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Employment of Preparation Program Completers in Massachusetts Public Schools

This report provides the percentage of program completers who were employed in a Massachusetts public school or district by June of the report year. Employment rates are reported by program completion year, program type, program subject area, and top employing districts. Employment is determined by matching program completers reported by preparation program providers with employment data collected from districts in the Education Personnel Information Management System (EPIMS). The number in retention cohort includes the number of program completers first employed at least one year prior to the report year, and is the numerator for the retention rates. More about the data…

Note: Data only include program completers who became employed in a Massachusetts public, K-12 school, including charter schools, and collaboratives. The data do not include employment in private schools or outside of Massachusetts. Additional contextual information is provided by the educator preparation program under 'Employment Rates Context'.

A dash indicates that there were fewer than six program completers, therefore employment data is not reported. For more information on how employment and retention rates are calculated, see the About the Data page.

Data last updated November 2, 2023

Employment by Year (All Programs)
Retention in a MA Public School
Program Completion YearNumber of Program Completers Total Number Ever Employed in a MA Public School Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
All Years
18,173
-
68.9
8,154
92.8
2012 - 13
5,851
-
66.1
0
*
2011 - 12
6,478
-
68.8
3,991
92.9
2010 - 11
6,081
-
72.1
4,205
92.7



Employment by Program Characteristics
Retention in a MA Public School
Program Type Program Level Program Subject Area Number of Program Completers Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
Academic: Administrator, Initial All All
1,584
81.8
871
95.4
Post-baccalaureate All
1,584
81.8
871
95.4
Principal/Assistant Principal
1,410
81.1
779
95.6
School Business Administrator
2
-
-
-
Special Education Administrator
82
91.5
44
90.9
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent
49
40.8
13
100.0
Supervisor/Director
67
92.5
37
94.6
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
1,046
51.6
346
91.6
Post-baccalaureate All
1,046
51.6
346
91.6
School Guidance Counselor
789
47.3
242
90.9
School Psychologist
156
75.6
78
93.6
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor
124
54.8
35
94.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
1,209
65.7
510
94.7
Post-baccalaureate All
1,162
64.5
485
94.6
Reading
732
85.5
421
96.9
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders
444
30.2
73
82.2
Post-baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All
47
95.7
25
96.0
Reading
47
95.7
25
96.0
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Professional All All
1
-
-
-
Post-baccalaureate All
1
-
-
-
Reading
1
-
-
-
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
13,243
67.1
5,717
92.0
Baccalaureate All
4,296
52.7
1,344
90.7
Biology
48
72.9
19
100.0
Business
1
-
-
-
Chemistry
16
81.3
8
87.5
Dance
1
-
-
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
584
51.4
185
87.6
Earth Science
3
-
-
-
Elementary
1,626
56.9
544
91.4
English
457
50.1
138
87.0
English as a Second Language
26
69.2
8
100.0
Foreign Language - [French]
14
42.9
2
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
43
62.8
18
100.0
General Science
14
64.3
6
83.3
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
20
65.0
8
87.5
History
428
45.1
112
92.0
Latin and Classical Humanities
6
83.3
-
-
Mathematics
228
60.1
82
97.6
Middle School Humanities
6
33.3
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
3
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
207
67.1
73
94.5
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
194
51.0
62
91.9
Physical Education
238
44.5
67
92.5
Physics
13
30.8
-
-
Political Science/Political Philosophy
4
-
-
-
Severe Disabilities
30
60.0
6
66.7
Technology/Engineering
9
77.8
6
83.3
Theater
36
19.4
5
-
Visual Art
180
33.9
34
85.3
Post-baccalaureate All
8,234
73.5
3,932
92.3
Biology
233
73.8
112
93.8
Business
5
-
-
-
Chemistry
71
78.9
39
97.4
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
57
21.1
8
75.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
579
69.1
250
89.2
Earth Science
27
85.2
20
90.0
Elementary
1,669
68.5
734
90.5
English
707
72.4
328
90.5
English as a Second Language
176
80.1
95
93.7
Foreign Language - [Arabic]
1
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
1
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
33
66.7
15
100.0
Foreign Language - [German]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Italian]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Japanese]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
6
100.0
2
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
120
79.2
68
91.2
General Science
116
85.3
69
92.8
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
34
76.5
15
100.0
History
665
66.8
274
93.1
Instructional Technology
57
84.2
27
100.0
Latin and Classical Humanities
33
27.3
6
100.0
Library
70
80.0
39
100.0
Mathematics
558
83.0
313
94.2
Middle School Humanities
28
71.4
15
66.7
Middle School Mathematics/Science
33
81.8
18
94.4
Moderate Disabilities
2,166
83.6
1,151
93.5
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
60
71.7
31
100.0
Physical Education
76
68.4
29
96.6
Physics
52
80.8
30
96.7
Political Science/Political Philosophy
6
16.7
-
-
Severe Disabilities
429
62.9
183
90.2
Technology/Engineering
10
80.0
6
100.0
Theater
44
25.0
3
-
VisuAlly Impaired
47
51.1
15
80.0
Visual Art
225
58.2
89
91.0
Post-baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All
842
79.0
479
92.7
Biology
26
69.2
13
92.3
Business
12
91.7
9
100.0
Chemistry
18
83.3
11
90.9
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
4
-
-
-
Earth Science
4
-
-
-
Elementary
70
64.3
32
93.8
English
128
70.3
65
90.8
English as a Second Language
72
81.9
46
87.0
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
6
100.0
4
-
Foreign Language - [French]
5
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
25
92.0
17
100.0
General Science
36
88.9
27
96.3
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
10
100.0
5
-
History
51
74.5
29
93.1
Instructional Technology
5
-
-
-
Latin and Classical Humanities
2
-
-
-
Mathematics
152
81.6
90
92.2
Middle School Humanities
1
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
13
76.9
9
88.9
Moderate Disabilities
129
77.5
66
92.4
Physical Education
39
89.7
22
100.0
Physics
23
78.3
14
85.7
Political Science/Political Philosophy
2
-
-
-
Technology/Engineering
2
-
-
-
Visual Art
12
100.0
9
100.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
1,356
90.6
819
95.2
Post-baccalaureate All
1,356
90.6
819
95.2
Biology
21
90.5
13
100.0
Business
1
-
-
-
Chemistry
3
-
-
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
197
91.4
130
94.6
Earth Science
4
-
-
-
Elementary
574
88.5
355
93.0
English
74
95.9
42
92.9
English Language Learners
1
-
-
-
English as a Second Language
10
100.0
9
100.0
Foreign Language - [French]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
1
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
20
95.0
12
100.0
General Science
15
100.0
10
100.0
History
84
90.5
46
100.0
Instructional Technology
11
100.0
1
-
Latin and Classical Humanities
2
-
-
-
Mathematics
128
88.3
68
94.1
Middle School Humanities
2
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
4
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
122
94.3
81
100.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
17
94.1
11
90.9
Physical Education
33
84.8
23
100.0
Physics
4
-
-
-
Political Science/Political Philosophy
1
-
-
-
Severe Disabilities
6
100.0
2
-
Technology/Engineering
1
-
-
-
Visual Art
39
89.7
17
100.0



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2012 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2012 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.5
Springfield
-
3.1
Worcester
-
2.3
Newton
-
2.3
Brockton
-
1.8


*No Data Available.

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