The original model of an independent school workload as viewed through the lens of the boarding school was three or four courses, coaching and advising students. […]
One of the best examples of effective teacher evaluation over time, from both the perspective of the faculty and the Administration, exists at the Haverford School […]
Breaking $100,000 at the upper range of a senior teacher’s salary is no longer unheard of. The salary scales of public schools in affluent cities and […]
Great heads are characterized by persistent focused leadership. They do not flit from one initiative to the next leaving earlier ones unfinished or in limbo. When […]
Faculty salaries and benefits make up 60% to 85% of the budget of most schools. In today’s challenging economic environment, boards are worried about managing the […]
Most independent schools have moved now from individually negotiated salary decisions, often inherited from prior heads, to public school type lock step lane and track scales. […]
In the realm of international and independent schools, boards and heads talk frequently about wanting and needing professional teacher evaluation/appraisal. Yet in most of our schools […]
Does your school have a “mission based compensation” delivery system? Are the board and school leadership even familiar with the term? The concept of “mission based […]
I. An Interesting Model Picture a well known boarding school which has four compensation “strands”: 1. There is a typical, age based salary scale, up to […]
