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Holy crap! Reggio went into research overdrive last night! Now Reggio is a magnificent researcher, but treeyholm, you can do this job two ways, the hard way or the simple way. It's completely up to you of course.
I have a contract, medical forms, picture permission form, a receipt book, the children's daily logbook and my receipts. That's pretty much it, no fancy forms at all for injuries, etc. just open communication daily with my dcparents and good relationships with everyone. Now, if I ever run into a family who have some paranoid feelings about daycare or their children I may have to invent a couple of simple forms but I don't see myself ever accepting that kind of family into my daycare really.
I believe that everything should be worded simply because, let's face it, my dcparents are not lawyers, they are hard-working people with a lot to handle and remember. They are juggling their working and home & family lives and I want them to remember all my rules so they had better be simple and straightforward and make sense.
Also, I don't want to drive myself crazy with too much information and I work very long days without complicating my life more with paperwork that isn't necessary. I have field trip days, teaching days with crafts and my theme of the week books and games, etc. and I have imagination days, usually on rainy days. That is how my daycare days run, with great routines and good nutrition and fun and exercise and learning every day no matter what we are doing. So why would I drive myself crazy with excess paper? That's how I run my daycare.
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Euphoric !
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."
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I found it! It's from the child care providers resource centre in Ottawa. The link is:
http://www.ccprn.com/en/information-...or-caregivers/
"How many holidays can I take?
Caregivers are self-employed and therefore are not entitled to "paid sick time", or "paid vacation". To accommodate for this some caregivers charge more per day and bank the extra money for when they are sick or on holidays. Others use statements similar to the one below:
"Weekly fee for care is _____, totaling an annual amount of ______. Payment is expected for the agreed upon hours/days whether the child is in attendance or not. Payment will not vary due to statutory holidays, child’s illness or appointments or parent vacations. Fee will be negotiated if caregiver takes excess of ____days off annually."
Another term for this is being "paid by enrolment". The language is very important in case of an audit by Revenue Canada. If you are audited and your contract mentions "paid vacation" and "paid sick time", Revenue Canada can request the parents pay CPP and UI Benefits. Remember also, Revenue Canada can go back 6 years."
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Euphoric !
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 appreciate your input, and I agree with you. I do like the wording in that section though about payment not varying for weeks with stat holidays, and that is what I will go with for now. Yes, that does mean stat holidays are paid, but it doesn't call them paid holidays per se... hopefully that satisfies Revenue Canada... I probably seem a bit paranoid, but I'm a business professor in my other life... way too cautious when it comes to the authorities LOL I can't wait to have fun with little people instead of obsessing about the paperwork!
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And it sounds amazing, Momof4!
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