This Is Why I Don't Like Teachers

[midaycare]

I have a couple teacher parents but they have been with me so long that they aren't an issue. I do however, have a policy that says notice periods can not include ANY vacation days or closed days. This might be unfair but I also have a 6 week notice period for teachers. Others must provide a minimum of 2 weeks per child. This helps a bit so you don't get shafted right before the holidays or summer vacay.

Ohhh...I like it!

[Snowmom]

I used to despise those looking for "teacher friendly schedules". If they email me, I usually won't even reply. Mainly because I don't like enrolling families who feel their entitled to "special" because of their vocation.

But, if they simply tell me they're teachers, give me their hours for a quote, and don't push for "special", I have no problem offering them my school year only contract if they want it.
It's much higher that my standard full year contract (which I don't divulge) but gives them the option of taking off winter and spring break for 1/2 rate as long as they're gone the entire break. Plus, it has a definite end date in June. It's not guaranteed to start back up in September unless I have availability.
It's more of a win for me than them.

[Unregistered]

I have a teacher schedule daycare, as it is is a great fit for my family. Where I get baffled is the school support staff interviews I have had. There are 10 weeks a year my clients do not have to pay. Works for me, and a pretty awesome deal for them I would think. The rest of the year is the typical if you are contracted for it, you need to pay whether your child is here or not.

I have had support staff say that they do not have to attend the professional development days, and will be wanting to spend that time with their child of course. They argue they should not have to pay those days. When I point out they will need to pay, they scoff and say they will be sending their child then! They also argue the week before school starts that I am open. They do not have a class to set up, so don't need it. One even pushed for me to operate illegally and go over in numbers, saying it would be okay as their kid was easy.

I have not enrolled any school support staff so far.

[Josiegirl]

I've had teachers before and never worried about the summers/vacations because I always filled that time with older dcks. The current teacher dcf pays for the breaks during the school year and if they want to come back in the fall, they need to give me a nonrefundable holding fee before they leave for the summer.

[Play Care]

I have a love/hate relationship with teachers. I have a separate teacher contract and they all choose the "teacher special" which saves them money and gives me more time off. But then it comes to vacation time and they are asking me if I'll be open for them so they get "me" time. Um no, YOU chose the teacher special. You don't have that option.

[Annalee]

I really like the six week notice posted earlier.....that is a wonderful idea. I have one parent teacher and she has been here four years. I can't imagine a parent taking a child out of a daycare every christmas break and summer. Poor kid! These parents:confused:

[Indoorvoice]

I recently started catering to teachers more because my kids still count in my ratio when they're home from school so I really have to close for all school breaks for right now. I take 10 weeks out of my typical yearly tuition and spread it evenly over the entire year so I get paid the same every week. So they are getting a big discount but I get guaranteed time off and pretty great hours. The stipulations are that when they are on breaks during the school year, they must keep their kids home, and they can use up to2 days a week in the summer with at least 48 hours notice. That gives quite a lot of time off with a guaranteed paycheck and no questions about paying over time off because they get that their time off is built in to their tuition. Haven't quite figured out if this screws me over if they leave mid year, but so far I haven't come across that.

[HappyEverAfter]

I have two teacher families. One is a non issue and understands I am running a business. The other one of them started in August and has already tried push my vacation policy. I allow parents two, non consecutive weeks of vacation per year where they only have to pay half the normal tuition rate. They first tried to break their weeks up into individual days. No. Then they tried to use their weeks consecutively for the last two weeks of the year. No. On top of that they wanted a slightly lower rate for the week of Christmas since I’m already closed one of those days. No.
So next year, new policy is that teachers can drop to part time (I normally only do full time) of 2, set days per week for 8 weeks in the summer but cannot have vacation rates any other time of the year. And they have to let me know by January 2nd if they plan to do this. I’m announcing this on Monday and I’m sure they won’t like it since they’ve already told me they want spring break off but I feel it’s more than generous on my part. They also have the option of leaving care completely for the summer but I will not hold their spot and it may or may not be there when they need it at the end of summer. (It won’t)

[hwichlaz]

Here, teachers get paid year round too, so it REALLY bugs me when they dicker over breaks.

[amberrose3dg]

Here, teachers get paid year round too, so it REALLY bugs me when they dicker over breaks.

They are also paid for the year here and get over 20 personal days to use during the school year. It is far more than we get.

[storybookending]

They are also paid for the year here and get over 20 personal days to use during the school year. It is far more than we get.

I’m not sure about personal days but the local district here does not get paid year round. SIL complains about it constantly. The smaller districts in the neighborhood “farming towns” have options for teachers to get paid year round or on a 10 month plan but the big ole division 1 too big for their britches, thinks they’re above everyone else district I live in doesn’t treat their teachers with respect at all. I do not see SIL teaching much longer, at least not in this crappy district.

[Blackcat31]

I’m not sure about personal days but the local district here does not get paid year round. SIL complains about it constantly. The smaller districts in the neighborhood “farming towns” have options for teachers to get paid year round or on a 10 month plan but the big ole division 1 too big for their britches, thinks they’re above everyone else district I live in doesn’t treat their teachers with respect at all. I do not see SIL teaching much longer, at least not in this crappy district.

Whether they are paid year round or not is irrelevant.

They are still paid a YEARLY salary.
A salary they agreed to when they accepted the job.

I refuse to lose money due to someone else's career choice. If I did that (gave discounts etc) Id have to do the same for all the loggers and other professions in our area that also work seasonally.

[storybookending]

Whether they are paid year round or not is irrelevant.

They are still paid a YEARLY salary.
A salary they agreed to when they accepted the job.

I refuse to lose money due to someone else's career choice. If I did that (gave discounts etc) Id have to do the same for all the loggers and other professions in our area that also work seasonally.

Oh yeah I wasn’t speaking in terms of daycare really at all, just in defense of the teachers. It just kind of ****s that this big fancy act like they are above everyone else district doesn’t have the option for them when the “lesser” important smaller schools treat their teachers a million times better. Either way it’s the same salary, they just need to budget better during the year to make up for it. SIL has never once complained about paying me, although I do give her special treatment, I was just speaking about my local district in general. Frankly I’d watch my niece for free if I could afford it. I went to a school in a neighboring town that is considered “lesser” the education I received was no different than the one the kids at the big fancy school received. At least my teachers were happy and turn around wasn’t as crazy as it is at the big school.