Teacher Endowment
For 69 years, Country School teachers have cared for and instructed our most precious commodity - our students. The school must continue to offer competitive compensation to attract and retain the best educators. Today, 59 faculty members exude our mission. They make a living and make a life on campus, often wearing hats beyond the classroom - as coaches, as parents, as advisors, as trip leaders, as committee chairs. Academic leadership and teaching delivered by our faculty represent the heart of The Country School and its mission.
This endowment allows us to raise salaries while also paying stipends for sports coaching, arts duties, bringing us closer to public school compensation and better-endowed independent schools.
The Country School provides the finest elementary and middle school experience available.. Outstanding teachers immeasurably advance the school’s academic reputation. The Teacher Endowment Fund allows all generations shaped by The Country School to honor teachers. Donors may make a gift in honor or memory of the teachers, staff members and administrators whose impact lives in their hearts.
Today, the ability to competitively compensate our valued teachers presents a challenge as costs of living are increasing more quickly than tuition can be increased. Over recent years, grateful families have come together with gifts to initiate the Endowment Fund for Teachers, hoping to inspire our entire community to make a difference to the teachers who shaped the lives of our alumni and continue to mold the minds of our future alumni. We aim to add $3,000,000,000 to the Teacher Endowment, with the annual draw earmarked specifically to invest in three key areas for faculty: compensation, professional development, and retirement.
