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litzo27
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Yet another "gift to daycare" question
litzo27
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in Working Moms
Sorry, I know it's the 30th one this month!
In DS1's old daycare we did individual cards to teachers so it was easy (there were no floaters). In DS2's new daycare there are a lot of floaters (for toddler room 4 full time teachers, 2 part time and 2-3 floaters). I was just working out how much to give to whom when I got the email that the daycare parents usually do a pool and then distribute the money to the teacher based on their status. That's fine but the pool is not room specific - i.e. it's all rooms together. I know that I normally give more than a lot of people. I'm lucky that we can afford it and I just like to recognize and thank our teachers since I can. But I don't know the teachers in the other rooms, so I'm not sure how I feel about the gift going to them.
Sorry long post. Summary - if there is a pool that goes to multiple rooms would you do that? Or would you do individual gift-cards to just your room's teachers? Or both do the pool and just a little extra to the lead teachers?
In DS1's old daycare we did individual cards to teachers so it was easy (there were no floaters). In DS2's new daycare there are a lot of floaters (for toddler room 4 full time teachers, 2 part time and 2-3 floaters). I was just working out how much to give to whom when I got the email that the daycare parents usually do a pool and then distribute the money to the teacher based on their status. That's fine but the pool is not room specific - i.e. it's all rooms together. I know that I normally give more than a lot of people. I'm lucky that we can afford it and I just like to recognize and thank our teachers since I can. But I don't know the teachers in the other rooms, so I'm not sure how I feel about the gift going to them.
Sorry long post. Summary - if there is a pool that goes to multiple rooms would you do that? Or would you do individual gift-cards to just your room's teachers? Or both do the pool and just a little extra to the lead teachers?
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Re: Yet another "gift to daycare" question
I certainly don't think it's expected and I'm sure not everyone does it and people don't expect it. But personally I have always done gifts to both nannies and daycare workers. I think they do a great job and I would like to show my appreciation. Some people take the position that they are paid and hence a gift is extraneous but I don't agree with that logic. I think you'll find that on this board a lot of participants like to give a gift.
Our center does an optional pool as well. Last year we did that because DS had been in 3 rooms (Babies, Crawling Infants, and Toddlers) and it was the easiest way to acknowledge all of the teachers he had over the year. We gave $50, and after the holidays the center sent TY notes saying that each teacher received about $31.
This year I'm giving DS's two teachers each a $20 gift card to Target. I'm not sure why, but it makes my gift feel more "worth it" than the big pool does.
MMC 3.30.16