$200 each is a very generous amount that will be appreciated ! (Good Karma coming your way !!!) |
Our preschool teachers were always so thankful. We also would give to the kitchen staff, who were often overlooked. When you make $12 an hour, a $50 gift card is pretty great. |
I've always done Visa gift cards, since AAA usually waives the activation fee around this time, but I think Amazon is a pretty safe bet too. I usually do $50 per teacher, which is apparently on the high end for our school (outside Beltway-burbs with families on the higher end of middle class). There's definitely a threshold on how much to give before things get weird. |
I thought about this, but 1) I've actually had some difficulties using them at times myself. 2) it's another card to keep track of, I imagine many teachers could have up to 20 gift cards, which is great, but a lot to organize/carry around |
What I've always done with Visa gift cards is use it to buy any gift card I ACTUALLY want, so it can be consolidated fairly quickly. |
200 gift card |
Okay but preschool and daycare teachers are not public school teachers and they get paid a lot less and have far less job security/ fewer benefits. It will never be totally equitable. I’m open to suggestions but I hate the idea that we shouldn’t give generously to underpaid childcare workers because not everyone can. |
One month's tuition is 2k for us. Should we really be giving a 2k holiday gift to my kid's teachers??? |
Umm, yes. Your kids preschool teachers probably make between $30k and $40k. Think about living on that! You paying an extra month's tuition on your salary, you can afford it, whereas the teachers need it |
I would be happy to give this much because we’re lucky to be able to afford it (my employer completely covers childcare costs at the moment, which I know I basically unheard of). But short of a pooling situation, it sounds a bit awkward to do *that* much? |
My kid’s tuition is more than 2k, and no, we don’t give 2k holiday gift to my kid’s teachers. I think we have 2 main teachers plus some floaters. |
Our daycare switches classrooms twice a year, so we have a total of 6 teachers and a few floaters. I plan to give $100 to each and we will also contribute to the group gift. |
Ours has 3 teachers and we do $150 each. |
You give what you want and can afford but saying "ridiculous" in light of the role they plan in your kid's life. What?! |
I hope some people commenting have their preschoolers in public school because the daycare teachers make significantly less money. My kid is at an amazing Montessori school and we give 200 per teacher. We can afford it and want to show appreciatiation for how much they take care of our child. We give cash not gift cards. |