What do you think?

thanks all, i really appreciate your input and encouragement

i don't think i'll be able to offer more specialised tutoring, as it's a matter of then needing someone to watch my boys so i can do so properly - and also sourcing resources etc. though if the parents ask we may be able to work something out.

i want to charge more cos i'm a professional and can offer that insight and help with homework iykwim. will probably change it to $9 an hour as it sounds lots cheaper but will still be worth my while. it will be an actual business, not under the table, so will pay tax etc. will be good though cos i can take our house expenses and claim a lot of that back. i still can't believe ppl get only $5 an hour for preschool at home care, to me it just wouldn't be worth it. so yeah i'll be able to give receipts, and i'm inquiring about being eligable for the parents to use the OSCAR subsidy.

K, revised ad:


AFTER SCHOOL CARE
-     in a comfortable family home
-     2 mins walk from school
-     experienced year 7/8 teacher available to help with homework
-     healthy afternoon tea provided
-     supervised computer/internet access for homework
-     places strictly limited (4 students maximum)
-     $9 an hour
Phone Liz: 7654321 / 0271234567

I guess if you had 3-4 kids each at $5 an hour then that is $15-20 which is a decent wage esp for older kids...

Also you could offer before school care as well.

I know a caregiver who lived right next to the school & she did this. Not sure how much she charged though.

Totally agree - I wouldn't spend that much $$ on afterschool care (just cos we don't have that kind of money, if we did I would). But then I also wouldn't spend $40 - $50 an hour on private tutoring, which I know a fair few parents do!

Thanks for your thoughts on this. I figure i'll advertise at this rate and if I don't get any takers, will drop it lower. My area is quite varied, so there are the more wealthy families as well as others. I've also contacted OSCAR to see if parents can use that subsidy with my services.

Just to clarify my thinking - there'll be expenses, so $36 an hour which is the maximum I could get, would not be what I'm paid - out of that will come tax, food, drink, paper, internet usage, any new games/activities I get, groceries for baking, craft supplies, power, water etc.

I like it! I personally would use someone like you esp if I was only needing care for 1-2 days a week. Much easier to run with a service like yours than muck around finding someone etc.

Also my thinking is I am currently paying $68 a week for DS to go to DC 2 days a week. When he starts school I will have that money free but he will still need 2 days of afterschool care so 4 hours all up so would only be paying $40 for his care so saving myself $28 and he is being looked after by a primary trained teacher who understands the system. Win, Win for me!

Fingers crossed.

I don't think it's expensive either. Our local OSCAR programmes are $12-15 for 2.5 hours (so $6 an hour at the most) but there are a hell of a lot of kids there, it's not structured and they don't have any computers for the kids to do their homework (which at Year 7/8 is pretty important). For only $3 an hour more, I would be pretty happy to do that, and to have a trained teacher on the spot too.

and like you say Liz, you're not going to get all that money yourself, once your outgoings are covered. Good on you! I had planned to do the same thing (before I had kids and realised I didn't want to be a SAHM).