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re: Why are private school teachers paid less than public ones in LA?

Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:17 pm to
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:17 pm to
no union.

lower standards.

Posted by tigercross
Member since Feb 2008
5067 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:32 pm to
Some of them get paid less, some get paid more. Teachers at ISAS schools routinely get paid $60k+. More if they have post-bacc degrees.
Posted by SisOfSam
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2018
167 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 2:00 am to
I teach at a local charter even though I drive from Watson to Baker to do so. Why do I not teach in Livingston? My school pays 10 to 15,000 more/year than any of the surrounding parishes. Our benefits are also comparable. Yes, there is 'culcha', but I work with lower grades so I do not have to deal with many behavior problems.
Posted by Jp1LSU
Fiji
Member since Oct 2005
2542 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 4:49 am to
Private school teachers make more money than public school teachers in most cases.
Public schools have better benefits.
The worst pay is parochial schools (which I’m guessing the OP is confusing with private schools). Charter schools usually pay less than public.
Posted by jac1280
Member since Dec 2007
5380 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 7:01 am to
I believe private school teachers do not have to be certified in their content area.
Posted by MojoGuyPan
Intercession City, Florida
Member since Jun 2018
2797 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 7:09 am to
Private schools hire non-union labor.

Public school teachers are union.
Posted by Jebadeb
Member since Oct 2017
5840 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 8:45 am to
Private schools are probably allowed to pay whatever they want.
Posted by Gorilla Ball
Az via La
Member since Feb 2006
13246 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 8:52 am to
Private school teachers are either retired teachers or have rich husbands.

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Really?
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98945 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:13 am to
Easier job

Better students
Posted by Geauxgurt
Member since Sep 2013
13500 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:45 am to
In theory for 2 reasons:

1) supposedly you don’t have to deal with the troubled kids in and public school and al the red tape.

2) you don’t have to be certified like public schools require.

Posted by jnethe1
Pearland
Member since Dec 2012
17827 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:46 am to
quote:

Just one of the many negative effects of a teachers being in s union, there is no correlation between competence and pay.



This^
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:51 am to
Again, having a wife that is actually a teacher in a small private school the main factor is the budget.
Posted by crazycubes
Member since Jan 2016
5256 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:06 am to
quote:

I suspect Louisiana's retirement fund will be insolvent soon
the state will begin to sell its public land before not paying out retirement
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:09 am to
quote:

Hazard pay for public school teachers.


No other answer then this.
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
15292 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:10 am to
quote:

Private school teachers make more money than public school teachers in most cases. Public schools have better benefits. The worst pay is parochial schools (which I’m guessing the OP is confusing with private schools). Charter schools usually pay less than public.

In my experience this is not the case.
1. Highest-public school teachers with union-negotiated contract.
2. Private/Independent schools which also usually have higher tuitions and boards of trustees.
3. Catholic/Parochial schools. I would speculate that some larger Catholic high schools pay better than the grade schools and more like the privates/independents.

At some point in my career I have worked in 3, then 2. In 3. I worked after-school care and started at 2. at the same amount of money in just salary that I was getting in salary and OT for ASC.
Posted by jnethe1
Pearland
Member since Dec 2012
17827 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:14 am to
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Again, having a wife that is actually a teacher in a small private school the main factor is the budget.


It says something about the public schools though.
The teacher who took that private school job so that their child/children could go to private school at a reduced rate (still paying) could just work a regular job and send their child/children to public school (which they already pay for). Why is that?
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:16 am to
I don't know. I am simply answering the question in the OP.
This post was edited on 2/20/20 at 10:17 am
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
19485 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:21 am to
quote:

teach at a local charter even though I drive from Watson to Baker to do so. Why do I not teach in Livingston? My school pays 10 to 15,000 more/year than any of the surrounding parishes. Our benefits are also comparable. Yes, there is 'culcha', but I work with lower grades so I do not have to deal with many behavior problems.


I'm the board chair of a charter school in Memphis. We pay our teachers on average about $10k more than the district does, but our school day is longer than the district schools. When I get to the school at 6 for our board meetings, it's not uncommon for several teachers to still be there
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
19485 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:22 am to
quote:

The teacher who took that private school job so that their child/children could go to private school at a reduced rate (still paying) could just work a regular job and send their child/children to public school (which they already pay for). Why is that?


Because the private school is a lot better school
Posted by Celery
Nuevo York
Member since Nov 2010
11686 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:48 am to
I may be mistaken, but I don’t think private schools always require a teacher be certified. If true it would stand to reason that they could earn less.
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