Private School Teacher Salary (public schools, costs, science, teachers)

[SoCalNative25]

Hello all!

Are there any private school teachers out there? If so, can someone help me? What would be the starting salary of a 1st year, private school teacher in San Diego?

Subjects: Math and Science (<--not sure if that matters when it comes to salary.)

[hey teach]

Don't know about California, but I taught private school (catholic) in Louisiana when I first began teaching. The pay was much lower than public school. The thought process was you weren't teaching for money but teaching for God. While the pay was low I did get free tuition and an excellent education for my children for three years and the experience helped me get my public school job. It did not prepare me for working in public school. Private school is a walk in the park compared to private.

[hey teach]

Sorry, should be private is walk in the park compared to public.

[fauve]

For a top-notch secular private in Ft Lauderdale the starting salary was around $31,000. 10 years later, the salary has risen to only $36k! We do have free tuition for 2 kids which is worth around 40K a year. My husband has also been able to increase his salary by about $15K tutoring, summer school teaching, running the chess club and teaching during his free period. Btw, he teaches alg2, pre-calc and calc. Younger kid is graduating after next year. The plan was for him to move to public, but with publics around here cutting teachers, not sure where we'll go. The worst thing is that he is 50 and will get no pension from these 10 years. Oh, and we also have awful health insurance. Costs almos 30% of his base salary just for insurance.

Think carefully before you decide to teach private.

[Sam82]

The private school I was working in paid in the low 30's (that was about 5 years ago). The benefits were terrible. The working conditions were great.

Private schools often require you to do things that you don't have to do in public schools (lunch duty, bus duty, or other extras). Overall though, the children were better behaved, the parents seemed to care, and the administration was very supportive.

It's a trade off. I often dream about going back. Right now I can't afford to. I

[lisdol]

When my kids were in a private Catholic school in GA, the goal was to have the teacher salary be 75%-85% of the public school teacher salary.

Not sure if all dioceses follow the same policy but that might be one formula to take into consideration.

[hey teach]

I work public school and I have to do bus duty, early morning and late afternoon duty, lunch duty and any other duty they can dream up.

[educator1953]

Originally Posted by hey teach

I work public school and I have to do bus duty, early morning and late afternoon duty, lunch duty and any other duty they can dream up.

I retired this past May, but I was in public education, too. I taught for 36 years and had all those duties every year. Early, late, bus, and lunch duty were just expected of us, and it didn't matter whether it was elementary, middle, or high school. (I've taught at all three levels.)

[Sam82]

Originally Posted by hey teach

I work public school and I have to do bus duty, early morning and late afternoon duty, lunch duty and any other duty they can dream up.

Originally Posted by educator1953

I retired this past May, but I was in public education, too. I taught for 36 years and had all those duties every year. Early, late, bus, and lunch duty were just expected of us, and it didn't matter whether it was elementary, middle, or high school. (I've taught at all three levels.)

I stand corrected . I my school system, teacher do not perform those duties.

[educator1953]

Originally Posted by Sam82

I stand corrected . I my school system, teacher do not perform those duties.

No problem. So, does your school hire monitors to do those duties? I only wish the school I worked at could have been like yours when it comes to duties.