| The
N-A· M-T-A
NAMTA
Journal
Montessori School Culture and the Economy:
Finding Stability in Uncertain Times |
| WHAT Is AMTA?
The :--orth American \hintc,,ori Teacher,· i\"ociauon
pro, idc, a medium of ,1ud~. in11:rpre1ation.… |
| THE NAMTA JOURNAL
VoL. 35, No. l • W1NTER 2010
MONTESSORI SCHOOL CULTURE
AND THE ECONOMY:
FINDING STABILITY IN UNCERTAIN… |
| MONTESSORI SCHOOL CULTURE
AND THE ECONOMY:
FINDING STABILITY IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
EDITORIAL WHAT THE NAMTA
SALARY SURVEY
Is… |
| FRANCISCAN MONTESSORI EARTH SCHOOL AND Sr. FRANCIS ACADEMY:
CHANGING THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO REFLECT CHA GING TIMES .........… |
| EDITORIAL
WHAT THE NAMTA
SALARY SURVEY
Is TELLING US ABOUT RECESSION
by David Kahn
As in most cases of trend analysis and… |
| two thirds of schools reported their enrollmen t fell short of expecta-
tions, at a median 14% shortfall (page 5).
The salary… |
| THE 2009-10 NAMTA MONTESSORI
SCHOOL SALARY AND TUITION SURVEY
Interpretation
and analysis by David Kahn
Jn September, 2009… |
| 2009-10 Range of School Sizes
School Size
Percentage of Schools
<50 students
32%
50-99 students
32%
100-199… |
| More than one third of respondents (37%) met or exceeded their
enrollment projections for this year. One hundred sixty-four… |
| 2009-10 Reduction in Value of
Endowments over the Past Two Years
Percent Endowment
Percentage of
Has Shrunk
Schools Re… |
| • "Competitive ranges" are designated where feasible,
usually around the top 25% of salaries in any given… |
| 2009-10 Salary Ranges for Infant-Toddler Level (0-3)
Entry
1-5 Yrs. 6-10 Yrs. >10 Yrs.
Range
Level
Exper.
Exper.… |
| 2004-05 Salary Ranges for Infant-Toddler Level (0-3)
Entry
1-5 Yrs. 6-10 Yrs. >10 Yrs.
Ranqe
Level
Exper.
Exper.… |
| 2009-10 Salary Ranges for Primary Level (3-6)
Entry
1-5 Yrs.
6-10 Yrs.
>10 Yrs.
Range
Level
Exper.
Exper.
Exper… |
| 2004-05 Salary Ranges for Primary Level (3-6)
Entry
1-5 Yrs. 6-10 Yrs. >10 Yrs.
RanQe
Level
Exper.
Exper.
Exper… |
| 2009-10 Salary Ranges for Lower Elementary Level (6-9)
Entry
1-5 Yrs.
6-10 Yrs.
>10 Yrs.
Range
Level
Exper.… |
| 2004-05 Salary Ranges for Lower Elementary Level (6-9)
Entry
1-5 Yrs. 6-10 Yrs. >10 Yrs.
Ranqe
Level
Exoer.
Exper… |
| 2009-10 Salary Ranges for Upper Elementary Level (9-12)
Entry
1-5 Yrs. 6-10 Yrs. >10 Yrs.
RanQe
Level
Exper.
Exper… |
| 2004-05 Salary Ranges for Upper Elementary Level (9-12)
Entry
1-5 Yrs. 6-10 Yrs. >10 Yrs.
Ranqe
Level
Exper.
Exper… |
| 2009-10 Salary Ranges for Young Adolescent Level (12-15)
Entry
1-5 Yrs.
6-10 Yrs. >10 Yrs.
Range
Level
Exper.… |
| 2004-05 Salary Ranges for Young Adolescent Level (12-15)
Entry
1-5 Yrs. 6-10Yrs. >10 Yrs.
Range
Level
Exper.
