What should I ask for in after school nanny position

[Anonymous]

I need to hire someone to care for two elementary age kids in nw dc. Any help with posting? What do you require of your babysitter for the three to four hours? Homework help, running kids to activities? Dinner prep?

Any help is appreciated!

[Anonymous]

One load of laundry. dinner prep, leave specific instructions. General tidying up. Hauling the kids around, getting homework started.

[Anonymous]

Seriously? One load of laundry in 3-4 hours PLUS homework help, dinner prep, ferrying the kids to/from activities. For 3-4 hours a day I would expect a healthy snack to be served, homework help, taking the kids to activities, and generally entertaining them. Don't make your barely part time after school sitter do housework.

[Anonymous]

My typical afternoons go like this
Pick up kids 3:50
Get home by 4:15, snack, change into sport clothes
4:30 drive to activity
5:30/6 leave activity
6:00/ 6:30 get home then homework.

Not much time for laundry and making dinner.

[Anonymous]

I am on my second job. Previous family schedule:

Arrive 20 minutes before having to walk to bus stop
Empty dishwasher
Load breakfast dishes
Do a step of laundry (so Monday I'd carry down all the clothes to wash--and move them to dryer after snack--Tuesday I'd bring up clean laundry to fold while kids did HW, Wednesday I'd take clothes to kids' rooms and lay it out for them to put away, Thursday wash/dry another load, Friday fold, they put away on the weekend).
Walk to bus and get kids.
Have them put stuff away, wash hands, eat snack
Sit with them while they do homework
Remind them to do piano
They have 1 hour free play while I do very basic dinner prep (put a casserole in the oven, make rice, etc.)

Current job:
Pick kids up at school
Drive them home
Have them put their stuff away
Shower
They do their own laundry, so I just supervise/ remind them when it needs to be done (kids are 6 and 7, btw!)
They had a snack at school and don't have homework, but do need me to sit with them while they do instruments.
They have about two hours of free play time, during which I typically make dinner from scratch. He exception is one night a week when we have a very long activity instead of free play time, so we always eat leftovers or get takeout from chipotle or something.

[Anonymous]

OP here. The $700 that I mentioned is before our share of taxes. We could probably cut some of our expenses so we could afford 800+taxes if that would make a significant difference.

[Anonymous]

Sorry. Wrong thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am on my second job. Previous family schedule:

Arrive 20 minutes before having to walk to bus stop
Empty dishwasher
Load breakfast dishes
Do a step of laundry (so Monday I'd carry down all the clothes to wash--and move them to dryer after snack--Tuesday I'd bring up clean laundry to fold while kids did HW, Wednesday I'd take clothes to kids' rooms and lay it out for them to put away, Thursday wash/dry another load, Friday fold, they put away on the weekend).
Walk to bus and get kids.
Have them put stuff away, wash hands, eat snack
Sit with them while they do homework
Remind them to do piano
They have 1 hour free play while I do very basic dinner prep (put a casserole in the oven, make rice, etc.)

Current job:
Pick kids up at school
Drive them home
Have them put their stuff away
Shower
They do their own laundry, so I just supervise/ remind them when it needs to be done (kids are 6 and 7, btw!)
They had a snack at school and don't have homework, but do need me to sit with them while they do instruments.
They have about two hours of free play time, during which I typically make dinner from scratch. He exception is one night a week when we have a very long activity instead of free play time, so we always eat leftovers or get takeout from chipotle or something.

What is the long Activity?

Tia!

[Anonymous]

Bump?

[Anonymous]

this is what my schedule looks like on non-activity days

3:00 Pick kids up from school
3:15-4:30 playground, park or library depending on the weather and if the kids are up for it
4:30-4:45 drive home
4:45-5:00 clean out backpacks, help kids take dog for a short walk,
5:00-5:30 cook dinner, kids do homework if they didn't do it at library
5:30-6:15 dinner and baths
6:15-7:00 playtime until parents arrive

this changes depending on how long dinner take me---I try to serve it between 5 and 5:30.