Teacher Parents

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This is great! It makes it tempting to have this option in my contract! Unfortunately, I am certain that the teacher parents I would have would still send their child when they are off so it is a moot point .

That's why I require a calendar - yeah, I could go and print it out, but I want them to hand it to me so they know *I* know:: and I always make a point to mention it at pick up "looks like it's Columbus Day on Monday! So we will see you on Tuesday!"

You may not be able to do it now, but you can always change for incoming teachers.

[spud912]

That's why I require a calendar - yeah, I could go and print it out, but I want them to hand it to me so they know *I* know:: and I always make a point to mention it at pick up "looks like it's Columbus Day on Monday! So we will see you on Tuesday!"

You may not be able to do it now, but you can always change for incoming teachers.

Oh I getcha , but my teacher parents would hands down always choose option 2 instead.

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This is great! It makes it tempting to have this option in my contract! Unfortunately, I am certain that the teacher parents I have would still send their child when they are off so it is a moot point .

That is great! I might have to find a way to start now. One of my teachers has a new baby... I don't want to wait five years to implement this - my own kids will be teens by then... and that is the whole point of me wanting smaller days.

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OP here- so I decided I am going to do what is right for me and my family, and change this to where there is no daycare if there is no school... without prior approval. Meaning if they need me for a day over a break or whatnot, they can ask.... and most of the time I would be okay with it.... but gives me some breaks as well. Now here is my question. DH says deal with the problem, just tell the one family who is doing this. My good friend who also is a provider says send out a addendum to all my teacher families even tho only one of them is doing this. Help!!

[Blackcat31]

OP here- so I decided I am going to do what is right for me and my family, and change this to where there is no daycare if there is no school... without prior approval. Meaning if they need me for a day over a break or whatnot, they can ask.... and most of the time I would be okay with it.... but gives me some breaks as well. Now here is my question. DH says deal with the problem, just tell the one family who is doing this. My good friend who also is a provider says send out a addendum to all my teacher families even tho only one of them is doing this. Help!!

Send it to everyone.

I always add that some of my notes and memos aren't always applicable to everyone but it's easier to send out the same letter to all parents and let them decide which parts are directed at them.

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That was my original thought too but the other provider suggested that by sending it to all, I might encourage other parents to start bringing the kids when they currently aren't, and open a whole new "can of worms" - I might be in the wrong business when it comes to this needing backbone stuff.

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Oh I getcha , but my teacher parents would hands down always choose option 2 instead.

If I was getting paid year round, I wouldn't mind. Part of my issue is finding summer fill ins. Year round payments, problem solved now, if they were trying to come those days and refusing to pay for the summer, I would terminate care.

That said, I find teachers are CHEAP and do not want to pay for summer care. So if they only way they could do that is to chose the strict school calendar option they do it.

[spud912]

If I was getting paid year round, I wouldn't mind. Part of my issue is finding summer fill ins. Year round payments, problem solved now, if they were trying to come those days and refusing to pay for the summer, I would terminate care.

That said, I find teachers are CHEAP and do not want to pay for summer care. So if they only way they could do that is to chose the strict school calendar option they do it.

I currently have one dck whose parents are teachers. They want dck to come during the summer "part-time," but their idea of part-time is entirely different than what the rest of the world considers part-time. They want to bring dck 4 days a week instead of 5, but approximately 40 hours per week. Then they want to pay me 1/5 less of the payment. I consider part-time to be under 30 hours AND the rate goes from weekly to hourly. Otherwise, these parents send their child full-time during every day off of school and have given me some grief when I took a day off.....during one of their days off of school .