Calendar 2017

[Teacher Mama]

Hoping some wonderful providers are willing to share their methods/calendar.
I am working on my 2017 calendar of closures to include paid holidays, vacation days ( in the past these have all been unpaid, but considering having some paid days off), I also want to have some staff days used for planning/organizing etc. Does anyone else have these? Are they paid days?

[Blackcat31]

Hoping some wonderful providers are willing to share their methods/calendar.
I am working on my 2017 calendar of closures to include paid holidays, vacation days ( in the past these have all been unpaid, but considering having some paid days off), I also want to have some staff days used for planning/organizing etc. Does anyone else have these? Are they paid days?

I take most federal holidays off.
I also take up to 15 days of vacation/PTO

My families pay the same rate 52 weeks a year regardless of closures or absences.

[finsup]

Hoping some wonderful providers are willing to share their methods/calendar.
I am working on my 2017 calendar of closures to include paid holidays, vacation days ( in the past these have all been unpaid, but considering having some paid days off), I also want to have some staff days used for planning/organizing etc. Does anyone else have these? Are they paid days?

I don't personally, but my families generally don't know the reasoning for my days off unless they ask. However as a parent i would certainly think training etc should be paid time "off"! Your still working, just not directly with the kids.

[AmyKidsCo]

I have all major holidays off, plus 2 weeks vacation and some "personal days." My policies state that personal days may be used to acquire continuing education, and when I take a day for continuing ed or dr appts I give the reason in my newsletter. I figure it doesn't hurt parents to realize that my days off aren't really "off" most of the time.

I don't do a yearly calendar - I never know when to plan vacation until after summer soccer, swim lessons, fall soccer, etc schedules come out.

[jenboo]

Hopefully that worked! I always hand it out in December.

[Second Home]

I hand out my days off/vacation schedule for 4 months at a time . That way I can plan things later and not have to decide in Dec when I will be taking my summer vacation .

[Teacher Mama]

4 month at a time system

thanks! I like the 4 month at a time system idea.. we've actually been doing that on our personal calendar.

[Teacher Mama]

I have all major holidays off, plus 2 weeks vacation and some "personal days." My policies state that personal days may be used to acquire continuing education, and when I take a day for continuing ed or dr appts I give the reason in my newsletter. I figure it doesn't hurt parents to realize that my days off aren't really "off" most of the time.

I don't do a yearly calendar - I never know when to plan vacation until after summer soccer, swim lessons, fall soccer, etc schedules come out.

Thanks. Do you just tell the families as the vacations/personal days come up? (with advanced notice of course) Do you charge for the 2 weeks vacation?