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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just saw a posting and considering an application. Looking for any insight into teacher salaries (I have a Master's if that matters). No private school teaching experience, but several years of college-level teaching. Are salaries varied across lower, middle, and upper schools? Thanks. [/quote]

[b]It's pretty hard to get a private school teaching job without teaching credentials. They can employ uncredentialed teachers, but with such a huge pool of teachers available (there are far more teachers than teaching jobs), there's not a lot of reason to, unless the job is an especially hard one to fill (like Chinese teacher, maybe).[/b] In general, college teaching is not great preparation for being an effective high school teacher.[/quote]

This is incorrect. Almost NO teachers at independent schools have teaching credentials. And there is NOT a huge pool of teacher candidates right now. I have been a teacher and administrator at independent schools for over 30 years, and have been involved in the hiring process. We look for experienced teachers but do not care about teaching licenses. And right now the candidate pool is shallow, not deep.[/quote]

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