I have always been very flexible with offering whatever days the clients wanted when they switched from FT to PT. I do have a 3 day a week minimum for PT kids(only offered to those over 2yrs) The problem is that a full time spot is being broken, and they are choosing days in the middle of the week. So essentially I can't fill the spot on the other days, and as well, they're avoiding mondays when most stats. fall, so I'm not getting the stat pay either(which all of my other clients pay for)
I'm thinking about mandating mon/wed/fri as my PT spot, so that I can compensate myself for the stats, as well as people looking in my area want either mon/wed/fri or tues/thurs, and then I could fill the tues/thurs if someone takes the mon/wed/fri first.
Do you mandate what PT days look like or offer whatever the clients want?
I have 3 pregnant parents who will all be due at the end the year, and I have a feeling they will all want to stay on for 4-6 months to keep their preschooler in, and choose days that avoid having to pay for stats. I don't want it to be a free for all, and me have 3 FT spots broken up and not able to fill them.
Thoughts please???Thanks!