So where are you looking for a governess for the fall?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Would you pay another parent to do this if your kids are roughly the same age as theirs? How much? If I could cover a quarter of my salary, I'd consider taking a sabbatical to do this.

I have a Masters in Education but have not worked in a school since internship (went into edu policy and then into an adjacent policy field).

I paid a FFX teacher $20/hr to supervise the APS curriculum in the spring for lower elementary. If I go in with a pod for fall I imagine we’ll be paying $30-40/hr for 3-4 kids. So if it was my kid and yours and you were hosting, I’d pay $15-20/hr, on the books, through a nanny payroll type company.

That’s really low. I pay teenage babysitters that much.

Yeah, no kidding. What unicorn would take this job?

I would. I am a single mom laid off and thinking about using all 39 weeks of UI, plus earning a little cash on the side of the $600 is not extended.
I am going to supervise my kid’s online learning via his public, make lunch for him, etc.
I might offer outside play in lieu of online PE, and maybe a field trip every Wednesday when learning is asynchronous.
It will really depend on what the other parents prefer.
I would be super happy with $15-20/hr cash.
Kids won’t have to wear masks, too.
My only concern would be to find a family that is not litigious if god forbid someone gets sick, and not super strict on masks (in the household) and protocols.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you pay another parent to do this if your kids are roughly the same age as theirs? How much? If I could cover a quarter of my salary, I'd consider taking a sabbatical to do this.

I have a Masters in Education but have not worked in a school since internship (went into edu policy and then into an adjacent policy field).

I paid a FFX teacher $20/hr to supervise the APS curriculum in the spring for lower elementary. If I go in with a pod for fall I imagine we’ll be paying $30-40/hr for 3-4 kids. So if it was my kid and yours and you were hosting, I’d pay $15-20/hr, on the books, through a nanny payroll type company.

That’s really low. I pay teenage babysitters that much.

Yeah, no kidding. What unicorn would take this job?

I would. I am a single mom laid off and thinking about using all 39 weeks of UI, plus earning a little cash on the side of the $600 is not extended.
I am going to supervise my kid’s online learning via his public, make lunch for him, etc.
I might offer outside play in lieu of online PE, and maybe a field trip every Wednesday when learning is asynchronous.
It will really depend on what the other parents prefer.
I would be super happy with $15-20/hr cash.
Kids won’t have to wear masks, too.
My only concern would be to find a family that is not litigious if god forbid someone gets sick, and not super strict on masks (in the household) and protocols.

^ And this is part of the reason why number in the US will continue to shoot up. I'm glad you feel to forgo masks is ok for your family, please don't invite others to join.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you pay another parent to do this if your kids are roughly the same age as theirs? How much? If I could cover a quarter of my salary, I'd consider taking a sabbatical to do this.

I have a Masters in Education but have not worked in a school since internship (went into edu policy and then into an adjacent policy field).

I paid a FFX teacher $20/hr to supervise the APS curriculum in the spring for lower elementary. If I go in with a pod for fall I imagine we’ll be paying $30-40/hr for 3-4 kids. So if it was my kid and yours and you were hosting, I’d pay $15-20/hr, on the books, through a nanny payroll type company.

That’s really low. I pay teenage babysitters that much.

Yeah, no kidding. What unicorn would take this job?

I would. I am a single mom laid off and thinking about using all 39 weeks of UI, plus earning a little cash on the side of the $600 is not extended.
I am going to supervise my kid’s online learning via his public, make lunch for him, etc.
I might offer outside play in lieu of online PE, and maybe a field trip every Wednesday when learning is asynchronous.
It will really depend on what the other parents prefer.
I would be super happy with $15-20/hr cash.
Kids won’t have to wear masks, too.
My only concern would be to find a family that is not litigious if god forbid someone gets sick, and not super strict on masks (in the household) and protocols.

^ And this is part of the reason why number in the US will continue to shoot up. I'm glad you feel to forgo masks is ok for your family, please don't invite others to join.

Yes you are not invited lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I intend to hire a governess for my children this fall. My only concern is that I might fall in love with her, and then when she realizes I'm keeping my mad wife locked in the attic, flee and leave me heartbroken. But I'm confident things will work out for us in the end.

