Anonymous wrote:It sounds like the people who don't understand the question aren't teachers. So I'll start.

Potomac School is known for demanding hours but now has a new HOS who is very supportive of teachers. Slightly favors male teachers.

St Albans has a lot of happy teachers with the exception of middle school teachers who say they are miserable. Excellent benefits, tuition remission at school and NCS, culture of support

NCS teachers are unhappy, no tuition remission, but good benefits such as strong retirement program. Good place to be an administrator, they say

Heights--don't know

Stone Ridge- teachers say they feel inspired by new LS head and is very supportive, particularily of teachers in parent teacher situations

Stone ridge has on site daycare for fac children and tuition break at stone ridge and gtown prep

It sounds like the people who don't understand the question aren't teachers. So I'll start.

Potomac School is known for demanding hours but now has a new HOS who is very supportive of teachers. Slightly favors male teachers.

St Albans has a lot of happy teachers with the exception of middle school teachers who say they are miserable. Excellent benefits, tuition remission at school and NCS, culture of support

NCS teachers are unhappy, no tuition remission, but good benefits such as strong retirement program. Good place to be an administrator, they say

Heights--don't know

Stone Ridge- teachers say they feel inspired by new LS head and is very supportive, particularily of teachers in parent teacher situations

20:21 here. I'm just speaking in generalizations. I don't know about the inner workings of numerous schools. My point is that even if someone could describe or share info about how one or more schools work, you'd end up with different people valuing different things. To me OP's question is like asking, "Which mom treats her kids the best?"

Maybe this should be titled, "Which independent schools are treating teachers horribly" or "Which Head of Schools are driving away scores of great teachers." My, my, I would like to contribute to that thread.

21:20 it seems like you have substantial insight on many schools in the area. Please help us out by describing the culture and employment benefits at these schools.

I'm 1:08. As I said on a previous thread, it depends on your priorities as a teacher.

Do you want autonomy or structure?
Do you want tuition remission or an amazing benefits package?
Do you want input into big picture decision making or do you want to focus on your own craft?
Do you want to work somewhere where all teachers at the same level are doing the same thing in lock step or do you want to be somewhere where you are expected to invent your own curriculum?
Do you want elite students and high pressure or do you want a broader spectrum and a more laid back atmosphere?

I think there would be people on either side of all of the above and that would impact their response to your original question.

On the recent thread discussing this (within the past month), there was one poster who said they have a friend who loves working at STA, while another has a colleague who used to work there and would never go back. I'm sure both of those current/former STA employees have very legitimate reasons for their opinions of the institution.

It's the same reason you have lawyers who want to work at big firms and others who want to go it on their own. Different people value different things.

In my experience, it depends on who you are, what you teach, and what you coach. Some positions have higher value to the administration and therefore treated much better. The culture is set by the head of the school who has the privilege of bestowing his discretionary funds on those employees he values.

OP here. There are always multiple threads on topics but the posts listed when conducting a search are always outdated. I searched and found posts from 2010.

Teachers know which schools treat employees the best, this is a question for teachers and not likely to be answered by parents.

There have been a bunch of threads that have touched on this.

I think it varies. I know Bullis gives tuition remission for kids of faculty or at least they did in the past. St Albans does this too I think.

Maybe the question should be "how well are you treated at the independent school for which you work?"

How could anyone possible know the answer to this?

Interested to know.