Searching for a teacher-nanny
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Anonymous
| Where are some of you posters finding these former preschool teacher and college educated nannies? |
Anonymous
| I searched profiles on care.com. Even a top agency in our area didn’t have anyone matching our criteria. We found a great nanny, former teacher, but I had to read easily a thousand profiles to find three potential candidates. |
Anonymous
| put out an ad with the qualifications you seek and offer an appropriate salary. |
Anonymous
| How old are your children, OP? |
Anonymous
| I have a degree in Early Education in the NW DC Are and also a mom .I open to a share close to AU.contact Cathedralshare@Outlook.com |
Anonymous
| We found our nanny through an agency (we aren’t in DC) called Educated Nannies. But a friend found her part-time, after school nanny on care.com. That nanny teaches at a preschool near my friend’s home. |
Anonymous
| What type of hours are you looking for? I am considering this but would not be willing to work until 6 so that limits my pool |
Anonymous
| Is there anything like Educated Nannies in DC? |
Anonymous
It depends on your needs... Ages? Weekly schedule? When OP never responds, it may be a troll. |
Anonymous
I think OP is a troll. She's trying to make the point that certain nannies are special because they have a higher educational attainment and should never be asked to down something as mundane as fold kiddie laundry. All nannies teach their charges--only the level of educational qualifications differs (and some would argue that particularly for younger kids, having a diploma is fairly irrelevant in a non-school setting.) |
Anonymous
| No one I know argues about nannies taking care of the child’s laundry. Now if it’s the parents’ laundry, that would be crossing the line to housekeeping duties. |
Anonymous
That's your opinion. Other nannies feel differently. And again, doing light housework for 2 hours to fill up hours while child is in preschool/elementary school does not make one a housekeeper. |
Anonymous
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Does the nanny have to have a degree related to education?
I have a business degree and at some point in life would've love to be a nanny. Sitting in the office is just not for me. I just taught my 5-year old how to add numbers 0-100 and regroup. I loved it. Taught my 11-year old how to write cursive in one day. Loved that also. Nobody would ever hire me as a nanny because I have no recent experience. I was an Au Pair ages ago and a coop duty parent. Get yourself a college educated nanny from another industry. Not sure if Care.com has a section, where people who don't have nanny experience, try to make a case for becoming one. |
Anonymous
Not a troll. Reading all the responses but not interested in giving details about my family nor do I want to argue our choice. |
Anonymous
You would make a good nanny, PP. Take the long First Aid/CPR class and a couple of Early Education teaching classes (most available online). Start applying for weekend jobs and get some good references - then go for it! |