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This is supposed to be a trade school that prepares kids for the real world. However, all the administration pushes is college and going straight to industry is frowned upon. The favored programs are those that use the students to make money for EVIT - for example Cosmetology runs a salon on campus that is a cash cow for the school. IT, no support even though there are higher paying jobs in that industry. Further, there are no Administrators with experience in the Trades - only education system insiders who have spent their entire career delivering lack luster performances for our kids. 

Pay is dismal, benefits are expensive and administrators are out of touch. When they do call you on for a meeting it won't be about something relevant or useful, it will be about the 37th change to the lesson plan template and new requirements for the year (there are only 38 weeks total). 

EVIT seems like a good idea, but they don't know what they want, have no idea what the real world is about, refuse to get out of the Instructor's way and aren't willing to change or invest in real solutions. They would rather go with the 1990's approach that wasn't good enough then either. 

If you are looking for top notch opportunity and education for your child, keep looking, EVIT is not it... 

The company provides amazing benefits as well as professional development opportunities for the current position you are in, however, EVIT owns you for 10 months out of the year.  You will work past your scheduled hours, and you will take your work home with you. There will be times when you will be required to work through your lunch break, during holiday breaks, and on weekends; without being financially compensated for the additional hours and the additional tasks they require of you. You are nothing more than a work horse and very little respect is given to the employee from the employer for this sacrifice and dedication to the company. Within the 6 years that I worked for EVIT I had 5 different instructional specialists, 4 directors, 3 principals, and 2 superintendents.  Every time someone new was put in a position policies and procedures changed, so basically yearly, and it was up to you to keep up with the all the changes in addition to attempting your required duties for your position. It was a nightmare. 

As a long-time professional, I can honestly say that this was the worst environment I have ever worked in.  I sent both my children to EVIT when they were in high school and was a huge supporter but seeing things from the inside has completely changed my opinion.  The administration from the superintendent down created an environment of oppression where dissent was not allowed and those who disagreed were driven out.  It truly makes me sad to see such an amazing vision being destroyed by a handful of power hungry individuals.  

As for the facilities, the school supplied absolutely nothing to its employees.  We had to bring in our own coffee, filters and water purifier.  Although required to work over the holiday break, there was no heat in the building nor lights in the bathrooms.  This is the perfect metaphor for the value placed on employees.

At first, teaching at EVIT was extremely rewarding. They had a mission of changing the lives of students. The coworkers are awesome. The administration WAS very supportive. Last year they changed their organizational chart eliminating the principal and replacing with a Chief Academic Officer.  When that happened, they transformed from school to a heartless corporation. Directors were forced to become micromanaging dictators that even the students complained. 
I had to remind myself daily that I worked for the students and not the administrators. They lost their soul. 

EVIT was a good learning experience for me. I truly enjoyed teaching high school students and learned so much from them as they did from me. I liked the inservice training and learning about different teaching styles and strategies. The co workers are still there and I'm sure are doing what they feel is right for the students. I think everyones hardest part is different so I choose not to comment. I hope that the door to return is open and would enjoy being part of the CTE community teaching cosmetology, whether it be for adults or high school students, I love being Ms. Gloria at EVIT

Arrive early in the morning to school waiting for my manager to give me instructions on what tour group i would be taking around campus. My job was to have basic info about what each class on campus had to offer for the interested students. management was amazing always giving of crystal clear orders and help me understand what i would be doing. The hardest part of the job was getting through every class before the end of the day. It was as a whole most enjoyable job, everything about showing kids around to see what they can have a potential future in was very satisfying. The only downside was it was 15 dollars a tour and happened every other week

Work was fine , Very typical, Teachers was nice, Management was horrible, 
Weekends off, Holiday breaks, Pay was decent, Travel was ridiculous, Micro managing, nobody never knows anything, first shift basically does nothing, second shift get stuck with all the work, company made a mistakes and didn't want to take ownership of the mistakes, no overtime, get paid while on holiday break 



It was a good school just needed better structuring when it came to administration.  Too many changes during the blocks they should have worked things out with the staff that they already had and not try to under mind what they had.  Also there needs to be more resources to pay for education other than just Wells Fargo and federal grants.  Staff also need to screened for competency of material. Lastly to be in full compliance with the board of nursing to not leave it up to the students to contact them for clear violations of board regulations.

EVIT is the top place to teach if you're in a CTE discipline. You won't have any struggle with administrators who don't 'get' your industry-focused curriculum. It's all about the success of the young people. You still have support from SPED counselors, plus a congenial atmosphere with your fellow instructors. Funding is tight, and their requisitioning process is complicated and strained, but not much worse than elsewhere.

EVIT is roll model when it comes to vocational tech instruction in  western USA. It has state of the art facilities and contributes to the workforce region.As far as education performance it is great.  Enrollment, retention and placement work fine. Students enjoy being part of the EVIT culture as well as staff.  EVIT pays accordingly to the job you perform. If I were to work there once again I would prefer to be on the admin side.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Teacher 3 salaries reported	$67,644 per year
Instructor 10 salaries reported	$67,773 per year
Instructional aide 6 salaries reported	$23.61 per hour
Adult education teacher 4 salaries reported	$23.00 per hour
Adjunct instructor 3 salaries reported	$41.67 per hour

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