A newly launched agency is aiming to give teachers a fairer wage.
Boxed Education Resourcing will pay its teachers more, with no additional charge to schools, and claims to provide a more ethical service to the sector.
The new company held its official launch recently at its base in the Welsh Innovation Centre for Enterprise, on Caerphilly Business Park, and has won praise from Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert.
Paul Osborne, Boxed Education Executive Manager, said: “We did not expect the huge and positive response we have had from political leaders, teachers and schools, who have really supported our business ethos for a fairer wage for supply teachers.”
Boxed has recruited a trainee business development manager through the Jobs Growth Wales programme.
Jordan Wellman, from Llantwit Fardre, will be responsible for growing the business.
The 21-year-old said: “I am really excited to be given this opportunity.
“It will allowing me to grow a new business as if it were my own whilst developing my business skills.”
Teachers are already paid too much with their gold-plated pensions and easy working conditions. Let’s not forget their short working days, and long holidays! These teachers should try working in a fast-paced, stressful environment and then report back.
Before you comment, I have teaching experience.
Dean; Having had teaching experienceyou must have, at some point, decided the `Grass was greener` in some other form of employment? No gold-plated pension for you then?. no easy working conditions for you then? no short working days and long paid holidays for you either Dean?.
With these expressions of all things satisfactory in the teaching profession, perhaps you can tell us all which profession, pays better gold plated pensions?, shorter working days and longer paid holidays? and easier working conditions? ( All you Words),
Trefor, how about becoming an MP?
I left teach not due to working conditions or pay, but for two reasons.
Firstly, I struggled explaining things, which I regarded as being simple, to 16 year olds. If you are the right person with the ability to explain without expecting someone to get it first time teaching is easy (that’s the type of person who should go into teaching).
Secondly, I left teaching to pursue my own business which has resulted in me working even fewer hours but I do miss the long summer holidays.
Is the grass greener? Not really! To be honest, If I had my time again I wouldn’t leave teaching, I would just reduce my hours and pursue other things in the summer holidays.
Obviously you weren’t very good at it, because if you were that’s the type of environment you would have worked in!
Teachers are already paid too much with their gold-plated pensions and easy working conditions. Let’s not forget their short working days, and long holidays! These teachers should try working in a fast-paced, stressful environment and then report back.
Before you comment, I have teaching experience.
Dean; Having had teaching experience you must have, at some point, decided the `Grass was greener` in some other form of employment? No gold-plated pension for you then?. no easy working conditions for you then? no short working days and long paid holidays for you either Dean?.
With these expressions of all things satisfactory in the teaching profession, perhaps you can tell us all which profession, pays better gold plated pensions?, shorter working days and longer paid holidays? and easier working conditions? ( All your Words),
Trefor, how about becoming an MP?
I left teach not due to working conditions or pay, but for two reasons.
Firstly, I struggled explaining things, which I regarded as being simple, to 16 year olds. If you are the right person with the ability to explain without expecting someone to get it first time teaching is easy (that’s the type of person who should go into teaching).
Secondly, I left teaching to pursue my own business which has resulted in me working even fewer hours but I do miss the long summer holidays.
Is the grass greener? Not really! To be honest, If I had my time again I wouldn’t leave teaching, I would just reduce my hours and pursue other things in the summer holidays.
Obviously you weren’t very good at it, because if you were that’s the type of environment you would have worked in!
Out of interest, who is funding this initiative
or enterprise? And could someone explain how this business model actually works?
If this is tax payers money then I am really annoyed.
It sounds as if this is public money. If this scheme “will pay its teachers more” does this mean that workers, including those on the minimum wage, will be funding this? Also the scheme states that it will “provide a more ethical service to the sector.”
As it is not possible to be ‘a little bit ethical’, any more than ‘a little bit pregnant’ does this statement mean that the present systems are one of the antonyms of ‘ethical’ such as ‘immoral’ or ‘dishonest’?
Out of interest, who is funding this initiative
or enterprise? And could someone explain how this business model actually works?
If this is tax payers money then I am really annoyed.
It sounds as if this is public money. If this scheme “will pay its teachers more” does this mean that workers, including those on the minimum wage, will be funding this? Also the scheme states that it will “provide a more ethical service to the sector.”
As it is not possible to be ‘a little bit ethical’, any more than ‘a little bit pregnant’ does this statement mean that the present systems are one of the antonyms of ‘ethical’ such as ‘immoral’ or ‘dishonest’?