How much would you pay a certified teacher to help run your Pod?

[Anonymous]

Trying to have a starting point of what would be appropriate to pay a certified teacher for leading the learning pod. We are 4 families looking for a teacher to help out with the lessons perhaps 3 days a week and provide some enrichment too. How much should each family pay hourly?

[Anonymous]

How many kids? What age?

[Anonymous]

Four third graders

[Anonymous]

What are the hours?
4 families you each pay $250 a week and teacher makes $1,000 a week.

[Anonymous]

Are you asking the teacher not to take other jobs or work with other families?

[Anonymous]

Look up the salary scale for DCPS. Decide which level of experience you want to pay for. Don’t forget to factor in health care and retirement (teachers can “buy” a year of service credit for 8% of the average DCPS teacher salary for that year, if they worked for a different district. Not sure they could ever get that year back otherwise.) Then add in more to compensate for being an employee that you can fire at any time for any reason. Also, whether you plan to pay as an employee or company tractor, because I’d definitely want my taxes covered. (In DC there’s also a franchise fee for 1099s making over a certain amount.

I make $95,000 in DCPS and would probably need at least $150k to even consider jumping ship. You might find a recent grad just starting out that would take far less. Educational aides would also be much cheaper because they are basically paid minimum wage (but full benefits). But certification isn’t required, though I know some have it.

[Anonymous]

This is depressing. Just stop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look up the salary scale for DCPS. Decide which level of experience you want to pay for. Don’t forget to factor in health care and retirement (teachers can “buy” a year of service credit for 8% of the average DCPS teacher salary for that year, if they worked for a different district. Not sure they could ever get that year back otherwise.) Then add in more to compensate for being an employee that you can fire at any time for any reason. Also, whether you plan to pay as an employee or company tractor, because I’d definitely want my taxes covered. (In DC there’s also a franchise fee for 1099s making over a certain amount.

I make $95,000 in DCPS and would probably need at least $150k to even consider jumping ship. You might find a recent grad just starting out that would take far less. Educational aides would also be much cheaper because they are basically paid minimum wage (but full benefits). But certification isn’t required, though I know some have it.

You make good points. I’m not sure we want someone full time, maybe just a few hours each day. May be harder to find a certified teacher than I thought given DCPS’ salary and benefits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look up the salary scale for DCPS. Decide which level of experience you want to pay for. Don’t forget to factor in health care and retirement (teachers can “buy” a year of service credit for 8% of the average DCPS teacher salary for that year, if they worked for a different district. Not sure they could ever get that year back otherwise.) Then add in more to compensate for being an employee that you can fire at any time for any reason. Also, whether you plan to pay as an employee or company tractor, because I’d definitely want my taxes covered. (In DC there’s also a franchise fee for 1099s making over a certain amount.

I make $95,000 in DCPS and would probably need at least $150k to even consider jumping ship. You might find a recent grad just starting out that would take far less. Educational aides would also be much cheaper because they are basically paid minimum wage (but full benefits). But certification isn’t required, though I know some have it.

You make good points. I’m not sure we want someone full time, maybe just a few hours each day. May be harder to find a certified teacher than I thought given DCPS’ salary and benefits.

If you want part-time then the teacher is going to be working with another pod. Double the exposure. With their pod and your pod, your child is "interacting" with more kids than in school and without the protections school would insist on- masks, 6 feet, frequent hand washing. You will also be contributing to community spread with so large a chain of contagion - 7 families if you include the teacher's family. This stuff is irresponsible.

[Anonymous]

Everyone realizes that “pods” are just private schools where YOU DO ALL THE WORK, right?
You do the recruitment, the HR, the instructional coaching, the supervising, the procurement, etc etc.


And everyone realizes that there’s only a finite number of teachers, right?

[Anonymous]

Are you kids enrolled in a DC public school? If yes, why do you need a certified teacher rather than simply hiring a responsible "distance learning supervisor" who helps the kids take full advantage of the on-line resources and live instruction the school will provide. How about a grad student in education you pay around $30-$40/hour?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look up the salary scale for DCPS. Decide which level of experience you want to pay for. Don’t forget to factor in health care and retirement (teachers can “buy” a year of service credit for 8% of the average DCPS teacher salary for that year, if they worked for a different district. Not sure they could ever get that year back otherwise.) Then add in more to compensate for being an employee that you can fire at any time for any reason. Also, whether you plan to pay as an employee or company tractor, because I’d definitely want my taxes covered. (In DC there’s also a franchise fee for 1099s making over a certain amount.

I make $95,000 in DCPS and would probably need at least $150k to even consider jumping ship. You might find a recent grad just starting out that would take far less. Educational aides would also be much cheaper because they are basically paid minimum wage (but full benefits). But certification isn’t required, though I know some have it.

You make good points. I’m not sure we want someone full time, maybe just a few hours each day. May be harder to find a certified teacher than I thought given DCPS’ salary and benefits.

If you want part-time then the teacher is going to be working with another pod. Double the exposure. With their pod and your pod, your child is "interacting" with more kids than in school and without the protections school would insist on- masks, 6 feet, frequent hand washing. You will also be contributing to community spread with so large a chain of contagion - 7 families if you include the teacher's family. This stuff is irresponsible.

+1, anyone willing to be in a pod is not staying to their family and probably working out of the house, socializing, eating out so you are being exposed to much more than just those few kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you kids enrolled in a DC public school? If yes, why do you need a certified teacher rather than simply hiring a responsible "distance learning supervisor" who helps the kids take full advantage of the on-line resources and live instruction the school will provide. How about a grad student in education you pay around $30-$40/hour?

Child care. Its a nanny share but no one wants to call it that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone realizes that “pods” are just private schools where YOU DO ALL THE WORK, right?
You do the recruitment, the HR, the instructional coaching, the supervising, the procurement, etc etc.


And everyone realizes that there’s only a finite number of teachers, right?

Its homeschooling but outsourcing the actual teaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you kids enrolled in a DC public school? If yes, why do you need a certified teacher rather than simply hiring a responsible "distance learning supervisor" who helps the kids take full advantage of the on-line resources and live instruction the school will provide. How about a grad student in education you pay around $30-$40/hour?

Child care. Its a nanny share but no one wants to call it that.

I've complained about setting my kids up for all their Zoom meetings and printing out their homework, but those are minor annoyances/distractions. My children don't need a distance learning butler.