Pull up the job spec and apply OP.

Put your best foot forward.

Anonymous wrote:Field School head makes 700k. why do they need to ask for donations. I am curious what other think ehads should make. I though school were non profits so why are they getting CEO salerries?

What does other heads make?

Troll.

What industry do you work in that you don’t know various leadership roles, responsibilities, backgrounds or comp packages by now?

Why are you singling out Field? Look at GDS, Sidwell, NCS.

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares if it is right or wrong? Can people just continue to snoop into the salary of the heads of school at every private school in the area?

You can access the 990 forms of independent schools that aren't run by a church on ProPublica. Google "School Name 990" and it should the first result, or otherwise near the top. Or, go to ProPublica's nonprofit explorer page (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/) and type in the name. Part VII (pages 7-8) will list "Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees." The head of school will always be listed here.

My problem is I want to know the salary of the HOS of the religious schools in DC

Anonymous wrote:It's multiple jobs in one. You need to be a charismatic public speaker, a deft fundraiser, a passable administrator and manager of staff/talent, outwardly tolerant of insane parents and subject to the egos of the Board. It's not an impossible job and not totally different than being the CEO of a small/medium sized business, but it's not a simple gig,

Lots of jobs are multiple jobs in one and hard to do well.

Anonymous wrote:I always love it when wealthy people want the highest quality leaders in the government or non-profit institutions with which they engage but are horrified when those leaders are compensated in a way that matches the skill, qualifications, and contributions they expect of them. Leadership matters and it's usually worth the investment.

Especially when those same people have enough money to easily pay tuition.

But then refuse to "pay for poor people" to attend the same school. The selfishness in this country is truly out of control.

I am thankful that my children can have the experience of being at a small school where people truly care about their mental, physical, and emotional well-being. I also feel gross that I am paying for that, when the 100K would help dramatically at a public school. Can you imagine if we all invested in public schools? Even a fraction of it would help the schools improve, and it would help so many people.

Anonymous wrote:A middle quality attorney at a decent firm probably makes similar numbers. I’m largely unimpressed with most of them. The market is what the market is.

There's a market, but it's not like running a McDonalds where you set the wage at the level that gets you enough people to do a decent job making burgers, and if you set it too low, you won't have enough staff.

The schools can choose whether to pay $300,000 or $700,000, and either way they will get someone who will run the school.

The argument is that there are only a handful of people who can do it well, and that if they paid less than $700,000 (or whatever they pay) they wouldn't be able to hire one of those people. That could be true, but I have no idea if there's any way for the board to actually know, much less outsiders.

Anonymous wrote:Who cares if it is right or wrong? Can people just continue to snoop into the salary of the heads of school at every private school in the area?

You can access the 990 forms of independent schools that aren't run by a church on ProPublica. Google "School Name 990" and it should the first result, or otherwise near the top. Or, go to ProPublica's nonprofit explorer page (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/) and type in the name. Part VII (pages 7-8) will list "Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees." The head of school will always be listed here.

It's multiple jobs in one. You need to be a charismatic public speaker, a deft fundraiser, a passable administrator and manager of staff/talent, outwardly tolerant of insane parents and subject to the egos of the Board. It's not an impossible job and not totally different than being the CEO of a small/medium sized business, but it's not a simple gig,

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Anonymous wrote:The heads are effectively the primary fund raisers.

Public School superintendents are effectively state delegates in addition to their other duties, yet make 25-30% for far larger enrollments.

Don’t act like private HOS is some uber hard, specialized job. I’ve seen the people who do it- they ain’t special, they just act like it.

It is incredibly hard to do WELL.

Anonymous wrote:Hmm, so you want to cap a school head at something less than 10x what a teacher makes, but we are ok with corporate ceo's making thousands of times what a rank and file worker makes?

Who’s “we”?

To be fair to the forums, it seems most of the outrage is directed at differences between teacher compensation and admin compensation, not general outrage at HoS salaries. But maybe my read is overly charitable.

I always love it when wealthy people want the highest quality leaders in the government or non-profit institutions with which they engage but are horrified when those leaders are compensated in a way that matches the skill, qualifications, and contributions they expect of them. Leadership matters and it's usually worth the investment.

I'm astounded at how much time folks are willing to devote to counting other people's money.

Yawn. Every stay at home mom and commoditized corporate attorney is aghast that a private school HoS is making a lot of money.

Option A: Get on the board at your school and make sure that they hire the least expensive option.

Option B: Choose to send your kid to public school.

Option C: Be a keyboard warrior and spend your days outraged that someone is making more money than you think they should be. Because, you know, your opinion matters a lot.