidence to support our effectiveness. In my private, it was very much staying on people's good sides, not pissing (the right) parents off, and having happy customers, I mean, erm students. I never had to demonstrate my effectiveness in any meaningful way beyond an observation here or there. And my students' performance had no bearing on mine. That's not the case in FCPS.

In terms of money, they pay less because they can. People take it because they aren't licensed or if they are licensed, it's much, much easier work.[/quote]

Agree with this. Current private school teacher who worked in a public. It's an easier job. I switched because my kids are small and I couldn't handle the demands classroom teachers in public schools have. My private is much, much more laid back in terms of requirements, observations, etc. I'm free to do what I want and don't have to follow the pacing guide like I did at FCPS. Some years, I ended up with a class who could blow through the curriculum, so we did. Others, I had a class with slower kids. Either way, no one cared at what pace progress was being made so long as the kids were learning and showing some growth. They didn't have a benchmark at the private unlike FCPS.[/quote]

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