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Grades 6–8 · 7 badges · 24 lessons

First Job Ready

Seven badges for the first babysitting job or first paid work. The job, the business side, your own safety, ages and stages, and when it goes wrong.

Badge 1 · The Job

3 lessons · about 30 min
  1. What you're actually being asked to do
  2. In charge means in charge
  3. What you're good at already

Badge 2 · The Business

5 lessons · about 45 min
  1. Your reputation, including online
  2. Your one-page résumé
  3. Finding work safely
  4. You can say no to a job
  5. What to charge

Badge 3 · Your Own Safety

3 lessons · about 30 min
  1. Somebody knows where you are
  2. Your ride home, arranged first
  3. You are allowed to leave

Badge 4 · Ages and Stages

4 lessons · about 40 min
  1. Babies
  2. Toddlers
  3. Preschool and school age
  4. Children with additional needs

Badge 5 · The Everyday

4 lessons · about 40 min
  1. A crying baby
  2. Tantrums
  3. Feeding
  4. Sleep

Badge 6 · Somebody Else's House

3 lessons · about 35 min
  1. The handover
  2. What you're allowed to do
  3. Fire, with children who aren't yours

Badge 7 · When It Goes Wrong

2 lessons · about 30 min
  1. Who do you call first?
  2. The call, for an address that isn't yours

Start with badge 1

Babysitting is a job. Not a favour, not a hangout in a different house. This badge is what the job actually is, what being in charge means, and what you already bring to it.

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