Pros
As an employee at the Evergreen center, I feel that I have a lot of opportunities for both personal and career growth. In my currently position, I have been able to create and implement a range of educational and clinical modifications to improve the educational environment for the students in my unit. Additionally, under the supervision of the BCBA who oversees the unit, I have been able to participle in numerous functional behavior assessments and helped create behavior service plans in order to work towards achieving target rates of maladaptive behavior for the students in my unit. Recently, I also started a graduate studies program offered through the Evergreen Center in Applied Behavior Analysis. As a current employee, I am eligible to take classes at the center and for tuition reimbursement. Additionally, the BCBA who oversees my unit will be providing me with supervision for grad school, making acquiring the required hours fairly manageable.
Cons
Working as a Special Education teacher is an incredibly rewarding job, but isn’t easy. In general while teaching individuals with disabilities expect the job to have extremely tough days, but if you’re passionate about working with this population, the progress the kids make should make up for the hard days.
