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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a college student in the VA suburbs. I have less academic qualifications with children (I am a theater major) but a lot more work-experience with kids (I've been nannying or working in preschools for 5 years now). I generally make around $13-16/hr at summer jobs. And have never met any families willing to come even close to some of the rates PPs have mentioned here for their summer nanny. As another pp said, the market is definitely saturated. And a lot of the jobs are with older kids whose parents have the mindset of "oh they're older so it's easy!"

Some other things to keep in mind- very very few families are planning to pay a summer nanny on the books. I've only  had it mentioned at one interview and that was because the DB worked directly for the IRS. So if this is important to you, you might have to look around a bit.

Make sure you get guaranteed hours. I've found in the summer if I didn't families were always cutting my hours for a long weekend or an appointment or whatever. But if I bring it up at the beginning, most are fine with it.

I also like to put a lot of really detailed things about activities in the contract that I wouldnt necessarily be concerned with in a year round position. This way we're all clear on how far I can drive with the kids and how much they're comfortable spending per week on various summer activities. [/quote]

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