How much are you giving teachers this holiday?

[Anonymous]

I think I'm gonna do $300 for our in home daycare provider (one weeks pay)

I was going to do a BBW 3 wick candle and $50 to target for DD's teacher but I am seriously reconsidering that after she sent me the rudest email yesterday. May just do $25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. Please don't give me anything, unless it's a letter to my principal (and if you really like me, copied to higher-ups) about what a great teacher I am (and why). I also love homemade cards or notes or drawings from your children, if they are inclined to do so without you forcing them. Otherwise, I'm an educational professional, not your friend, your nanny, or your relative. I don't need a gift or a tip. I mean, you wouldn't give one to your doctor.

I don't tip my doctor, but my doctor is not cutting into their own earnings to buy supplies for my kids. I send gift cards to target for this reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. Please don't give me anything, unless it's a letter to my principal (and if you really like me, copied to higher-ups) about what a great teacher I am (and why). I also love homemade cards or notes or drawings from your children, if they are inclined to do so without you forcing them. Otherwise, I'm an educational professional, not your friend, your nanny, or your relative. I don't need a gift or a tip. I mean, you wouldn't give one to your doctor.

I don't tip my doctor, but my doctor is not cutting into their own earnings to buy supplies for my kids. I send gift cards to target for this reason.

Teachers aren’t required to either. Much of what teachers buy are non essential items

[Anonymous]

$0

[Anonymous]

I only contribute to the general class fund because it is anonymous. $50 this year and a card.

Giving a gift directly to the teacher feels like quid pro quo asking for some benefit for the child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$50 gift card for his teacher

$25 gift card for his bus driver

We have no limits AFAIK in our district.

MCPS and PGCPS have $20 gift limits. Any district in Maryland is going to have a limit— it will probably be $20, but it is up to the district to specify it.

DCPS has a $25 limit.

Arlington Public Schools has a $100 limit over the course of a year. FCPS doesn't have a formal limit, but discourages gifts.

Where did you see this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$50 gift card for his teacher

$25 gift card for his bus driver

We have no limits AFAIK in our district.

MCPS and PGCPS have $20 gift limits. Any district in Maryland is going to have a limit— it will probably be $20, but it is up to the district to specify it.

DCPS has a $25 limit.

Arlington Public Schools has a $100 limit over the course of a year. FCPS doesn't have a formal limit, but discourages gifts.

Where did you see this?

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BVJKDW4E9467/$file/P4430.pdf

"Students and their parents shall be discouraged from the routine presentation of gifts to school system employees on occasions such as Christmas. A school system employee shall not accept an elaborate or expensive gift even if a student should feel a spontaneous desire to offer one."

[Anonymous]

In home daycare gets 500 dollars. She is a gem.

Preschool/daycare teachers and assistants get 50-75 each depending on how long they have been w my child. Directors and floater staff get 25. Part of the challenge is my kid is between rooms at preschool right now but only started in fall so he will spend half a year in one room and half in the other so there is a ton of teachers!

[Anonymous]

Pp here. In case it wasn’t clear I have one kid in inhome and one in the preschool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. Please don't give me anything, unless it's a letter to my principal (and if you really like me, copied to higher-ups) about what a great teacher I am (and why). I also love homemade cards or notes or drawings from your children, if they are inclined to do so without you forcing them. Otherwise, I'm an educational professional, not your friend, your nanny, or your relative. I don't need a gift or a tip. I mean, you wouldn't give one to your doctor.

I don't tip my doctor, but my doctor is not cutting into their own earnings to buy supplies for my kids. I send gift cards to target for this reason.

Thank you for understanding the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero because it’s not really a thing anymore I think.

I used to run the entire teacher appreciation program at our school pre-covid. I don’t bother anymore and I’m sure no one even notices the difference.

The teachers notice….

I doubt that.

If OP says no one noticed, her “program” was probably along the lines of DD coffee and a few boxes of donuts set out by mid-morning after classes have already started. What is not missed was never effective.

[Anonymous]

I'm a long term sub, and am grateful for the 2 kids/families that gave me a gift card. Yes, I'm not the regular teacher, but I'm trying hard to fill the role after the teacher left mid year. I probably put in an additional unpaid 10 hours every week. A small gesture goes a long way, and it's appreciated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. Please don't give me anything, unless it's a letter to my principal (and if you really like me, copied to higher-ups) about what a great teacher I am (and why). I also love homemade cards or notes or drawings from your children, if they are inclined to do so without you forcing them. Otherwise, I'm an educational professional, not your friend, your nanny, or your relative. I don't need a gift or a tip. I mean, you wouldn't give one to your doctor.

I don't tip my doctor, but my doctor is not cutting into their own earnings to buy supplies for my kids. I send gift cards to target for this reason.

If this is the case why not ask for more class supplies from the school administration, make a request to the PTA or send a message to the parents in the class specifically to help buy said supplies.

Buying classroom supplies expecting to be reimbursed with gifts seems questionable to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. Please don't give me anything, unless it's a letter to my principal (and if you really like me, copied to higher-ups) about what a great teacher I am (and why). I also love homemade cards or notes or drawings from your children, if they are inclined to do so without you forcing them. Otherwise, I'm an educational professional, not your friend, your nanny, or your relative. I don't need a gift or a tip. I mean, you wouldn't give one to your doctor.

I don't tip my doctor, but my doctor is not cutting into their own earnings to buy supplies for my kids. I send gift cards to target for this reason.

Teachers aren’t required to either. Much of what teachers buy are non essential items

Hi Troll. Bye Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. Please don't give me anything, unless it's a letter to my principal (and if you really like me, copied to higher-ups) about what a great teacher I am (and why). I also love homemade cards or notes or drawings from your children, if they are inclined to do so without you forcing them. Otherwise, I'm an educational professional, not your friend, your nanny, or your relative. I don't need a gift or a tip. I mean, you wouldn't give one to your doctor.

I don't tip my doctor, but my doctor is not cutting into their own earnings to buy supplies for my kids. I send gift cards to target for this reason.

If this is the case why not ask for more class supplies from the school administration, make a request to the PTA or send a message to the parents in the class specifically to help buy said supplies.

Buying classroom supplies expecting to be reimbursed with gifts seems questionable to me.

We are not allowed to make any requests to the PTA, nor is there any money in the budget from school admin. My principal is just as likely to give me money out of her own pocket though. And my parents are poor, so I can't ask them. And no, I don't "expect" any gift for anything. I buy things for my students and my classroom because I love them. Period. Technically, I don't "have to" buy anything. But I would never want a classroom for my own children without books, without games or toys, without a fish tank, without basic supplies, without science or art materials so I make sure my students have those things. I want my students to have the same kind of classroom my own children get.

I'm so freaking tired of hearing from people b#tch#ing about teacher gifts. If you don't want to give anything or can't give anything, it's totally fine. I do my job based on an internal sense of care and dedication. The best gift you can give a teacher is to ensure your child is respectful, does their homework (or is read to at night if they are too little for homework) and has their basic needs met.