I would give a minimum of 2 weeks as long as your new employer will wait for you to start...most employers do since they understand that new employees need to give notice if they are leaving a current job and this is what they would want thier employees to do if quitting. If you can give more than 2 weeks, that would be very nice for the parents to have time to find care. However, you would need to be prepared that the families could leave before the last day you are available for care. This happened to me recently. I am starting a job at my church (hopefully soon) and gave my families 4 weeks notice. Two families used me for the whole 4 weeks but the third family found new daycare quickly and left withing 2 weeks. I would definitely not say anything until you are offered and have accepted the job and have a start date.

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