<p>Hi, I know typically teacher salaries are lower at private schools, but if you look at the credentials of a place like PEA then a ridiculous number of them have doctorates and went to elite universities… How can Exeter possibly be paying them competitively compared to what they could be doing with their degrees? I’ve tried googling around to no avail - does anyone know the kind of salary a teacher makes at a place like PEA?</p>
<p>They don’t go to these schools for the money. Trust me.</p>
<p>The teachers are there because as hockeykid says, they want to teach. It’s their passion.<br>
Plus, in addition to salary, most of them live on campus, that’s a huge benefit when you figure in all the expenses that are involved in that. And, the salaries of the bigger private schools are not that much different than publics.</p>
<p>they have a passion that money cannot buy.</p>
<p>I have a friend whose dad works at phillips exeter… I know that he can afford to do some pretty nice things. HE bought his entire dorm(14 kids) tickets to the red soxs for a little afternoon of fun(he paid entirely for this) and the tickets were on the third base line about 8-12 rows back.
HE has 2 kids attending PEA and one that is on the way… I know he spent a year traveling the world with the two older ones when he took a year off of work…</p>
<p>When I asked why he would even teach with his advanced degree he said, “because I wouldn’t mind teaching here forever”. I asked my friend and she said, “he is basically a parent of 15 amazing kids and gets to start anew every year but still keeps his old boys around”. </p>
<p>That is really not a direct answer but I assume a nice chunk of change(a 60% increase from private schools maybe)?</p>
<p>…or maybe he has a trust fund and is in the wonderful position of being able to do what he loves to do without pressure. I’ve found that people “with independent means” are some of the kindest, most down to earth people I know.</p>
<p>Possible. But I hear of other teachers doing some similar things… I believe the science teacher took almost 30 kids to a concert somewhere near portsmouth. </p>
<p>A girl I met told me that twice her advisor and another advisory went to patriot games.(I have never been to giant and patriot games and i hear they are pricey… Almost as much as yankee stadium).</p>
<p>EDIT:
Now granted… Maybe the school payed for a portion of it. She told me that her dad paid for this event entirely… I cannot say for the patriot game.</p>
<p>Don’t forget the incentive of waived tuition to private school for the young-uns.</p>
<p>I just asked her on facebook and she told me:
“high 90s for full timers like my dad”. She said low 100s also. I believe teachers at top private schools make mid-60s.(low 70s maybe?)</p>
<p>Her dad has taught for several years and his course is “main stream”. I don’t know if that would effect his salary but I assume more popular courses recieve higher pay(More job offerings for popular courses mean schools pay up for the better teachers).</p>
<p>Have you seen the faculty housing at St. George’s? I would work for free!</p>
<p>Teachers are one of the most underpaid professions in my book. It takes a special gene to be a great teacher, the virtue of patience and the love for helping people. There are not enough dedicated individuals in this world.</p>
<p>90k for exeter sounds a little low. Teachers in my public school make more than that.</p>
<p>where do you go to school??!! starting salaries for public school teachers at their highest are around $60k.</p>
<p>I attend an elite public school in PA, we are in the top 3 best districts in the state. I am not so sure about a starting salary, but an experienced teacher could make up to 15k over that.</p>
<p>yeah experience typically means about $1k more per year, plus advanced degrees/etc increases that.</p>
<p>my teachers are underpaid x)
in my <em>private</em> school, they get free room and board (still have to pay for bills though) but i remember one of my teachers saying he was paid less here than in a public school in vancouver.
the housing isn’t a mansion or anything. probably 8/10 the size of my house.</p>
<p>There are many kids in my school their parents also work for this school, teachers, admission officers …</p>
<p>Maybe they have good FA. Just guessing.</p>
<p>I think it is less stress job. After working stressful for long time, most people would like to live in boarding school and teaching.</p>
<p>Free house, food, education for kids, great students, etc.</p>
<p>I would like to elaborate a bit more on the free house aspect. The head of our school lives in a house (not a part of a dorm with students) and her gorgeous house has large sliding windows that open up on one of the most prestigious golf courses on the West coast (school is in pebble beach, CA, where tiger woods plays, and charles schwabb has a house). The house’s value (just a complete guess) is significantly more than $1 million.</p>