On 1/03/15, what are they like to teach in? wrote:
> Is anyone a private school teacher?
> There is an opening in a school near me.
> What are the pros and cons?
> How is a private school different from an
> independent school?
First of all, I am a public school teacher who has my
kindergartner and first grader in a Christian private
school. What does that tell you?
Comparatively,I have noted the following:
(1) Pay is much lower in private school. Typically, the
teacher is not the primary wage earner in the family.
Otherwise, they would be near destitute. Private school
teachers do not take the job for pay. At the Christian
school, it is considered as a ministry.
(2) Much more is expected of the private school teacher,
because we are paying a lot of money for the boys to go
there. This is on top of the taxes we pay for the public
school we do not use, therefore we expect a grade A
education.
(3) Parent involvement is huge at the private school. It
is like night vs day compared to where I teach
(4) Most kids are well behaved. If they become a major
discipline problem on a regular basis, they will not be
coming back next year to the Christian school.
(5) There are much smaller class sizes in the private
school. The advantage of this and the lower student body
enrollment is that no one is going to slip through the
cracks. The disadvantage is that you do not have a great
deal of electives or specialized classes. If you wanted to
learn French, you might be out of luck.
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