Pros
I have been a principal with the schools for more than two decades. I have seen the schools grow from the small community of teachers that we were at the start. All Principals are also teachers, and we teach together with the team in each school. We have teachers in the schools who are both young and old. We have remained in the school contentedly for many years. Reading reviews on glassdoor, I believe these are the younger teachers who had not found what they were looking for in a career. Our teachers have more than two months of uninterrupted leave a year. I do not take home any work after each class, marking is all done in class with assisted curriculum plans. Teachers work twenty-four hours a week, which is very useful for me as I have children and the elderly to care for. There are few opportunities for upset as each teacher is responsible for her own classes, with my guidance and protection whenever they face difficulties. The teachers who have been teaching with me for many years do exercise high personal responsibility so that we work well as teams. Management are teachers themselves, and we are all friends, with good relationships for decades.
Cons
The career path is simple and flat, Teachers will progress to Principals and take own additional responsibilities with a higher remuneration. We still enjoy the same holidays but there is a higher sense of responsibility because we are caring for the team under us. This is expected.