Teachers- what will you do in fall for Daycare?

[Anonymous]

With so much unknown with how school will look- what are teachers planning to do with their own children?

[Anonymous]

Luckily I don’t have littles, but of my colleagues who do, about 1/2 plan to resign. They can’t find options that are reliable, affordable, and safe. Seems any two of those three abound, but all three are as scarce as hand sanitizer in March.

Of the half that plan to return, they are currently planning on relying on non-working family and friends, esp. SAHMs. A coworker’s wife has run a teachers’ kids only home daycare for 10 years. It’s closed summers and school holidays. They home to run it only the days that their own kids are not home and then clean like crazy. However, they just learned that their kids may not even be able to attend school on the same day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Luckily I don’t have littles, but of my colleagues who do, about 1/2 plan to resign. They can’t find options that are reliable, affordable, and safe. Seems any two of those three abound, but all three are as scarce as hand sanitizer in March.

Of the half that plan to return, they are currently planning on relying on non-working family and friends, esp. SAHMs. A coworker’s wife has run a teachers’ kids only home daycare for 10 years. It’s closed summers and school holidays. They home to run it only the days that their own kids are not home and then clean like crazy. However, they just learned that their kids may not even be able to attend school on the same day.

Let them quit. Stupid move but if they have to, they have to. Seems they could work out something with the daycare they work at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Luckily I don’t have littles, but of my colleagues who do, about 1/2 plan to resign. They can’t find options that are reliable, affordable, and safe. Seems any two of those three abound, but all three are as scarce as hand sanitizer in March.

Of the half that plan to return, they are currently planning on relying on non-working family and friends, esp. SAHMs. A coworker’s wife has run a teachers’ kids only home daycare for 10 years. It’s closed summers and school holidays. They home to run it only the days that their own kids are not home and then clean like crazy. However, they just learned that their kids may not even be able to attend school on the same day.

Let them quit. Stupid move but if they have to, they have to. Seems they could work out something with the daycare they work at.

What?!?

[Anonymous]

My 3 and 4 year old will be in daycare be it I teach online or physically teach in the schools. Why would I quit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Luckily I don’t have littles, but of my colleagues who do, about 1/2 plan to resign. They can’t find options that are reliable, affordable, and safe. Seems any two of those three abound, but all three are as scarce as hand sanitizer in March.

Of the half that plan to return, they are currently planning on relying on non-working family and friends, esp. SAHMs. A coworker’s wife has run a teachers’ kids only home daycare for 10 years. It’s closed summers and school holidays. They home to run it only the days that their own kids are not home and then clean like crazy. However, they just learned that their kids may not even be able to attend school on the same day.

I've actually considered doing this, I think I might be able to get enough business from my school. Although I don't know if people would feel comfortable with me because my husband goes to work outside the home and has a lot of contact with people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 3 and 4 year old will be in daycare be it I teach online or physically teach in the schools. Why would I quit?

If your kids can go to daycare this isn't a problem for you. If your kids are between 5-10 it's more of an issue. Most daycares don't serve 8 year olds so I'll need to think of something

[Anonymous]

I have worked in districts that did job sharing MWF or TTH, I would be open to that but it works better for specialists and assistants roles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 3 and 4 year old will be in daycare be it I teach online or physically teach in the schools. Why would I quit?

If your kids can go to daycare this isn't a problem for you. If your kids are between 5-10 it's more of an issue. Most daycares don't serve 8 year olds so I'll need to think of something

I’m confused. Why wouldn’t your 8 year old be in school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 3 and 4 year old will be in daycare be it I teach online or physically teach in the schools. Why would I quit?

If your kids can go to daycare this isn't a problem for you. If your kids are between 5-10 it's more of an issue. Most daycares don't serve 8 year olds so I'll need to think of something

I’m confused. Why wouldn’t your 8 year old be in school?

Many school districts are talking about doing 1-2 days a week with students rotating. Teachers will presumably be there every day

[Anonymous]

I would hope the governor would reclassify teachers as essential workers if they have to come into school.

[Anonymous]

DS8 typically attends before and aftercare at a center. They are currently open for children of essential workers. If school buildings reopen, I would assume he would have a spot although they won't be able to be anywhere near capacity so who knows. I'm immunocompromised so if school buildings reopen and I'm required to teach in person then I'll have to seriously weigh whether or not I can return. If it's not safe for me to return then I won't be able to send DS either. So much is up in the air right now.

[Anonymous]

I have no idea and I’ve been awake in the middle of the night thinking about it every night for at least a week. DH cannot work from home and we live in DC so DD3 is starting PK3 at a public charter school. If the kids go back a few days a week I’m hoping to find a nanny share with a family on the same schedule or maybe her daycare will take kids back part time. Worst case scenario is that I’ll take leave on the days DD is home. While I’m concerned about Covid, I’m honestly a lot more anxious about spending all of our savings on childcare. If we are all DL, I’ll just suck it up and put DD in front of the TV or on my lap like I have been doing. We do not have family nearby and I’m nearly maxed out on the salary scale so quitting is not an option. I know this sucks for everyone but I just don’t know what parents who both work outside the home are supposed to do.

[Anonymous]

It has kept me up at night. We have two ES kids who would presumably be on the same schedule and a 2 YO. But if I have to work every day, we will still have a gap.

I will not quit. I will work one-two days a week and take unpaid leave and make them find subs. I worked hard for this career and won’t throw it away over this one weird year.

We will probably do a nanny share, so will be breaking SD. But if I am at work, we have broken it anyway.

[Anonymous]

Quit. I don’t make enough for a nanny (snort!). We are considering moving back closer to family in a couple years and that area usually needs teachers, so I’ll take the break and try to get a job there when we make the move.