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Re: To Misinformed
Posted by New teacher, awesome school on 6/30/08
I haven't posted on this thread before but my school sounds a lot like the
school described by "Misinformed"
I have just been hired on at a Catholic school in the Midwest (in a major
city with an urban population). I am a first year teacher but have come
out of a highly competitive University Masters program. At my first
interview, the principal told me that the majority of their teachers have
Masters degrees and many are continuing to take Masters and PhD level
courses at local universities.
Yes, the pay is less but the goal is to be at 90% of what teachers make at
the public schools in the district within the next 2 years. I am more
excited about working with the awesome staff and smaller classes (only
17-25 students!) than upset about making a bit less money. In my state,
elementary and middle school teachers in Catholic schools MUST be licensed
- it is not a matter of merely having a pulse!
On 6/30/08, Amy wrote:
> I'm so glad to hear that schools like this actually exist. Just out of
> curiousity, is this school rural, urban or suburban? What part of the
> country?
>
> On 6/29/08, Misinformed- Here private school teachers are MORE qualified
> wrote:
>> Actually, it depends on the private school so to assume that all
>> private school teachers are unqualified is mis-informed. Where I
>> teach, ALL of our teachers have at least a Masters degree. They
>> either have a bachelors in their subject and Masters in Ed or a
>> bachelors in Ed and a masters in their subject. We must take
>> extensive training year round and in the summer. They don't even
>> look at applicants that don't come from competitive Universities and
>> you are required to have a minimium of two years teaching experience
>> in the exact age level and subject they teach,but usually no one
>> with less than 10 years experience is hired. I have coworkers with
>> Phds, EdDs and that are published experts in their field. Most of us
>> have higher quailifications than the local Universities. Yes, there
>> are a few " fly by night" private schools in the area where the
>> teachers don't have much to offer,but around here the bulk of the
>> private schools have the best teachers. Also, private schools that
>> have accredidations( SACS,etc) have specific rules on who they can
>> hire. They are often more specific than that at our state level.
>> Additionally, we make more than the local public school, have less "
>> admin" to do and easier kids to work with and involved, educated,
>> caring parents. So please be better informed before making such
>> general statements.
>> On 6/26/08, qualified teachers in private school LOL wrote:
>>> What a joke. Who wrote that is obviously not someone who knows
>>> much.
>>>
>>> Private schools do not have to have a qualified teacher. They
>>> can hire anybody at all. So who they hire will vary widely
>>> according to the school. The math teachers especially at a
>>> private school will have no math background so you had better
>>> check up on your child's teacher's credentials.
>>>
>>> A private school can legally hire anyone with a pulse and they
>>> often do. The pastor's wife, the director's best friend's
>>> brother...the person who will teach for half the salary of a
>>> public school.
>>>
>>> Yes, private schools pay less no more to the teachers. How do
>>> you get math and science people to work for $18,000 a year?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Home Schooling?, 6/25/08, by AppleFellFar.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by first.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by DSC.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by DSC.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by qualified teachers in private school LOL.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by IrishGram.
- Re: if the school is accredited, the teachers have to be, 6/27/08, by licensed. At least that has been my experience. nfm.
- Re: Qualified Teachers, 6/27/08, by wig.
- Re: Home Schooling?/ what's a qualified teacher?, 6/27/08, by Sara.
- Re: Qualified Teachers and private schools/ Wig, 6/27/08, by Sara.
- Re: We're accredited thru North Cenral and all teachers must be , 6/27/08, by certified! If not we lose accreditation. msteach.
- Re: Qualified Teachers and private schools, 6/27/08, by wig.
- Re: there's a difference between independent schools and parochi, 6/27/08, by Nancy in MD.
- Re: there's a difference between independent schools and par, 6/27/08, by wig.
- Re: if the school is accredited, the teachers have to be, 6/29/08, by pigeon.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/29/08, by Misinformed- Here private school teachers are MORE qualified.
- Re: To Misinformed, 6/30/08, by Amy.
- Re: To Misinformed, 6/30/08, by Houston, TX- from Misinformed..
- Re: To Misinformed, 6/30/08, by New teacher, awesome school.
- Re: What is a qualified teacher?, 7/03/08, by bernoulli.
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