Help: Afterschool Care Tips
I have never done afterschool care before and now I am offering it. What advice, tips, contract help can you give me on that? I am asking for $15/day, with pick up being at 530pm, no sibling discounts, no summer care option, however, I would be available for spring break week, and school closing days, (snowdays, early release days etc) Should i require them to pay the days they do not need to come? And what about paying those days that school is closed if they do not need me? I am also asking for a 3 day min. I am new to this area of child care!
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I have a bulk monthly rate, that includes care from school bell until 4:30 ($100), or school bell until 6:00($190). These rates include minimum days until that cutoff time as well, but holidays/ school closures are by reservation and paid in advance, and cost 35 dollars for a max of 10 hours care. We don't have snow days, but I suppose I would offer emergency care daily rate.
I also do before school care for $100/month, for 1.5 hours max daily. Let me know how I can help with contracts, ideas, etc....This is my area of experience. |
If I'm open and they don't come on a school closing day, that's their decision, not mine. If I'm closed (like if I'm sick) I don't charge. I also charge extra for full and half days, and get that payment up front. If they don't come on a full or half day, I don't charge the extra amount, but they still pay the regular amount.
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After School Rates
How do you determine your rates for after school care? We live very close to a school and I'd walk over for pick up...but do you do homework with the kids? Is that extra? Do you feed them a snack? Dinner? What does your costs include/exclude?
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Originally Posted by blessed mom: I had a woman interested but she said she couldnt afford the $30/day for 2 kids, and she is telling me she only pays $270 a month at the ymca for 5 days a week...that sounds low to me... |
Originally Posted by missnikki: What type of things do you have in your contract for this? |
I get $100.00/month for my after school care. After getting off the bus, they are here for roughly an hour, so it is 5.00/hr, much more then my regular clients pay. If you can get 15/day, go for it, but I wouldn't have any clients for after school if I charged that much.
Next year I'm eliminating my after school spots. The one thing I did with my rates that I regret is that I made it so that the 100/month was contracted for the school year. When they were here for Christmas and spring break, they didn't pay anymore, it was still the 100.00. |
I'm at a school, on the campus, and I open before/ after school hours. I offer the program as blocks of time:
3-4:30pm $100/month, includes minimum days until 4:30 3-6:00pm $190/month, includes minimum days until 6:00 6:30-8:00am $100/month, minimum days charged hourly unlimited b/a $225/month, includes minimum days until 6:00 holiday/ full no-school days $35/day prepaid, reservations required in advance (no emergency school closures here) $6 hourly rate is like a parking garage: one hour minimum and increments in .5 hours Hourly rate is charged for kids who haven't paid for a block of time in advance for the month but show up, kids who stay past their pickup time, and kids who come on minimum days without buying into a plan. etc... Late pickup fees apply after 6:00pm, separate from plan fees. I offer homework supervision, no tutoring, correcting, or checking if it is done. I will answer their self-directed questions, and help them think it through. I 'encourage' them, and report to parent what they claimed they had finished or whatnot. Our schedule: 3:00 dismissal, check in and free play 3:15-3:30 Snack served 3:30-4:00 homework club/ inside quiet activity 4:00-5:00 homework club optional/ outside play 5:00-6:00 inside activity My contract has a lot more than that, those are the highlights. 6:00 closing |
I like the way you do your afterschool program...simular to what I'm thinking but I have never done it so...grey area for me. Thanks for posting...you got me thinking now!
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