Should Teachers Really Do it All? The Shared Responsibility of Educating the Next Gen

Ben is a qualified teacher, former small business owner, father of three active children, tech start-up founder and CEO. Headquartered in Dee Why, ClassCover, is a service that helps over 2500 schools and 80,000 teachers across Australia to save time booking casual teachers. The company was “born” on the Northern Beaches and has now grown to over 100 staff.

Ben also mentors start-up founders from the Allambie Heights based, Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Disability Tech Accelerator. In his spare time, Ben likes to surf, play a bit of average quality golf and chase after his three young children.

As a business owner, Ben would also like to modernise the local business networks. He is a firm believer that pooled knowledge and contacts, in addition to shared problems and solutions, are a powerful force. Ben emphasises there are proven strategies that could be implemented into the business community for the benefit of all. He feels that especially in a pandemic, our business community must team up in order to survive, thrive and if necessary, pivot in order to be successful. Growing our businesses together as a community is the way to do this.

As a teacher, parent and “tech guy”, Ben knows that in 2021, one of the greatest threats to our youth globally no longer exists in the form of a playground scuffle, but on the screens of a smartphone. He wants to ensure that our parents and youth are empowered with education to assist them utilising technology to achieve great things in life, whilst being completely aware of the pitfalls and damage that smartphones and social media can do to our children.