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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I taught at a Big Three for years and now work for MCPS.  The pay and benefits are night and day - MCPS has it all over privates, including the "best" privates.

I am fortunate to teach a privileged public school population and have relatively few big issues to contend with day to day.  I know that my job would be much harder in a different environment with a different population.  In that respect, most privates can choose their student populations and therefore teaching at a private is "easier" in that sense.

In general, teachers in private schools are second-income workers.  Virtually all of them have a spouse who makes a major breadwinner salary, affording the teacher the option to choose to work at a private school, where pay and benefits are not very competitive.  To my knowledge, none of the private schools offers a pay and benefit package sufficient to enable a teacher to make a meaningful contribution to family income, health insurance, etc.
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I taught at a popular private and agree. It's much easier to teach in a private because the problem children are counseled out. You don't have difficult SPED kids and there is zero ESOL. My job as an FCPS elementary Title I teacher is way, way more challenging. I like the challenge and feeling like I'm making a difference.

My kids at the private were polite and nice, but honestly, anyone could basically teach them and they'd be fine. I feel way more needed and impactful at my job now.[/quote]

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