Exper… |
| 2009-10 Salary Ranges for Administrators
Entry
1-5 Yrs.
6-10 Yrs.
>10 Yrs.
Range
Level
Exper.
Exper.
Exper.
$9… |
| 2009-10 Salary Ranaes for Administrators, continued
$117 ,000-$119,999
2%
$120,000-$122,999
<1%
$123,000-$125,999… |
| 2004-05 Salary Ranges for Administrators
Entry
1-5 Yrs. 6-10 Yrs. >10 Yrs.
Range
Level
Exoer.
Exoer.
Exoer.… |
| 2004-05 Salary Ranges for Administrators, continued
$117,000-$119,999
$120,000-$122,999
1%
>$123,000
1%
Total… |
| 2009-10 Percentile Rankings for All Age and Experience Levels
50th
Age and Experience
25th
Percentile
75th
Number of… |
| 2004-05 Percentile Rankings for All Age and Experience Levels
50th
Age and Experience
25th
Percentile
75th
Number of… |
| Percentile Rankings of Salaries
Percentiles by Age n11d Experience Level
To summarize the data in the salary range tables and… |
| opening up are not for heads of school but are positions like busi-
ness manager or director of admissions, which would not… |
| 2009-10 Median Annual Full-Time Salary for
All Experience Levels Combined
50000 ~------------------~--~
c.':'… |
| Percent of Emolovees at Entry Level
2009-10
2004-05
Aqe Level
% entry level
% entry level
Infant-Toddler
14%
28%… |
| 2009-10 Percent Deviation from Median Salary bv Diploma Held
Median Full-
Median Full-
Median Full-
Median Full-
Time with… |
| 2009-10 Additional Compensation
for Attained Decirees
Median
Median
Fixed
Percent
Degree
Premium
Premium
Bachelor… |
| 2009-10 Annual Subsidy
for Professional Develooment
Percentage of
Subsidy per Year
Schools
<$200
20%
$200-$399… |
| SCHOOL INFORMATION
The survey attempted to answer several common questions about
schools in relation to compensation. It… |
| 2009-10 Entry-Level Teachers' Starting Salaries
Across All AQe Levels by Geoaraphic ReQion
50th
25th
Percentile
75th… |
| 2004-05 Entry-Level Teachers' Starting Salaries
Across All AQe Levels by Geographic ReQion
50th
25th
Percentile
75th… |
| Facility Ownership
Forty-seven percent of the responding schools rent their facilities
while 53% own them, up from a 50-50… |
| 2001-10 Percent Deviation from Median Salarv by School Profit Status
Public District or
Aqe Level
Nonprofit Schools
For-… |
| 2009-10 Surve"
2004-05 Survev
Infant-Toddler Infant-Toddler
Infant-Toddler lnfant-T oddler
9-10 Mos.
9-10 Mos.
9… |
| 2009-10 Surve~
2005 Survev
r-
(")
Primary
Primary
Primary
Primary
Primary Primary
Primary
Primary
9-10 Mos… |
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2009-10 Survey
2004-05 Survey
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~
0
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"'O… |
| Ele111e11tnry (6-9 nnd 9-12) and Adolesce11t (12-15) Tuition Ranges
Figure 22 shows tuition ranges for lower elementary (6-9… |
| Comparison of 2009-10 and 2004-05 Median Annual Tuitions
(9-10 month school calendars}
Percent Increase of
2009-10 Median… |
| 2009-10 Percent Tuition Increase
over the Past Five Years
Percent Tuition
Increase
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
No… |
| 2009-10 Percent Salary Increase
over the Past Five Years
Percent Salary
Increase
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
No… |
| Percent Salary l11crease
Figure 27 shows answers to the question, "What was the per-
centage salary increase over… |
| using the primary (3-6) level as an example. Median salaries at the
3-6 age level are shown for teachers employed at schools… |
| The NAMTA Journal
45 |
| Paula Polk Lillard
46
The NAMTA Joumal • Vol. 35, No. I• Wi111er 20/0 |
| MONTESSORI AND STRUGGLE
by Paula Polk Lillard
Paula Lillard believes one of the key approaches in these hard times has
to be… |
| L1FE Is CHANCE
My first point is that life is change. We all know this, yet there
is a human tendency to see life as keeping… |
| bon would still be there for ironing and reuse the next day. When
I was old enough, she showed me how to clean my own nails… |
| process itself. As a result, their self-formation and appreciation of
the strengths that they did possess were actually… |
| for the beauty in her surroundings. She never allowed any sense of
unhappiness or anxiety about life to invade our home.
