Pay & Benefits

Pay Rubric

To promote equity and provide a path for growth at our schools, we follow a pay rubric. The rubric uses the employee's role at Apple Playschools, professional experience, and education background to determine a level and starting pay rate. After that rate is determined and an employee is hired, employees are able to earn raises through advancing their skills and studies, applying for a promotion, tenure on the Apple Playschools team, or through organization-wide discretionary increases passed by the Board of Directors.

Yearly salaries listed above are estimated for people working full time (40 hours per week), year round. 
*Substitute teachers work as-needed. Because Substitutes are not eligible for benefits and are not guaranteed hours, they are paid a flat hourly rate. 
​**Because our team at Manzanitas Spanish Immersion Playschool is double the size of our other schools, the higher end of this range represents the pay rate for a Program Director at Manzanitas.
***Flex teachers working a regular schedule of less than 20 hours/week or for a pre-determined temporary period of less than 90 days, such as staff working seasonally, are eligible to receive +$1 to their pay rate since they are NOT subs, but are ineligible for benefits.

Benefits

  • Accrued paid time off starting at 8 days per year. Paid Time Off may not be taken during mandatory in-service or the first 3 weeks of September, January and May.

  • 8.5 paid holidays (New Years Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Friday After Thanksgiving and the Wednesday afternoon before, Christmas Day), paid at a rate that is equal to the average hours worked in a day.

  • Paid scheduled closures (~7 days at winter break, ~5 days at spring break, ~2 days at fall break) granted after the completion of the 90-day probationary period.

  • For employees working 30 or more hours a week who have completed their probationary period, Apple Playschools offers enrollment in a Network Health Benefit Plan (i.e. HMO) for  employees and their dependents. In addition Apple Playschools provides a cost-share toward the Employee’s monthly premium. Eligibility requirements and details about health care options shall be in accordance with our Benefits Enrollment Guide.

  • Approximately 50% tuition reduction through the Apple Playschools Child Care Benefit (Child Care provided through Apple Playschools). 

  • Approximately 7 paid in-service days annually.

  • Employee assistance program offering short-term loans, mental health support, legal assistance, etc.

  • Paid family and bereavement leave.***

  • Retirement matching. ***

  • Flexible schedule with approval of program director and executive director.

  • TEACH Scholarship for qualifying students.

***For staff working 30 hours or more

Central Administrative Staff

Central Administrative Staff are paid at competitive rates in the local nonprofit sector, and pay rate per position varies. They are eligible for the same benefits listed above. Our Executive Director currently makes $74,200.00 annually and accrues 20 PTO days per year, but otherwise is eligible for the same benefits as other full-time staff members.