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In addition to 10 paid vacation days, I also give myself up to 4 paid "personal" days. Having said that; I have never used up all my allotted time off.
I have to agree with Reggio here. I actually don't feel all that guilty when I take a day off. Can you tell me that the parents we deal with NEVER take a day off from work?? Even when their job is "dependant" on them?
I am completely upfront with families that they MUST have a back up in terms of care. The reality is; I will need time off, be it scheduled or emergency. If they need a care situation that will be available for them with no exceptions, then home-based care is not for them. It is COMPLETELY unreasonable for a parent to expect that a provider will be open all the time.
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Does anyone know what a wee watch home daycare does if they need a day off? I have a lot of wee watchs in the area, and it just occured to me, I'm not sure what they take or if they offer backup when the provider is ill?
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I've taken a couple of days in the past few years but only for emergency situations for our own kids that needed to go to Dr and or emergency. I don't have anything in my contract ~ never thought to add any
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I don't know about Wee Watch, but I used to have my son in a Global home daycare and with them, it depends on the caregiver. Some have back-up caregivers (sometimes a family member) and some do not. So, they are much the same as us in that if they are sick or have an appointment, they may need to close sometimes (but they don't get paid for that or their own vacations). I am with Reggio...I take 10 paid vacation days, Stats paid and 5 paid personal days (but I only use those if I have to). I do still feel bad if I have to close due to illness etc, but I am human!
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Euphoric !
Originally Posted by apples and bananas
Does anyone know what a wee watch home daycare does if they need a day off? I have a lot of wee watchs in the area, and it just occured to me, I'm not sure what they take or if they offer backup when the provider is ill?
I know when I was with the agency in my area (not wee watch but they tend to all be similar) if I needed to close the agency would offer a list of 'back up options' for clients if they desired and they would have to contact someone and book a spot through them .... most just took that day off themselves rather than sending their kid to 'stranger' for the day.
Children construct their own intelligence. The adult must provide activities and context, but most of all must be able to listen. Children need proof that adults believe in them. Their three great desires are to be listened to, to understand, and to demonstrate that they are exactly what we expect."
Loris Malaguzzi
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Euphoric !
Originally Posted by Spixie33
....So...personal days...is that like wanting a day off? Or sick/emergency days. In my min they are different things....
Ya -good point .... when I worked in HR in an employment contract the term 'family/emergency day' is a day that can either be booked in advance for appointments for family members or last minute in an emergency unplanned illness - and an employer has the right to ask for 'proof' of illness when calling in sick 'last minute'. Where as a 'personal day' usually means 'the reason is none of the employers business' and they can only be booked 'X days in advance and upon approval based on availability of staffing' .... so for example if you have 10 sick days and 5 personal days - as long as you booked it in 'advance' your boss has no need to know WHY you are wanting it and can 'deny' a day if there are already too many staff booked off that day however if you have used up all your sick days and are trying to use a personal day last minute cause you are claiming to be 'sick' they can require a NOTE or refuse to allow you to use it as a paid personal day and force you to take it 'unpaid leave'.
In your own personal contracts with clients YOU get to define them ... for me my 10 personal/emergency days are combined definition .... if I am sick or just needing a pre-booked day off up to 10 per year are paid .... any more than that are unpaid ... I have never used more than the 20 days off in the course of a year between vacation, illness and appointments or professional development days.
Children construct their own intelligence. The adult must provide activities and context, but most of all must be able to listen. Children need proof that adults believe in them. Their three great desires are to be listened to, to understand, and to demonstrate that they are exactly what we expect."
Loris Malaguzzi
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I used to never take any and had a huge guilt problems if I was sick, but now I have an occassional replacement. She has all her papers and when I need a day off (usually I so half days only) she's here and it's SUCH A HUGE WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS! I can actually go to special school events with my kids without screwing up the daycare families...
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