Re: independent schools often do not require cert.

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Thanks Katherine, you've been most helpful!

On 1/02/11, Katherine Parr wrote:
> Lane, you won't find one good place to get your questions answered,
> but you might have more luck on the forums of the Chronicle of
> Higher Education. There is a forum called "Leaving Academe" that
> has some threads about how to get involved with a headhunting
> agency such as Carney, Sandoe & Associates.
>
> They specialize in placing teachers into independent schools, many
> of which do *not* require certification. CSA also knows which
> schools like to hire PhDs and which do not.
>
> The challenge is that no one, public or private, wants to hire
> someone who has never managed a classroom alone. You have probably
> been a TA, but as I recall AU does not give many classes directly
> to graduate students. Did they hire you to teach alone while you've
> been ABD? If so, that's helpful.
>
> AU has placed MA students through CSA before - several in the 90s,
> for example. So CSA has some successful history with your program.
>
> You may also wish to check out the NAIS website (www.nais.org),
> which has a page devoted to the various placement agencies.
>
> Public schools pay more, almost everywhere. And getting hired would
> be hard right now, no matter what your qualifications. But
> independent schools pay competitive salaries *with academia*.
> Sometimes more. For example, the starting salary at a regional
> comprehensive university is likely to be lower than what you might
> get at a private school (40k vs. 43 or 44) and private schools are
> doing a better job of increasing salaries annually than
> universities are right now.
>
> I left a TT job at such a school last year to teach in a private
> school. I did it for the money and for the geography and to improve
> my teaching by decreasing my student load. I make more money, live
> where I want, and have about half the students I had before.
>
> BUT, everyone in academe will tell you that once you go to high
> school teaching it's very, very, possibly impossibly difficult to
> return to academia. So think about it.
>
>
 

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