Anonymous
Post 08/07/2022 07:33     Subject: Re:Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Significantly increase the salary. Currently not enough money for all the bs they go through.


This is the problem. Horrible pay, a lot of out of control parents, awful admin making a lot of money. Equals bye great teachers !
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2022 07:32     Subject: Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Covid also disproportionately affected working women, and teachers are mostly women. The burden of a stressful demanding job during a crisis and the demands of their own families/children, who may have been virtual for extended periods, frequent closures, etc. It's just not worth it to stay in the workforce for meager pay and those increased demands.

Also, Private school teachers don't have unions to protect their interests.


Stop blaming covid. Most privates were open all last year and many the prior year. The issue is pay and the environment.


Confirmed
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2022 07:09     Subject: Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Covid also disproportionately affected working women, and teachers are mostly women. The burden of a stressful demanding job during a crisis and the demands of their own families/children, who may have been virtual for extended periods, frequent closures, etc. It's just not worth it to stay in the workforce for meager pay and those increased demands.

Also, Private school teachers don't have unions to protect their interests.


Stop blaming covid. Most privates were open all last year and many the prior year. The issue is pay and the environment.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2022 06:56     Subject: Re:Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
We are at a Christian K-8. At the beginning of the summer they needed to fill 4 teaching positions and the nurses we’ve got the nurse and 3 positions filled. Just need a MS science teacher.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2022 05:01     Subject: Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Covid also disproportionately affected working women, and teachers are mostly women. The burden of a stressful demanding job during a crisis and the demands of their own families/children, who may have been virtual for extended periods, frequent closures, etc. It's just not worth it to stay in the workforce for meager pay and those increased demands.

Also, Private school teachers don't have unions to protect their interests.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2022 04:53     Subject: Re:Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Significantly increase the salary. Currently not enough money for all the bs they go through.


This. Private schools are going to have a tougher time recruiting teachers due to lack of competitive salaries. These teachers can make way more in public, or if they are totally over/burnt out of teaching, find a new career path. Amazon has openings for numerous positions that pay more than teacher salaries even in public with better benefits.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 22:10     Subject: Re:Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Significantly increase the salary. Currently not enough money for all the bs they go through.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 21:42     Subject: Re:Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
I can't speak to secular private schools, but religious private schools are scrambling for teachers. It is really, really bad.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 21:40     Subject: Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
It’s not a shortage of teachers, it’s teachers quitting because they’re tired of the system.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 21:28     Subject: Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Yes. It is a nationwide problem. To be expected.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 21:18     Subject: Re:Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
It's a nationwide problem and some public districts are resorting to waiving certification requirements, etc - there's been a fair amount written about this in the news. So it's no surprise that area private schools are feeling the shortage as well. Treat your kids' teachers with respect. High-quality replacements are not easy to come by at the moment.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 21:04     Subject: Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Yes I am worried because several teachers left over the summer in addition to the few who left at the end of last school year. Two classes per grade but now 3 grades (k-8) have no teacher!
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 20:50     Subject: Re:Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
100%
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 20:39     Subject: Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Yep.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 20:33     Subject: Area Private School Teacher Shortage?
Our private still has some teacher vacancies for this fall. Is this happening at other schools in the DC are?