Just make sure your smoke detectors have fresh batteries and if you don't already have a sprinkler system installed, I would strongly advise it. In case that doesn't work out, you should start practicing now writing with your non-dominant hand. Also, keep your eye-doctor on retainer. No particular reason, but you'll thank me later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello, I'd be willing to teach in person.
But only if your child takes medicine with sugar, as you know a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. In the most delightful way.

Best,

Mary

Mary,

I might be interested in your services. However, you look an awful lot like this other young governess I knew. She seemed innocent at first, a convent girl, but turned out to be a bit of a strumpet. Can I trust you?

Baroness Shroeder

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep an eye on your husband.

Reader, I married him.

💕


Of course, it's the husband who locks you on the third floor you can't trust. The governess has principals and morals and would rather run away and starve than compromise them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, I'd be willing to teach in person.
But only if your child takes medicine with sugar, as you know a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. In the most delightful way.

Best,

Mary

Mary,

I might be interested in your services. However, you look an awful lot like this other young governess I knew. She seemed innocent at first, a convent girl, but turned out to be a bit of a strumpet. Can I trust you?

Baroness Shroeder

Just send the runts to boarding school.

--Max

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm waiting until school announcement is final to pull the trigger on a governess.

However, I don't have high hopes that we'll find someone who has a suitable educational backyard AND is fluent/native speaker in child's immersion language AND who we can afford.

Yeah that will run you $80k, minimum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think we use the word "governess" anymore, OP. It's a bit sexist and dated. "Tutor" is more modern and gender neutral.

OP can use whatever terminology she chooses. Don’t police her language. It’s rude and uncouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're advertising for a "gap year" Canadian who will act as our "distance learning supervisor" in return for travel expenses, room board, Metro passes, gift cards etc. Gap year girl or guy's job will be to keep our 2 upper grades kids track to complete their DCPS' DL assignments, jazzing content up a bit with games, songs, activities. We sucked as home schooling parents in the spring and want live-in help this time around. We've advertised on a couple Canadian job sites geared to young people and are receiving promising sounding inquiries. Canadians can still travel to the US on 6-month tourist visas that are issued automatically. They can stay with American families as unpaid guests. Canadian tourists can no longer cross land borders but can still fly in. We're currently checking references and interviewing applicants and expect to have a young person in the house to supervise most of our children's DL by Labor Day. We hosted au pairs on J-1 visas for years, so not a big change for us (just no more J-1 visas in the mix as the WH has frozen au pair visas at least til the end of the year).

I really want to know why you need this person to be Canadian?

[Anonymous]

She wants him/her to be Canadian because she doesn't intend to pay minimum wage.

She had au pairs in the past and they can't come now because of the suspension of the program.

She expects the Canadians to lie and say they are coming here on "vacation" and not admit they are intending to work.

It is totally illegal, but that doesn't seem to bother the poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She wants him/her to be Canadian because she doesn't intend to pay minimum wage.

She had au pairs in the past and they can't come now because of the suspension of the program.

She expects the Canadians to lie and say they are coming here on "vacation" and not admit they are intending to work.

It is totally illegal, but that doesn't seem to bother the poster.

Is it really work if they are not paid - just a gift cards But year why canadian?

[Anonymous]

Of course, it is work! How long do you think they will be allowed to stay if they announce they aren't going to supervise the distance learning of the kids?!!! And, part of the paying by gift cards is so there won't be a paper trail.

Canadian because they can still come on a tourist visa. Those from many other countries can't.

Basically, she wants an au pair even though the program is suspended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm waiting until school announcement is final to pull the trigger on a governess.

However, I don't have high hopes that we'll find someone who has a suitable educational backyard AND is fluent/native speaker in child's immersion language AND who we can afford.

What language?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course, it is work! How long do you think they will be allowed to stay if they announce they aren't going to supervise the distance learning of the kids?!!! And, part of the paying by gift cards is so there won't be a paper trail.

Canadian because they can still come on a tourist visa. Those from many other countries can't.

Basically, she wants an au pair even though the program is suspended.

Who works for free in the Northern Hemisphere? So Canadians work for free?