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Subject: Re: Experience & Education req.

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Tonya Sakowicz

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Date Posted: 22:37:23 05/20/04 Thu

Rene,
I would strongly suggest contacting the National Association of Nannies at their main e-mail address for the direct answers to your questions. Any answers received here would be simply opinions of those who utilize this board and not the offical opinion of NAN. Their e-mail address is NANannies@aol.com. As far as MY opinion after 18 years in this industry, I think anything less than one full year of experience is not acceptable when you are talking the age spread that your family has. I would personally want at least that and a good maturity level (remember that age does not always equal maturity). As far as classifieds, if you are comfortable using the internet, nannyclassifieds.com, 4nannies.com, and enannysource.com are the ones frequently used by most nannies that I know. Best of luck to your family.
Tonya

>I am currently gathering information on childcare
>providers / nannies, and was wondering if you could
>give me some guidance as to what is the industry
>standard for "required experience" and "required
>education level" for a Nanny? What does the National
>Association of Nannies recommend one should state as a
>experience requirement when taking out an ad in the
>newspaper classifieds? Is there an educational
>background one should also require?
>
>This would be for three children: one infant, one
>young child and one early teenager.
>
>Looking through the Department of Labor guidelines on
>professions and their required skills, it states one
>should look for 1 - 3 months experience for hiring a
>nanny. Is this too little or is it the industry
>standard?
>
>I would really appreciate any help you could give me
>with this and if you could direct me to a good source
>of classifieds in the South Florida area (Ft.
>Lauderdale/Miami) where to look for reliable nannies.
>
>Once again, thank you for your time and help.
>
>Best regards.
>
>Rene S. Greenwald, Jr.

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