Thus… |
| are bad actors in these areas of life, of course. They seek power and
are filled with greed and corruption. They are guilty of… |
| In the intervening years, we have added other prohibitions for
the sake of the children, such as limiting use of computers ;:… |
| grow an expensive bureaucracy but administer the school ourselves,
following the British tradition of a "teaching… |
| Montessori children do grow up with a great desire to change the
world. Tf you want to see a group of such students gathered… |
| Anita Chastain
56
The NAMTA Jou ma/ • Vol. 35, No. I • Winter 2010 |
| ENROLLMENT STRATEGIES FOR
WEATHERING THE STORM
by Anita Chastain
Anita Chastain's succinct article suggests ways to… |
| right thing in the right
place at the right time for
our twenty-first-century
world. As Dr. P. Krishna
predicted
at the… |
| To foster good relationships with parents, extra diligence is due
in communication, and maintaining open communication is… |
| Tn addition, the school could offer a tuition credit for families
that make a referral that results in an enrollment. Tuition… |
| parents to be physically in our environments for a tour. Confirming
appointments the day before cuts down on no-shows. Take… |
| RcrERC CES
Burge, Weldon. Tiu• Ad111issio11~ F111111d: H()W lo Strt•n111/111e
th1• Priz•nlt• Sc/11>11/ A1i111i,sio11… |
| The NAMTA Joumal
63 |
| Mark Berger
6-1- The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 35, No. I• Wi111er 2010 |
| MONTESSORI MARKETING:
STORIES AND STRATEGIES
by Mark Berger
Mark Berger urges schools to "levernge the voices… |
| ply never heard about Maria Montessori and her little school in San
Lorenzo? It's far more likely that we shouldn't… |
| I go on to tell prospective parents that it's because Dr. Montessori
was on to something. She had in fact discovered… |
| If we are to solve the recruitment/
enrollment problem and take
Montessori "over the top," we
need to show… |
| tessori school(s) we are doing this very "such and such," it helps to
ma kc parents comfortable and to see… |
| the one that we generally find ourselves speaking to. But this au-
dience comprises a good portion of our parent population-… |
| more frequent career shifts. An "education" should prepare people
for that. Montessori schools do just this… |
| which typically are very difficult to see, imagine, or demonstrate.
We need to be clear about our message, though. In a recent… |
| These are stories that are irrefutable. Th is is no longer an intellectual
discussion or act of persuasion.
We can still line… |
| then argued for a very different sort of school, one that would al-
low children to discover their own selves, their own… |
| as such had little "cash value" to the average parent. Certainly
it wasn't going to be sufficient to… |
| fact that someone is successful and their Montessori background or
their educational preferences. On this front we would lose… |
| Our short-term goal is building and retaining enrollment. Our
long-term goal is bringing the Montessori experience to all… |
| Eissler, Trevor. Mo11tessori Madness. Georgetown, TX:
Sevenoff, 2009.
Fryer, Bronwyn. "How Do Innovators Think?&… |
| The NAMTA Jo11ma/
79 |
| Annette Kulle
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The NAMTA Jou ma/ • Vol. 35. No. I • Winter 20 I 0 |
| SCHOOL PROMOTION:
How IT Is CHANGING
by Annette Kulle
Annette Ku/le begiHs with a disc11ssio11 of "i11ter11al… |