Private schools

Arocky

I don't work in a private school but have friends who do and it seems they get paid less or sometimes more than us. Anyone know anything about this? Just curious as a post has come up closer to home and its in a fee paying school.

evolving_doors

Is the post privately paid though? Just because it's in a fee-charging school doesn't mean it's not dept. paid.

If it is privately paid, then -preferably after the interview and you are successful- you'd need to ask is it 'in line with department pay' with the same increment. A lot of schools used to keep the exact pay scale, but about 10 years ago during the recession, some started to pay what they like. If it's a high demand subject like Irish or Home Ec. then you could do it for a year or so and get a job elsewhere,especially if they say no to switching you over to dept. pay.

RealJohn

I’ve often wondered if teachers with in demand subjects or with good reputations and track records in their subjects are in a position to say to a private school “I’ll work for you but I want an extra €x grand a year.” I wonder if you’d get away with it if you were good enough.

TheDriver

It depends on the private school from my experience. Some are in line with public employees and some are free for all.

evolving_doors

RealJohn wrote: »

I’ve often wondered if teachers with in demand subjects or with good reputations and track records in their subjects are in a position to say to a private school “I’ll work for you but I want an extra €x grand a year.” I wonder if you’d get away with it if you were good enough.

As TheDriver said It's a free for all. I heard of one school where they tried to link the pay to results (just for school paid, the dept. paid would remain untouched). Luckily the union represented them and all staff said no.