Compensating minors?

[Nettrice Gaskins]

Kallen:  When I was working as a tech coordinator at an East Harlem program,
I supervised teen lab assistants (over 15) and assistants-in-training
who were 13 and 14.  The 13 and 14 year olds were paid a monthly stipend
(from October - May) and they were paid a total of $350.  They were very
excited about getting a paycheck each month for about four hours/per
week of work and learning how to become lab assistants.

Gift cerificates and savings bonds are nice but a paycheck means so much
more to preteens.  I still remember the look on their faces when they
found out they would be getting paychecks.  I don't think they even cared
about the amount!  The teen lab assistants were paid $6.50/hr for up
to 12 hours of work each week.  They were part of the regular payroll
and they had loads of responsibilities that kept them motivated.

Adults can volunteer in exchange for access.  They may appreciate the
gifts more, especially software and bonds.

Good Luck!


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Nettrice Gaskins
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<p><p>----         Kallen Tsikalas <ktsikalas at CFY.ORG> wrote:
> Hello Everyone!
>
> Thank you for your introductions and posts! :o)
>
> My name is Kallen Tsikalas.  I am the Director of On-line Learning
> at
> Computers for Youth, a NYC-based non-profit that provides underserved
> children and families with home computers.  Working with partners (thank
> you
> NY Cares; I know you’re also on this list!), we also provide training
> and a
> technical support hotline, and we are in the process of developing
> content
> FOR AND WITH the families we serve.
>
> In such, I am co-leading a handful of intergenerational community technology
> design teams.  We are considering compensating our team-members (both
> children and adults) for their work in designing and reviewing learning
> resources.
>
> Does anyone here have experience compensating young people (under age
> 15)?
> Specifically, I am wondering about:
>
>        * Legal issues re: child labor?
>        * Appropriate types of compensation?
>
> In terms of compensation, we are considering a variety of non-monetary
> “payments,” e.g., educational software that the children would select;
> gift
> certificates, savings bonds.  Have you used others that have been
> particularly well-received?
>
> Please write to me or the listserv if you do have experience with this.
> Thank you!
> --kallen :o)
>
> --o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--
> Kallen Tsikalas,
> Director of On-line Learning
> COMPUTERS FOR YOUTH (CFY)
> 2112 Broadway, Suite #513 * NY, NY 10023
> http://www.cfy.org
>
> If all goes well...
> We will take our children’s hands
>     so they may feel
>     protected and our gentleness
> We will share our games
> We will surrender our kisses
> I will laugh
>     I will sing
> I will complain of work’s hassles
> I’ll count my gray hairs
>     and until the very end
>     I will delight
> in the adventure
> of the sensation
>     of emotion
>              and thought.
>
> --Juan Antillon Montealegre
> --o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--
>

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