Evergreen Center reviews

3.0

53% would recommend to a friend

(67 total reviews)

Dr. Robert F. Littleton, Jr.

76% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Evergreen Center has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 67 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Evergreen Center employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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67 reviews
1.0
Mar 9, 2019

Great Students, Bad Management

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Pros

-The students are amazing (even if you have no experience, they will warm your heart) -Other very nice staff -Opportunities for overtime (but you will need to keep track of your own hours…they paid so many people incorrectly)

Cons

-Management is terrible (two of them are best friends so if one of them doesn't like you, expect the other not to) -Extreme amounts of stress placed on you by management -Never leave on time -Other staff are burnt out so negativity is everywhere -Expectations are impossible to meet for head teachers -Untrained/new staff are constantly coming because of all the people who quit, so getting trained and consistent staff in your room will almost never happen. -Management does not know how to speak in laments terms so staff are constantly belittled if they don't have an ABA degree. -Discipline for EVERYTHING and not much praise given to staff -You will never work in just one classroom so prepare to moved around (this includes driving to different houses every single morning)

4.0
Feb 21, 2019

Rewarding and challenging work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The students at Evergreen are phenomenal. They typically come to us after multiple unsuccessful placements due to their intellectual and behavioral challenges, and it's incredibly rewarding to watch them grow and flourish in a safe, supportive environment. We are very fortunate to count among our staff some of the most compassionate, hard working, and driven people I know. Evergreen provides significant tuition support for a variety of staff positions and is invested in its members professional development.

Cons

The barriers to student progress can at times seem overwhelming. Due to the size of the program, agency-wide change and improvements do not always move as quickly as one wishes.

4.0
Jan 22, 2019

Head Teacher

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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.

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