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[quote=Anonymous]I am at a nonprofit private school. I think the retention issues are due to a number of factors. The most frustrating, for teachers, would probably be the lack of experience of the administration. There is also a great deal of nepotism and favoritism in the higher admin hiring decisions...Heads of School promote their friends rather than doing a search or having a real hiring process. This creates a negative atmosphere at the school and often leads to the wrong person being in the role, which means that lower admin and teachers aren't getting the necessary support, guidance, and training they need. In Arizona, their teacher pay may be decent, but in other states it is significantly lower than district schools and other private school. Teacher pay is higher for science and engineering, but still not on par with local districts. Many teachers have no experience teaching middle and high school students and get burned out from lack of support and overwork. At my current school, full time teachers teach 3-4 classes a year. At Basis, many teachers are given 6 classes a year for the same or less money. While it's true, teacher turnover is an issue everywhere, I have NEVER seen teachers leave in the middle of the year at any school I have worked for. At BASIS, I saw 4 quit mid-year (two in the first two months) and this year two have left already in the first month. I can't imagine losing that many of my teachers mid-year. Even one would be a disaster...it's hard to find good teachers, especially in the fall![/quote]

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