Reply to What exactly makes a "high end nanny"?

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "What exactly makes a "high end nanny"?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A high end nanny has something special that a high paying parent wants.
[/quote]
Very well stated. It's my impression that there are many more parents who are willing and able to offer high wages, but not many extra-ordinary nannies out there who have what it takes.[/quote]
+1[/quote]
[/quote]

+1.  I would pay more for a true professional, meaning someone with a degree in early childhood education and a commitment to preparing written development plans and implementing age-appropriate, play-based lessons and activities in the same way a preschool teacher or good daycare teacher would do.  Most of the "high end" nannies I've spoken with don't want to bother with that.  To them, planning activities means arranging play dates and taking the kids to the library or the park.  Far too often, "high end" just means experienced.  A couple of years of experience is desirable, but beyond that, I'm more interested in training, education and what you do on the job as opposed to how many years you've done it for.[/quote]

The problem is most parents don't give a crap about actual lesson plans and spending the money on the necessary supplies. I've attempted with multiple families to use my education in early childhood to develop lessons for the children in my care but the truth remains that most just don't see nannies as educators, we are solely viewed as domestic help. If I could find a family willing to pay me an acceptable rate, pay for supplies and value what I can provide than that would be ideal. Sadly, there are very few that value that and can compensate. This is why many educated nannies don't create education plans or go above the typical duties expected. [/quote]

I'm curious--what do think would be an acceptable rate for that kind of nanny?  A teacher in DCPS with a bachelor's degree would start at $51.5K and a teacher with a masters would start at less than $55k.  So your typical $20 per hour nanny working a very typical 50 hour week already earns in that range, no?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics