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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
28,645
-
71.9
17,009
93.1
2014 - 15
5,107
-
62.2
0
*
2013 - 14
6,032
-
73.7
4,045
92.0
2012 - 13
5,851
-
74.9
4,230
92.2
2011 - 12
6,478
-
73.6
4,670
93.6
2010 - 11
6,081
-
75.1
4,497
94.6



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
2,624
80.5
1,877
96.5
Post-Baccalaureate All
2,624
80.5
1,877
96.5
Principal/Assistant Principal
2,352
79.5
1,661
96.5
School Business Administrator
2
-
-
-
Special Education Administrator
135
91.1
108
95.4
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent
91
40.7
30
100.0
Supervisor/Director
104
91.3
90
97.8
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
1,673
57.9
773
90.4
Post-Baccalaureate All
1,673
57.9
773
90.4
School Guidance Counselor
1,242
54.0
533
88.9
School Psychologist
272
77.9
172
94.8
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor
217
59.9
99
91.9
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
2,011
67.0
1,106
93.1
Post-Baccalaureate All
1,936
65.9
1,046
93.4
Reading
1,239
86.6
879
94.7
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders
726
30.2
180
87.2
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All
75
97.3
60
88.3
Reading
75
97.3
60
88.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Professional All All
1
-
-
-
Post-Baccalaureate All
1
-
-
-
Reading
1
-
-
-
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
20,999
70.9
12,083
92.4
Baccalaureate All
7,103
60.0
3,276
92.1
Biology
81
69.1
46
93.5
Business
2
-
-
-
Chemistry
21
81.0
16
87.5
Dance
2
-
-
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
983
56.8
425
91.3
Earth Science
4
-
-
-
Elementary
2,768
66.3
1,383
92.5
English
721
55.8
315
91.7
English as a Second Language
61
52.5
22
100.0
Foreign Language - [French]
19
36.8
6
66.7
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
77
70.1
41
97.6
General Science
29
65.5
14
92.9
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
33
57.6
14
92.9
History
645
50.2
265
93.6
Latin and Classical Humanities
9
88.9
8
87.5
Mathematics
407
64.1
202
94.6
Middle School Humanities
6
33.3
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
3
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
384
69.8
194
94.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
296
58.8
145
86.9
Physical Education
363
51.5
151
94.0
Physics
21
47.6
9
100.0
Political Science/Political Philosophy
5
-
-
-
Severe Disabilities
56
69.6
27
81.5
Technology/Engineering
11
81.8
8
87.5
Theater
62
25.8
12
91.7
Visual Art
289
44.3
95
89.5
Post-Baccalaureate All
12,917
76.4
8,104
92.7
Biology
376
78.7
233
94.0
Business
11
90.9
7
100.0
Chemistry
103
82.5
73
97.3
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
58
25.9
13
84.6
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC
15
0.0
-
-
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - [Oral/Aural]
10
0.0
-
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
944
71.0
514
89.7
Earth Science
41
82.9
29
89.7
Elementary
2,561
73.9
1,537
91.2
English
1,125
75.1
689
89.4
English as a Second Language
333
82.6
212
91.0
Foreign Language - [Arabic]
4
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
8
37.5
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
50
70.0
28
100.0
Foreign Language - [German]
4
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Italian]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Japanese]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
8
87.5
7
100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
198
82.8
133
91.0
General Science
190
86.8
133
94.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
53
77.4
33
97.0
History
982
71.7
572
92.1
Instructional Technology
101
85.1
71
97.2
Latin and Classical Humanities
64
46.9
21
95.2
Library
100
81.0
73
95.9
Mathematics
830
84.8
594
94.3
Middle School Humanities
41
68.3
25
88.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science
42
83.3
32
96.9
Moderate Disabilities
3,438
85.4
2,449
94.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
113
69.0
63
93.7
Physical Education
100
70.0
63
93.7
Physics
81
82.7
57
96.5
Political Science/Political Philosophy
15
46.7
4
-
Severe Disabilities
713
64.4
371
91.4
Technology/Engineering
14
85.7
10
90.0
Theater
87
32.2
23
82.6
Visual Art
331
64.0
181
92.8
Visually Impaired
66
43.9
29
89.7
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All
1,383
79.7
915
91.4
Biology
42
73.8
24
83.3
Business
17
100.0
15
100.0
Chemistry
26
84.6
18
88.9
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
12
58.3
5
-
Earth Science
6
100.0
6
100.0
Elementary
163
72.4
83
92.8
English
205
75.6
126
94.4
English as a Second Language
118
84.7
79
86.1
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
8
87.5
7
100.0
Foreign Language - [French]
7
85.7
4
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
38
89.5
30
96.7
General Science
64
82.8
45
91.1
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
13
100.0
11
90.9
History
73
86.3
56
92.9
Instructional Technology
5
-
-
-
Latin and Classical Humanities
2
-
-
-
Mathematics
255
78.8
169
88.8
Middle School Humanities
6
50.0
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
18
77.8
13
92.3
Moderate Disabilities
194
76.8
130
89.2
Physical Education
55
90.9
46
97.8
Physics
38
76.3
24
91.7
Political Science/Political Philosophy
3
-
-
-
Technology/Engineering
2
-
-
-
Visual Art
18
94.4
17
100.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
2,035
91.9
1,574
95.7
Post-Baccalaureate All
2,035
91.9
1,574
95.7
Biology
29
93.1
23
100.0
Business
1
-
-
-
Chemistry
12
100.0
8
100.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
285
91.9
222
95.5
Earth Science
5
-
-
-
Elementary
808
90.2
632
94.8
English
124
95.2
91
95.6
English Language Learners
1
-
-
-
English as a Second Language
10
100.0
10
100.0
Foreign Language - [French]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
1
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
28
96.4
24
100.0
General Science
29
96.6
22
100.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
2
-
-
-
History
129
92.2
97
96.9
Instructional Technology
24
100.0
19
84.2
Latin and Classical Humanities
3
-
-
-
Mathematics
205
94.6
164
95.1
Middle School Humanities
2
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
5
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
190
94.7
147
96.6
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
24
95.8
22
100.0
Physical Education
60
81.7
38
100.0
Physics
6
100.0
6
100.0
Political Science/Political Philosophy
1
-
-
-
Severe Disabilities
9
88.9
8
100.0
Technology/Engineering
3
-
-
-
Visual Art
63
85.7
41
97.6



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2014 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2014 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.1
Newton
-
2.5
Worcester
-
2.2
Lawrence
-
1.9


*No Data Available.

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