Re: private schools
    Posted by: Curious on 1/07/15
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    On 1/06/15, teacherdad wrote:
    > 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.

    Having said all that, let the buyer beware. When a large
    Christian school in the north Dallas area raised tuition, many of
    their students were pushed into public schools due to the
    economy. I had several of these students and they were
    woefully unprepared for even the regular classes in core
    curriculum. Most of them could read well, but didn't really
    comprehend what they were reading. Their writing samples
    were often puzzling as they had structure of a sort, but little
    real content. In regards to my classes, the students lacked skill
    and one student would return to her private school teacher to
    have projects begun and then finish them and turn them in as
    her own. Not all private schools are like this, but many parents
    who are desperate to get their children out of poorly
    performing public schools will pick the school with the lowest
    tuition and the word "Christian" in their name. Prep schools like
    Jesuit, Ursuline, Episcopal Day and Trinity Christian are in a
    class by themselves and you will pay high dollars for that.
    Catholic schools if they are run well are an option as they have
    a long term practice in education although your kids won't get
    the bells and buzzers they would get at even an average public
    high school.


    Posts on this thread, including this one

  • private schools, 1/03/15, by what are they like to teach in?.
  • Re: private schools, 1/03/15, by Curious.
  • Re: private schools, 1/03/15, by Tech Tchr.
  • Re: private schools, 1/03/15, by private vs. public.
  • Re: private schools, 1/03/15, by muinteoir.
  • Re: private schools, 1/06/15, by teacherdad.
  • Re: private schools, 1/07/15, by Curious.
  • Re: private schools, 2/03/15, by PsyGuy.
  • Re: private schools, 2/03/15, by PsyGuy.